Boy 1: Who is that blond girl in Cottage in your profile picture? She was in my Dostoevsky seminar.
Boy 2: She’s one of my best friends.
Boy 1: I feel like club sailing has some of the most diverse affiliations.
Overheard by elevator
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“Work Hard and Say It’s Easy”: Why The Strokes’ Debut Is Still Effortlessly Cool
Wherein the writer muses on the inevitable attraction of an indie favorite.
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Inheritance
A science fiction glimpse into grief and imposter syndrome in the aftermath of cloning.
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New York Interior and Exterior in November
A study of photography, collage, and abstraction on the canvas.
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Nature’s Favorite Hue
“When are you going to honor the body that grips your soul, and bask in being whole?”
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Letter from the Editors
Dear Nass Community, During the upheaval and unpredictability of the past two years, the Nass has been a constant for both of us. While responding to the demands of the pandemic, this publication has moved from print to online-only and back, thankfully, to print. Throughout everything, our resilient team gathered twice each week and produced…
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Investment Baking: Full Design
In the first issue of the forty-fourth volume, the Nass sends a missive to Cupid, traverses the world of Hommlet, and grapples with healing after near-death.
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Tales from the Village of Hommlet
“When I was young, I plunged a fork through Reason’s knee, and smote her atop a hill with electrical pylons.”
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Don’t Skip Dessert: Adrian Rogers ‘23 Is Making Mousse
“[I’m] trying to translate these moments, these kinds of stories that I want to tell, onto a plate.”
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How to Write an ‘A’ Paper; Or, How to Play the Shame
“I’m thinking, if I sit here long enough—all this professor’s time and energy and efforts will somehow culminate in my very own A paper. That’s all feedback is, right?”
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Forest Bathing and the Search for Healing
“I watched these two women, strangers only a few hours before, wrapped in grief and helping each other to cope. Ecotherapy teaches that the harshness of suffering and loss can awaken us to beauty.”
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Dear Cupid
Requests respectfully submitted for this cherub’s consideration.
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Licorice Pizza: An Ode to Young Love and Cinema in the San Fernando Valley
A Nass writer looks at the newest film from Paul Thomas Anderson.