Drawn and Quartered

November 7, 2024

Mashallah, Kid!: Reflections from a Summer in a Country on the Edge

“Nobody knows where the future is. Whether it is hiding behind the staggering mosques or the Israeli missiles. Iran: toppling politely over the edge of disaster.”

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Drawn and Quartered: Full Design

This week, we’ve gotten all mixed up but managed to keep our heads on our shoulders. Find a copy around campus, or check out the full design below!

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Clockwise

A Nass writer contemplates time, time passing, and missing people a lot

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The Hunch

Investigating the idiosyncrasies of pianist postures

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God, I Love Theater: A Review of Theatre Intime’s The Harvest

One of our writers had a spiritual experience while watching Samuel Hunter’s The Harvest

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Money Can

This Nass writer investigates that old maxim about the exchange value of happiness

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Post fall break apocalyptic questions in the head of a freshman who doesn’t know much about anything and surely at one point thought she did

What is the appropriate time that freshmen are allowed to start being in committed relationships without being judged? Written on a ripped up napkin in the drawer of a Montreal vegan cafe table: 8 October 22 One month in Montréal … Read More

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A Friend Called Me Timid

“We talked inside for about an hour. A lot of people we knew who used to be friends were no longer friends. Afterwards, we talked for another hour in the parking lot.”

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Another Episode

“Anne liked Lola’s toes and when she was born, the doctor said they were the most beautiful baby toes. Anne liked when other people told her what was beautiful. This was the beginning.”

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Skeeter Peter

“Woodstock incubates the mosquitoes in the garage, which is uninsulated and hot in the summer. It’s recycling day, and he pours allotments of pond water into empty gallon jugs.”

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Searching for Edelweiss

Alpine wildflowers, Simone Weil, Nara Smith, other meditations on attention

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Minivan

tilted, perfectly   the globe sat undisturbed on its axis   the sound of stillness spoke to me   being young was being free?   Babi drove the minivan.   Babi said it was easy   un-split ends   curly … Read More

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Letter from the Editor

This week, something strange happened, and the only way to tell which way is right-side up is by blowing bubbles from our mouths and seeing which direction they float. How do we reorient? Per usual, we can turn towards the … Read More

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Verbatim

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Overheard in the HUM sequence

Renaissance man, lover of women, loved by many, feared by few, appreciated by all, hunk: A woman is like a bathtub. Drip, drip, splash.

Overheard in PMC

Silver-liner: People in the cemetery don’t annoy you. Cuz they’re dead.

Overheard in bunk bed

Follows their own religion: I think the dinosaurs are waiting for us in the afterlife

Overheard over bean soup

Ex-communist: The way of making it in the Soviet Union was better.

American beauty: I hear that like seventy times a day.

Ex-communist: In the Soviet Union, we’re not rude to each other.

Overheard in frat house, inclusive towards women

BMX-er: I think you have a future in degenerate gambling.

Overheard in local coffee shop

Consulting interviewer: Are you vegetarian?

Fretful candidate: Inaudible response

Consulting interviewer: Oh yeah, that speaks volumes then.

Overheard in Pittsburgh

Has beautiful, luscious locks: I am going to go get my wig from the car now.

Overheard at Frick

Billionaire alumnus: I've gotta be sparing with my business cards. My wife does sustainability and she says I can't print any more of them.

Overheard in a Yeh Residential Kitchen

Math Major in the Midst of a Game of Codenames: Is pie cylindrical?

Astro Major: Have you ever *seen* a pie?

Overheard in the U-Store

Abuser of narrative: You’d be shocked to hear this — I rarely have dreams about murdering people.

Overheard in East Pyne

Slavic major: You need to fit the organs somewhere here.

Overheard on a night out

Loving firefighter: I don’t think it would be good for you to consider this flame.