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Posts published by “Josh Bodenstein”

Nobody’s home

Try something this Halloween. Open the comments under any viral video and read them slowly, in the dark.

This really resonates with me.

The notification

It arrives at 11:47 p.m., the hour when nothing good has ever happened.

My phone buzzes once against the desk, a single low vibration.

Stop sharing your location

Freshman year, I turned off Find My Friends for my mom. She noticed within an hour, even though she lives hundreds of miles away and couldn’t have done a thing if I needed her.

Stevens enrollment stumbles as economic pressure mounts

Stevens welcomed the Class of 2030 to campus this month with the same celebratory tone it uses every September. The semester started with convocation, a Wittpenn Walk, and a class profile touting nearly 1,100 new undergraduates including the university’s first cohort in its new School of Computing.

Hoboken bagel tier list

When I’m hungry for breakfast, I can really only think of 3 things: Pop-Tarts, cereal, and a nice warm bagel. The first two are boring (and a little unhealthy), so despite being last on the list, bagels are probably my favorite breakfast food — and over the year and a half I’ve been in Hoboken, I’ve made it my mission to find the best one you can get your hands on.

Folding phones may solve my biggest problem with tech

I have a specific, embarrassing, daily ritual. I unlock my phone to check the time, but then check Canvas, then check my email, then finally look back up at the clock on the wall to find out what time it is.