Find the Boyfriend: The Art of the Soft Launch
Forget pickleball. Forget intramurals. Who would have thought that our generation’s real competitive sport would be spot…
Campus Life
The Flirtation Equation
The most convincing love story lies not in grand gestures and tropes, but in conversations. The way two characters talk …
Running Up That Hill and Falling Into a Government Conspiracy
Before Hawkins, before the Demogorgon, before a girl named Eleven opened a portal with her mind, before all of it, there…
Spaces & Places: The Geography of Student Life
Only after moving from one place to another, from home to home, city to city, and country to country, do we realize the …
Hold the Bacon Please: The Great Vegetarian Adjustment
"Sitting in Cactus Club Café, I take another sip of water while scanning the menu. Across the table, my friends are deep…
Shelf Improvement: Inside the ECU’s Book Exchange
On Thursday, October 9, in between classes and a hectic schedule, I was walking through the library and stopped short at…
The Class Rule: Lessons from a No-Phones Classroom
When I first walked into this class, I thought the rule sounded almost absurd: no phones, no laptops, no devices – at al…
The Paper that Speaks: The Legacy of The Phoenix News
Long before the age of online news feeds and social media, campus newspapers provided the first place where students saw…
Do You Feel Disoriented Yet?: The Disorientation Tours with L4LF and SVPRO
When I attended the second round of the Disorientation Tour held by Lesbians for Liveable Futures (L4LF) and the Sexual …
The Big City or The Hidden Gem?
In my second year of university, I was faced with a small crisis. About half of my friend group had transferred, not to …
Inside and Outside the Classroom
White fluorescent lights cast upon an 800-square-feet room. It is lined with long desks and chairs that are either missi…
Lunar New Year 2025: A Night of Culture
A Lunar New Year celebration lit up the UNC Ballroom on January 31, as people from different cultures and backgrounds ga…