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Friendship, Inside-Out

“I was never the kid to get tangled up in chatroom relationships and online communities like many of my friends in middle and high school. I repent now, for the way I invalidated, even in my own head, the authenticity of their attachments. Laughter over Zoom is still laughter.”

by Sierra Stern on November 15, 2020November 15, 2020

Nass Remembrances

Three Nass writers reflect on what it means to know someone after they’re gone.

by Ash Hyun, Sam Bisno, Sierra Stern on April 11, 2021April 10, 2021

Big Hoe III

A virtual take on the illustrious Nass tradition of spending 24 hours in Frist.

by Beth Villaruz, David Chmielewski, Jane Castleman, Sierra Stern on November 8, 2020November 8, 2020

Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan

“His favorite food was jellybeans because they helped him fend off the desire to smoke. We eat none and smoke none, and congratulate ourselves.”

by Sierra Stern on February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

Peer Review

Since the beginning of time, editors at the Nassau Weekly have taken their pens to each other’s Common Application Essays. And yes, the Nassau Weekly has been around since the beginning of time.

by Beth Villaruz, Sierra Stern on October 4, 2020October 3, 2020

Telescoping Space

To telescope, we begin with 300 words, then slice the word count in half for each successive section. We stop when the numbers stop dividing evenly. Looking around and beyond us, this week we telescope “space.”

by Lara Katz, Olivia Zhang, Peter Taylor, Sam Bisno, Sierra Stern on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Lincoln

“He wouldn’t have taken it normally, but there was a girl at Lincoln’s shoulder, a fiber science major who kept touching his button-down to inspect the weave, and he couldn’t tell afterwards whether she’d only kissed him because it was 100% cotton.”

by Sierra Stern on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021


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