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The smallest circle

When I was little, I used to watch my mom press a small red bindi to the center of her forehead before leaving the house.

Morrie’s problem with someday

“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” 

This quote from the book Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, made something I’d been wondering about finally click.

A historical fantasy with Babel

Babel by R.F. Kuang is a historical fiction fantasy that follows Robin Swift, a young Chinese boy plucked from China and enrolled into Oxford by a mysterious professor, who discovers an innate talent for linguistics and magic.

The Stute as the Stevens mirror

It seems I have had a recurring conversation this past week, and that is what makes it worth writing about.

Tianna spends an entire week collecting the news that will be featured in the upcoming issue.

Finding your people: why college friendships matter

When people say “college is where you find your lifelong friends,” it can feel like a lot of pressure. Between classes, part-time jobs, and trying to keep up with everything else, making meaningful connections sometimes feels like one more thing on a never-ending to-do list.

Don’t assume friction is negligible

As I was sitting in my physics lecture, fighting a losing battle against my attention span, the professor said something that caught my attention, “When you solve these problems, start by taking friction out of the equation.”

Aphex Twin just presses buttons

If you’re a member of the Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) community, you have probably heard of Aphex Twin. If not, you have, but I’ll jog your memory — the guy who has an uncanny grin on his album art, and sometimes his music will be in the background of TikToks.

Campanula

The Victorian Language of Flowers was used for decades to relay feelings that people had a hard time expressing or were too embarrassed to share.