By Paige Auxier Edited by Taylor Morgan SELDA / @10sna on Pinterest Next month, I will officially enter my early twenties and will thus be leaving my adolescence behind. I have thought a lot about this transition, and, in doing so, I have determined that I regard the prospect of growing up with a jumbled sense of dread, apprehension, hope and overwhelming excitement. I have also realized, though, that a large part of the nerves I feel in regard to moving past my teen years ar

By Lauren Hotchkiss Edited by Taylor Morgan “Bridgerton”   is undoubtedly one of Netflix’s crown jewels when it comes to popularity. In fact, the third season had 45.1 million views in its opening weekend. Fans are constantly looking forward to the next project, with the fifth season already beginning filming at some point this month. There are hopes of another spinoff after the success of “Queen Charlotte” as well, and I would personally like Violet Bridgerton’s past to be f

By Caroline Albert Edited by Taylor Morgan With the ever-growing influence of technology on our daily lives, our interpersonal skills have slowly started to decline. The comfort level with talking to a stranger has become more difficult as more than half of our interactions are now behind a screen.  LINA / @linagrille on Pinterest The screen makes it easier to find the courage to text someone you are too scared to talk to in person. You can overthink, rethink and rewrite ever

By Sara Kaufman Edited by Taylor Morgan Dear Reader, Have you had to deal with rejection recently? It feels especially common on college campuses. We all feel we have to compete for professors' attention, to get into a club, during sorority recruitment and more. Yet as much as we want to, we do not always “win” in these situations. Everyone has had to deal with rejection at some point in their lives, no matter the extremes. While it is impossible to measure the frequency of

By Paulina Adams Edited by Taylor Morgan Growing up, my dad would ask our family one simple question: “Would you want them in your Game 7?” My dad is someone who has navigated life’s twists and turns with humility and strength. How he has handled negativity with such composure has shaped me in countless ways. In hockey, a Game 7 is the final game in a best-of-seven series. It’s the decider. Every shift matters. The stakes are high. And my dad had the opportunity to play in a

By Tayler Nowak Edited by Taylor Morgan Dearest Gentle Reader,  You may be sitting at the edge of your seat for the rest of season four to be released; however, there is much to be said about this Cinderella-inspired “Bridgerton” love story.  BIBIS / @abeatrizdfx on Pinterest Of course, the two love interests of this season are Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Baek, a maid who comes to the ball not to find a love interest but to experience what it’s like to be in society as a l

By Paige Auxier Edited by Taylor Morgan LILITDIOR / @lilitDior on Pinterest On February 13th, the widely anticipated “Wuthering Heights” adaptation directed by award-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, was released in theaters. While many are anxiously looking forward to seeing the film, long-time fans of the classic novel by author Emily Brontë are wary of how heavily it appears to deviate from the original text, based on the traile

By Paulina Adams Edited by Taylor Morgan PAULINA ADAMS / UP Fashion Co-Director The wellness industry is a multi-billion-dollar machine, and to be fair, it isn’t all bad. Movement can be healing. Rituals can be grounding. Learning how to care for yourself matters. But alongside all of that, it’s selling one powerful idea: a finish line. Once you try this workout, then  you will finally look like that. Once you use this product, then  you will look younger. Once you achieve yo

By Kaitlin McDowell Edited by Taylor Morgan January is bleak. After everyone has recovered from their New Year's Eve plans, days or weeks later, there is an abundance of societal pressure to change everything about oneself. “What are your goals for the year?” friends ask over brunch. “20 ways to be unrecognizable this 2026,” the headlines read.  On top of this month’s suffocating self-improvement discourse, the temperatures drop and the end of winter feels out of sight. Perso

By Sophia Masi Edited by Taylor Morgan liz / @postr4vemaximalist on Pinterest Over my teenage years and now into my early twenties, I noticed a trend among my peers. The words “cringe” and “embarrassing” were seemingly thrown into every conversation possible. I was a victim of this as well. Ages 15 through 19 I thought almost everything was somehow “embarrassing” and I truly feel like this held me back from reaching my potential and taking advantage of opportunities that came

