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Outsiders Do Their Best: Soviet Mapping

The U.S.S.R. military undertook a secret global mapping program that endeavored to create maps of areas around the world. These maps were incredibly detailed yet the cartographers in the Soviet program made mistakes.

Technopocalypse

By Shania Cox

This poem was inspired by the March 9 workshop “Think Like an Elite Athlete.” It explores the game Technopocalypse and its attempt to rid our addiction to technology.

I Don’t Listen to BTS

By Christiane Calixte

This personal essay is a core memory of Summer 2019.

Black Girls

By Alyssa Fowler

A poem that tackles surface-layer Black characters and urges Black humanity.

The Table

By Alyssa Fowler

A poem that takes a new view on The Table (a common standard for minorities to strive for).

All the Buildings Look the Same

By Sydney Johnson

I’ve always been interested in world-building, so for my project, I’ve mapped out and explored the stories of four key places in a world I will use to explore nuanced identity.

Disable This!

By Meril Mousoom and Jordan Gass-Poore’

This is a podcast segment discussing the reasons why there is a mental health crisis in schools.

The Blue Book

By Yasmin Zayed

Blue indicates many notions, more chaotically, heightening the euphoria and dysphoria of a relationship to the independent entity of nature. “The Blue Book:” encompasses a lesson learned from a peaceful world, the loudest voice.

Cost

By Nicole Itkin

What’s the cost? And how do we decide?

Religion

By Freya Patel

I discuss my devotion to and fascination with neuroscience while comparing it to religion.

Letter to Myself

By Lena DiBiasio

This piece was written to myself, and is a reflection of the self-hatred that I often feel as a teenage girl. It also depicts the enveloping and consuming nature of my anxiety.

Ambiguity

By Beth Gebresilasie

I wrote this essay for my colleges. I wanted to express my flexibility and versatility as a person, which I owe to my upbringing and changes I’ve underwent.