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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe

When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...

This dude I met on the street

I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...

Four Days in Jujuy

My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...

A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)

1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...

Studying abroad challenges singular narratives

Author: Sarah Corsa On my first day of formal classes, I watched Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk titled “The Danger of a Single Story.” Adichie points out...

The Church, the LGBTQ Community, loving God and loving people

Author: Eileen Lee "And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and...

Loving Others: On Sexual Assault, Victim-Blaming, and the Christian Church

Author: Eileen Lee They should've known better I froze right when I heard her say it. The guys shouldn’t have done that. But they shouldn’t have been...

Valued and Remembered: On the Humanity of the Elderly and the Expiring

Author: Eileen Lee I intern at a hospital. On most days, my job entails taking vitals, getting water, passing out trays, and talking to patients and...

The college process through the eyes of a first year

Author: Tanvi Varma As the only child to two first-generation immigrants, navigating the college process was scary, stressful and difficult. I approached the search not having...

Island Life

Author: Delaney Nolin After a month in Quito, and a stressful evening/early morning of packing and repacking, we finally made it to the airport to leave...

Honored, PRECIOUS, Loved: On Hosea and the heresy of slutshaming

Author: Eileen Lee Part 2: Precious “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes,...

TLOP Album Review

Author: Devon Deraad Kanye West dropped his new album, "The Life of Pablo," this week, and it's finally available for streaming on Tidal (you can get...