By Sara Kaufman Edited by Taylor Morgan Kylie Christensen / @k_chris10sen on Pinterest Do you ever feel like someone in your life is just “doing the least?” You most likely are not imagining it. But there’s a big difference between bare minimum and low effort, and knowing can save you a lot of frustration.  So what does the bare minimum look like? The bare minimum is things like completing tasks, but never going above and beyond expectations. Or responding to messages or conv

By Maggie Carey Edited by Taylor Morgan Milica Andjusic / @andjusic_milica on Pinterest As we go through life as college students, we want to live fully and embrace all the opportunities that come our way. Oftentimes, though, there is an invisible barrier blocking us: fear. It may not always look like panic, but it is something that we might not even notice. It can come up as procrastination, overthinking or even that voice in the back of our heads that says “no, not yet.” We

By Harper Sabin Edited by Taylor Morgan We don’t always have to be the character version of ourselves. Not every moment needs to be impressive. Not every day needs to feel like a chapter that pushes the plot forward. Sometimes, the most meaningful thing we can do for ourselves is not grand at all. It is simply being present, sitting and existing without trying to optimize or prove something. Angèle / @arterepos on Pinterest We have been conditioned to treat our lives as if th

By Paige Auxier Edited by Taylor Morgan becauseofnyc / @becauseofnyc on Pinterest I find myself wasting a considerable amount of time considering how I’m perceived by others. I often feel as though I’m walking on eggshells as I go about the mere act of existing. It’s as if, at the turn of every corner, a new situation emerges, with a million-and-one opportunities for me to suffer personal failure in the form of saying too much, or too little, liking the wrong movies and books

By Sophia Masi Edited by Taylor Morgan 💐Rocio💐 / @hpthe on Pinterest Over the last few years, I have reworked my mindset on so many things. How I approach my everyday life and my habits. I feel like my brain is completely different from how it was when I started that process, and in a good way. One of the biggest things I have changed is doing things that scare me.  It is better to try and fail than to never have tried at all. Failure is inevitable—in life, school, career

By Tayler Nowak Edited by Taylor Morgan Betsy's / @betsyalvarezz on Pinterest 'Tis the season for one of our favorite signs, Scorpios. Whether this is where you fall on the zodiac scale or you are another sign, here's a guide to what Scorpios are like, who they pair well with and the reasoning behind our beloved Scorpios within the universe. Scorpio Personalties  Without a doubt, if you are a born Scorpio, then you have an intense and ambitious personality that stems from the

By Leah Hoffman Edited by Taylor Morgan You know those days, or worse, those stretches of time, when nothing about yourself feels quite right? Sometimes a single thing throws you off, and other times everything seems to collide at once, leaving your confidence in pieces. I know for me, having clear skin is a huge trigger. I have always struggled with acne, and the moment I feel my skin starting to get worse, my self-esteem crumbles. It’s not just my skin, either; once I start

By Kennedy Stackowicz Edited by Taylor Morgan Yuliana Smug / @yulianabetinag on Pinterest It’s time to say goodbye to the “clean girls” and the “coastal grandmas” of the world. Gone are the days of all these aesthetics, and it could not have come soon enough.  Before we all hopped on social media, we were what we wore: the bands on our t-shirts, the earrings we found on our favorite trips, the wears on our shoes—that’s us. For a little while, we got tripped up. We became uber

By Kaitlin McDowell Edited by Taylor Morgan If you’ve been anywhere on the internet in the past two weeks, you know that Taylor Swift released a new album. The 12-track album, “The Life of a Showgirl,”   was met with love and adoration as well as disappointment and judgment. As Swift says herself, “haters gonna hate.”  Stephen Mease / UNSPLASH After too many streams to count over the past two weeks, I have concluded for myself that this album is perfect and exactly what I had

By Sophia Masi Edited by Taylor Morgan Our opinions, personal style, habits and the way we go about life make us who we are. Our thoughts as individuals keep us unique and create a sense of self that is different from the person next to us. Our society brings us together and lets us share thoughts and opinions, but where’s the line between our society and ourselves? I think that line has blurred far too much recently.  This is not to say that we shouldn’t lean into trends or