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Talk of the Quad

Total Number of Articles: 183

First Article on this Page: January 31, 2025

Latest Article on this Page: April 17, 2025

Talk of the Quad

Notes app narratives

Currently I’m sitting in bed on the bottom floor of my aunt’s apartment in Portland, OR (not the other Portland, the one in Maine where I go to school). It’s almost a hundred degrees outside. I angle the shades to …

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Mean eyes

Content warning: This Talk of the Quad contains depictions of an eating disorder that may be upsetting to some readers.

We all want to feel good about ourselves. And in many ways, I’m incredibly proud of the person I am. …

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The siren song of tuning out

I consider myself a political person. Every morning I read the news or listen to a podcast summarizing it. My Instagram feed is littered with posts from The New York Times, The New Yorker and meme accounts spoofing current events. …

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Hear & be heard

Last Thursday, when I heard about the encampment in Smith Union, confusion pulsed through me. I wasn’t sure how I felt, or who I could talk to about the way I was feeling.

Although I did not personally vote in …

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The only girl in the orchestra

The trombone ranks among a handful of instruments that sound most like the human voice—it represents the adults in “Peanuts,” after all. Cartoons aside, the trombone’s tenor range sits in a natural vocal register, and the trombone’s ability to slide …

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