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Red, an Exercise on the Challenge of Interpretation.

Red, an Exercise on the Challenge of Interpretation.

By Alexis Malgesini, Staff Writer | June 1, 2016

These pages present a compilation of creative writing that was written about the color red. Each writer was given no context other than the topic and was asked to express their individual interpretation...

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By Callan Garber, Guest Writer | June 1, 2016

I walk into the bathroom, using my elbow to flip the switch. The room fills with light, and I glance at my reflection before reaching down and turning the faucet on. Hot water. Scalding water. You can’t...

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By Yalda Khodadad, Guest Writer | June 1, 2016

it is the color that seeps out of chopped flesh and sinew it is the flexing of your muscles before you count one, three, and two because the mailman never seems to see the color of the post flag...

Tennis Courts

By Eli Colbert, Staff Writer | June 1, 2016

1. What did you make before you were gone? What would I remember? The latchkey fireflies on the ceiling of the schoolbus. The impressions on a courtyard’s grass in a wet heat, like the shading of...

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By Rachel Lu, Staff Writer | June 1, 2016

She is the crimson streak at dawn, up above everyone else, fiery and fierce; energy explodes through her fingertips. He is her complement, a soft mauve, muted, a support color, not one to stand out by...

The David

By Alex Wong, Staff Writer | June 1, 2016

“I used to be scared of reimagining the colors, you know. Always scared that I’d forget and start making them all up again.” “Imagine this,” the guide said. He stared into the man’s eyes....

Canvas

By Tino Tugwete, Staff Writer | June 1, 2016

To my Canvas,   You gave yourself to me And from your veins I took red You poured lemon grass in my violent storms And blood orange in my tortured skies   But I repaid you...

Blinking

By Booker Martin, Staff Writer | June 1, 2016

This world is encompassed by Eyes reaching wide enough to hide Behind the eyelids that squint as Fleeting smiles fade from view   Now eyes are closed Yet they can see the Tattered...

Band-Aids

By Emily Terada, Senior Writer | June 1, 2016

As a little kid, red was a picture perfect summer. Sounds of the ice cream truck sent every kid in the neighborhood running A couple of dollars could buy you any type of popsicle you desired; I...

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By Sarah Katsev, Guest Writer | June 1, 2016

Red evokes emotions I’ve felt while standing in line in public bathrooms, simultaneously trying to plug my nose and my bladder– fear (that my nose or bladder will somehow become unplugged), animosity...

Red Is

By Margo Lusinchi, Guest Writer | June 1, 2016

full lips waiting she doesn’t knock bare feet over slick marble fabric swishing across waxy legs the scarlet catches a glass slipping off the edge of a low table scattered...

Photo by Allegra Maeso.

College Board Prioritizes Profits over Students

By Kevin Yen, Senior Writer | May 30, 2016

Each spring, when AP season comes around, I ask myself why I’m paying a ninety-something dollar fee that seems to rise every year, just to take a test.    Seconds later, I fight the impulse to shout...

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