Positives: + Shout out to Editor-in-Chief Elissa Sanci and Assistant Editor Sami Higgins for snowshoe-ing over here and getting this week’s issue published. + It’s good to see the facilities workers...

Dear Melanie, My landlord always comes in and invades my space without giving me proper notice. I feel uncomfortable. What am I supposed to do? He never asks. Sincerely, Worried Wanda Dear...

I’m still searching for my Paolo after my weekend in Rome, but after being in that city for the weekend, Paolo was the last thing on my mind. I went with two of my friends, Iyana Jones and Deanna Weech,...

Mother Earth THE MOUNTAINS ARE MY BONES, THE RIVERS MY VEINS THE FORESTS ARE MY THOUGHTS, AND THE STARS ARE MY DREAMS THE OCEAN IS MY HEART, ITS POUNDING IS MY PULSE THE SONGS OF THE EARTH...

Positives: + The good news is that nothing especially noteworthy happened, good or bad, this past week. (As they say, “no news is good news”) + The better news is that I don’t have to write...

Dear Melanie, Help. I already feel like I’m not going to do well in any of my classes this semester. I feel like they are extremely hard and that I’m not going to make it. What do I do? I’m...

 Lizzie McGuire Moment It is only week two in Prato and it is already becoming increasingly difficult to balance the fun that is to come with being abroad and doing schoolwork. I have started to explore...

There are two kinds of loneliness, one you feel when you’re all alone, and the other you feel in a crowded room, when you realize you’re the only person who knows what it’s like to be you. -atticus

Positives: + Good news: Nearly everybody survived Santa Con and is back for the spring semester. + Better news: The tree turbine moved a grand total of six and a half times this week, meaning winter...

Dear Melanie, Over the break, my four best friends and I got a tattoo. I was nervous because I never really wanted a tattoo, but they insisted it would be fun and meaningful since we were getting matching...

“Promises” I promised to kiss her, A million times Before I died, 50 a day for the rest of our lives. And when I was gone, She could smile. Knowing there wasn’t a piece On her I missed -Atticus

My name is Anelia Marston and I’m a first semester junior studying abroad in Prato, Italy. I major in Psychology and Global Studies, which is the perfect excuse for studying abroad. I am a sister of...

Positives + Congratulations to everybody who performed in the theater department’s production of Crisis and the music department’s Winter Concert! + If you all still need to get your Richard...