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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

The language of flowers

By Isabella Panichi April 2, 2025
Sometimes the occasion for giving flowers is just because — just because you love someone, just because you were thinking of them or just because you’re there. 
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Diamonds and Rust: Nostalgia’s perks and downfalls

By Joel Herbert February 3, 2021
Nostalgia’s good and bad usually exist simultaneously — the bittersweet pain of homecoming. If we are feeling down because of the past, then we need to live more in the moment. However, if we experience joy and happiness from our memories, then we should continue to let it give us hope and meaning.
WILSHERE: On breaking up

WILSHERE: On breaking up

By Meredith Wilshere September 10, 2017

I’m not good at breakups, if that’s a skill someone can have. I’ve ended things, sure, but more often than not, I find myself ghosting and falling out of favor with people instead. In some cases,...

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