Head On

November 8, 2025

Shit in my blood

i was thinking about what’s in my blood and it’s mostly genetic stuff but also a wasteland if you’ve read T.S. Eliot so if you’re curious here’s not all just some of the shit in my blood:    55% plasma, … Read More

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Passenger Announcement in Progress

A soft chime. The PA system exhales with a crackle before speaking.  Good evening, passengers, and  welcome aboard Flight QTR955.  Please ensure your seatbelt is securely fastened.  Stow all carry-on  memories beneath the seat  or within overhead compartments.  Pack lightly … Read More

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Moon, where are you?

On my birthday there was supposed to be a full moon and I’m sure there was under the clouds but I got out of bed to see it and couldn’t find it. I looked up on google where the moon … Read More

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Jazz

We are in assembly. Voices intermingle with deep jazz that drips from speakers stationed all around the house. Something beneath my sternum vibrates silently. The lights are colder than I know you’d prefer.  But I’ve got candles  at home,  with … Read More

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Letter to my cat (human nature)

A Nass writer wonders: how to live, how to be, and how to eat?

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Frog World

“Now, imagine you are a frog and you know that all your frog flesh and frog blood is shared with your frog brothers. What kind of frog would you be?”

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Three Years in the Shadow of Gaza

The Maher family escaped death, but what does it mean to rebuild what they’ve lost?

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Epilogue

In August, you were real and unreal.  Lying on the floor in sticky heat, I wrote lines to you in my head, Crossed them out.   As summer slipped I sensed the shape of you in fever dreams. I told … Read More

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Reflections Inspired by “David”

Loss and belonging at Lorde’s show in Philadelphia.

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Head On: Full Design

Check out a copy of the issue around campus, or see the full design below!    

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Letter from the Editor

Dear reader, I’m rubbernecking, realizing the distance between me and the blazing highway wreck is wiry thin. I look into the fire as if I can see into it, gazing at an ending rather than just melting metal. There is … Read More

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Verbatim

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Overheard in Firestone.

Student who has been in the library all day: I feel like I need to do something for myself for a change.

Another student: What are you thinking?

Same tired student: Sleep.

Overheard in the Junior Slums.

Someone who doesn’t play around: Has anyone told you that you are manipulative?

Girl in boy troubles: Well. Actually, yes.

Overheard in Small World.

Friend discussing another friend’s disposition: I feel like you are a very chalant person.

Friend being discussed: Really? I take myself as someone who isn’t non-chalant at all.

Interjector: Guys! You are talking about the same thing!

Overheard in TriBeCa.

Not-an-opera-person: Sandra Oh is in an opera?

Opera-person: It’s a speaking role.

Overheard at NCW.

Recent victim of 'playful' Bike Ramming: Northern Europeans play too rough, Like- he thought we were both having fun there. 

Overheard in Dodd quingle.

Engineer: I'm running an experiment in the apartment for a lab so don't be concerned if you see wires in the bathroom lol.

Overheard at Sakrid.

Patron: My cousin just gave birth. And it ripped…to her ass.

Overheard in Choi Dining Hall.

Upperclassman: You don't actually have to know anything to get a job.

Overheard on a group chat.

Princeton student 1: we're such fucking nerds

Princeton student 2: Dude, it's Princeton