We’re not just a campus, we’re a community. Sophia Ong The dish return area in the West Campus dining hall often has me wondering how people who can’t stack dishes got into BU in the first place. Maybe that’s harsh, but seeing smoothies coat the conveyor or utensils scattered on the belt’s periphery makes me keenly remorseful for the workers who have to deal with the mess.  Consider the difference with the Fenway dining hall. Students are forced to place their dirty dishes on

The Thin Line Between Accountability and the “Hive Mind.” By Sofia Galarneau Graphic by Melissa Lemieux How many times in the past five years have we heard  “he/she was cancelled?” No one stays untouchable forever. The same public that builds someone up can decide almost overnight that they’re no longer worth a second glance. Although the phrase “cancel culture” is fairly new—first used in this context around 2016—it already has the power to make someone feel worthless and st

Protecting Friendships While Starting A New Relationship By Samantha Rosenberg Graphic by Melissa Lemieux I am so over feeling guilty when I start a new relationship. It’s a feeling that comes when I first meet someone: I start to think about them, realize I like them and will want to talk to my friends about it. A lot . It’s a consuming feeling—part of me feels like I’m betraying my friends by liking someone else and wanting to spend so much time with them. The beginning of

Why Platonic Break-Ups Hurt So Much More than Romantic By Isabella Hobbs  Graphic by Rhiannon Li Heartbreak is a universal feeling depicted in many forms of media: movies, tv shows, books and songs. We witness the tearful, rainy break up scene while mourning over a tub of ice cream, fantasizing of what could have been, and all the stages of grief that follow.  Many people have also experienced this pain in real life; the way it makes you question who you are anymore, how you’

When Fear Starts Dressing Us   By Rhea El-Madhoun El-Yafi Graphic by Catarina Koehler Forget Vogue; the stock market has always been fashion’s most accurate trend forecaster. When times get tough, hemlines fall, palettes mute and luxury goes quiet.  Welcome to the return of recession chic, where conservatism isn’t just a political stance, it’s a look.  In the 1920s, economist George Taylor came up with the “hemline index,” which is the idea that skirt lengths rise when the ec

Let’s remember who thrift stores are for.  By Sophia Ong Photograph by Mia Bianco It’s difficult to be on social media and avoid the rapidly growing “thrift culture” being cultivated online.  Influencers stand in their sleek Los Angeles apartments and show off their bags upon bags of thrift store finds, and their voiceovers detail journeys to the Goodwill bins where they describe these “insane finds.” Not only am I a consumer of this kind of content, but I’m also a consumer o

Not sponsored — rather, questioning campus fashion. By Lheeya Jayasudha Mathivanan  Photograph by Tsega Seleshi With summer slipping away and denim shorts getting buried in my closet, I knew Boston’s cold was creeping in. Out came the puffers and the UGGs, ready to dominate winter fashion. Comm Ave, after all, doubles as the campus runway, with each season debuting a new collection.  The winter is no exception to this, and there is one jacket that dominates the BU show: the C

How nepo-babies are a window into all the things we want but can’t have. By Sofia Galarneau Image by Diya Kapoor From Romy Mars to Hailey...

Social Media Once Represented Us; Now It Only Rejects Us  By Samantha Rosenberg  Photograph by Hannah Sender I love Instagram; I won’t...

Who’s really going to know?  by Casey Medert  Graphic by Katelyn Holland Insecurity and self-consciousness drain a person. Before...