By Kaitlin McDowell Edited by Taylor Morgan As a college senior, I find myself spending a lot of time considering my identity. As I apply to different jobs, I am forced to consider my qualifications and what roles I “can,” and “cannot” do. These same thoughts follow me as I make other decisions for myself, such as redefining my personal style, picking up hobbies or setting goals. I, as many others, have preconceived ideas about myself and where I belong, or how others perceiv

By Paulina Adams Edited by Taylor Morgan “Nice guys finish last.” Yeah… Now that’s a load of bs. CHRYS HOFFMAN / @chryshoffman on Pinterest Somewhere along the way, people started confusing kindness with weakness, like being a good person automatically puts you behind, while the ruthless get ahead. But if you really look around, does that idea actually hold up? Are they truly happy? The answer is probably not. We live in a world that can feel harsh, competitive, and, at times

By Sara Kaufman Edited by Taylor Morgan Dear reader, It seems we often find ourselves in friendships we do not want to be in. Why is that? Why do we gravitate toward toxic relationships and then continue to stay stuck in them? These are questions I often ask myself when experiencing toxic relationships. Photography by Yoann Kenguemba, Styled by Lauren Stuckey, Kiser Young & Paulina Adams It can be a hard pill to swallow, but it's important to recognize that we “accept the

By Tayler Nowak Edited by Taylor Morgan GIANNA / @lovelanguage on Pinterest These are the moments that have been building from the start of your 20s as you, slowly but surely, change into a new version of yourself. They could be small moments, decisions, or lifestyle changes that have been collectively pushing you towards who you are becoming, or perhaps bigger, more blunt moments that change the direction of your friendships, careers or even the way you see the world around

By Paulina Adams Edited by Taylor Morgan MARION / @marion_sys on Pinterest No longer, but not yet. Nothing to hold on to, but nothing to run toward either. Weird, right? If you are anything like me, you tend to crave extremes. All or nothing. Fully in or completely out. We like clarity. We like knowing what’s next. But life doesn’t always move in clean lines. Maybe you are a senior trying to figure out your next steps, staring at the wide-open question of what now? Maybe you

By Sara Kaufman Edited by Taylor Morgan Dear Stressed Out College Student, WAWE / @wawe2011ff on Pinterest Being a college student can be hard, with your clubs, schoolwork, classes, social time and life in general. We often forget that there are only 24 hours in one day. Just like managing money, managing your time requires choosing how you want to “spend” it. Learning to budget your time can help reduce stress, increase your productivity while still leaving space for you

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