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Talk of the Quad

Talk of the Quad

The Fine Print

There are two kinds of research I conduct regularly: the kind that requires JSTOR and the kind that requires TikTok rabbit holes.

The latter recently involved determining which shade of Merit concealer most closely resembles Haus Labs 13 Neutral, a …

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Organizing Principles

I studied abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea last spring, an endeavor that introduced me to a range of new experiences. I discovered the simultaneous ultimate freedoms (best public transport in the world) and ultimate limitations (everything costs …

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My year of poetry

This year has been my year of poetry. I have scoured the internet for poetry, written and rewritten  poetry, memorized and recited poetry, lived in it, muttered it to myself, printed the stuff out and taped it  to my walls, …

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Rewind

I wrote my CommonApp essay about the fact that my sister is deaf and how growing up, my “superpower” was being her translator. As a brutally shy kid, the privilege of sound, and thus my voice, were ones I reluctantly …

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