Edit Desk: Talk to strangers…from the internet?
My mom told me to never meet strangers on the Internet. But here’s what happened when I did. Alec McAree,…
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Edit Desk: Where are all the Black statues?
As I reflect on my brief time at Lehigh as a sophomore, I’ve often found myself immersed in the sculptures…
Unputdownable: Another grand slam for Taylor Jenkins Reid in “Carrie Soto is Back”
In “Carrie Soto Is Back,” a shocked retired 37-year-old professional tennis player watches from the sidelines as upcoming young players…
Edit Desk: The tale of my little blue book
In 2015, five lives were compacted and packed into cardboard boxes in the back of a U-Haul truck. I remember…
Edit Desk: Stop stocking supermarket shelves with guilt
I fell in love with Trader Joe’s the moment my very first bag of their “chili & lime flavored rolled…
Unputdownable: Beartown examines small-town secrets, big-time repercussions
With this first sentence, Frederik Backman had me hooked: “Late one evening toward the end of March, a teenager picked…
Edit Desk: Olivia Rodrigo’s “GUTS” is everything it should be
My first exposure to Olivia Rodrigo, like most people, was in January of 2021 when she released “drivers license.” That…
Edit Desk: I found peace with imperfection, but it took time
In high school, I was a cheerleader. Each Friday night I wore my sparkly blue and white cheerleading uniform, glittery…
Edit Desk: Nothing groundbreaking
A couple weeks ago, I was talking to the professor for whom I serve as a teacher’s apprentice. We were…
Edit Desk: Learning to love what you don’t understand
I devoted the majority of my junior year of high school to my AP European History course. I spent hours…