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Breaking News: Student Who Joked That They Were “All Out of Shits to Give” Disappointed To Find They Are Not

“I acted like I didn’t care because I wanted to be cool, but I really care a lot, turns out I have a lot of shits to give.”

You Too Can Be a Changemaker!

Considerations for a graduating senior on being “morally neutral”

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An Ode to My Best Friends

If Valentine’s Day is about love, I’d rather dedicate it to the people that I actually choose time and time again, and in return, the people who choose me.

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Best Movie Scenes to Show You the Do's and Dont's of Covid Safe Sex

In today’s pandemic ridden world dorm hook-ups and Tinder “dates” are risky propositions. At the same time exclusively asking people in your “bubble” to have casual sex apparently leads to a ruined socially distanced outdoor picnic. Who knew?

Freshmen pledges on door duty entrusted to protect the Capitol after police failed

“I’ve been training for this since I was the treehouse bouncer in 4th grade. I wasn’t like allowed to hang out in the treehouse, but I was told it was really fun.”

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AU Announces School of Miscommunication

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In Memoriam: The Wonk Costume You Would Have Worn to This Year’s Halloweekend Bash

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Knives Out: Halloween Without Horror

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A Crytpid Apology

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Queering Horror, Failings of "The Haunting of Bly Manor"

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Please, I'm trapped in Kogod and I need your help

“Where was I? I looked up. It was then I saw the unspeakable building that has come to define my miserable existence. I dare not repeat its name, dear reader, though a rhyme might help in your identification: NO GOD, reads its cursed inscription. Arlene and Robert NO GOD. For there is no god in these walls as much as there is no mercy in hell.”

I Dressed Up as an Alien Freshman Year: An Apology

“I have a confession to make. I’ve thought about this for a while, and after a lot of advice, and a lot of therapy, I’ve decided that I need to come clean: during my freshman year of college, I, too, dressed up in a basic alien costume for Halloween. I know.”