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Navigating the ratio: welcome back to the grind, the growth, and Her Stevens

Stepping onto a tech school campus in the fall always brings a familiar mix of energy and quiet reality. Between the smell of fresh syllabus packets, the late-night coding sessions, and lecture halls where you might still count the women in the room on one hand, being here requires a specific kind of resilience.

The fantastic world of differential equations

Welcome to another academic year at Stevens! This will be my fourth year as a PhD student and eighth year in total at Stevens, and with it brings something new: This fall, I will be a teaching assistant for MA 221, a course on differential equations that many undergraduates take.  

Get to Pronto Pasta, pronto

Pronto Pasta really lives up to its name, “pronto,” with its minimal ready-to-order menu that lets customers order pronto! The menu features seven types of pasta—including a gluten-free penne option—and six different sauces, with a variety of add-ons available for an additional charge.

The art of the PR response

This past week, we attracted many new writers to The Stute. It is the wave of freshman interest, and there is both delight and worry in this.

Reflections on The Book of Two Ways

Back in high school, I came across this book by Jodi Picoult called The Book of Two Ways, and it remained on my “to-be-read” list until the day I came across it again at Symposia Community Bookstore and thought I’d finally give it a read.

Should we still be following Vogue

In the world of fashion, Vogue has always been the pinnacle of the industry, and this publication defines fashion itself. However, as influencers and alternative means go against mainstream fashion, is there still a need to listen to Vogue?

The gaps between the shelves

I was very young when I first stepped into my first public library. Luckily for me, my library is about five houses down from me at the end of the block.

A summer well spent

Coming off my first two semesters at Stevens, the summer had never felt more wide open. There wasn’t the anticipation of a new life event like the previous summer.

The beginning of the “lasts”

There is a distinct, unwritten ritual to the first day of classes. You wake up five minutes before your alarm, agonizing over an outfit that says “effortlessly put together” rather than “I just finished track and field lift five minutes ago.”

From inspiration to interview

I recently applied for an internship at Warner Music Group (WMG). I recognized the name but later realized that this is one of the largest labels in the world.