Introspection
Endpaper: Let Them Make Cake
Smeared with a messy patchwork of colorful splotches, I have a single goal: Make the icing atop the bottom left sliver of my cake mirror the pulsating lines of the bridge in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” a little more closely.
A Vieux from the Trees: My Mental Health Issues Aren’t About Harvard
Introducing one of our new columns, Annie C. Harvieux's "A Vieux from the Trees."
Falling Trees
The large oak that had shaded my neighbor’s home had split in half, its miraculous fall having, somehow, completely avoided the house.
Endpaper: Like Riding a Bike
Trip, fall, stumble, I did them all. My legs moved in opposite directions, as though rebelling against my body. My family—myself included—all laughed at the incredible lack of coordination gifted to me.
Clementines In The Snow
The cold is a feature of national identity, and cold immunity is a point of national pride.
City of Dreams
The physical scars of crumbling ruins from the old city dot the rapidly industrializing seaside as a constant reminder of the pain of the past.
Compulsive Tardy Syndrome
I once saw a meme on Tumblr that showed someone texting a friend that they would be late because of who they are as a person; I put the “me” in that meme.
The Word: Final
When I was 5 years old, my parents took me to a Fourth of July fireworks show, and I asked whether every third explosion was the grand finale. I wanted to show off my new vocabulary words, but I didn’t realize that it would mean the end of the show. As we stood in a field in upstate New York, necks straining backwards to watch the colored explosions, vibrations travelled from my feet to my eardrums. They lingered there in the car on the way home.
The Passing of the FM Torch
CORDELIA F. MENDEZ ’16 , Chair I’m not going to say Cordelia F. Mendez ’16 could run the world, but I’m confident that she could at least run the country. That’s because Cordelia is easily one of the most competent people you will ever meet. And if you haven’t met her yet, then you should, because she is as smiley and friendly as she is capable.
