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-20 posts tagged "nostalgia"
Kate Casper | Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Today, I want to be anywhere but here. Specifically, I want to be in Annapolis, Maryland, rolling around with friends on some grassy hill outside of the State House, discussing John Locke’s social compact over ice cream. The grass is soft and lush, and the sun is tucked behind a few trees, casting spiky shadows
Alexa Schlaerth | Thursday, September 15, 2022
It is almost 10 p.m. on a cold Sunday evening in December, and I am walking across the quad on my way home from a (somewhat frantic) Principles of Microeconomics TA review sesh, the likes of which I’ve never experienced before. It is chilly and dark, and the campus has a general “stressed out pre-finals”
Maria Leontaras | Friday, May 21, 2021
One day about two months ago, my life changed dramatically. No, it wasn’t retiring as Editor-in-Chief. The top half of my laptop popped open, and a few tiny screws clattered to the ground. I didn’t think much of it. If anything, I accepted the fact that art (an almost broken computer) imitates life (an almost
Dessi Gomez | Monday, April 19, 2021
By now, I hope you have heard the news that Taylor Swift released her rerecorded version of album “Fearless” on Friday April 9. In yet another “power move,” she has capitalized on nostalgia while simultaneously claiming ownership of one of six albums that she plans to rerecord now that they have been sold by her
Ella Wisniewski | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
It’s a rare and special moment when a piece of media can instantaneously catapult you back 12 years in the past, and that’s exactly what “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” did to me this weekend. Once I heard the first few chords of the titular track, I reverted completely to third-grade mode. I remembered in great detail
Willoughby Thom | Friday, March 12, 2021
I refuse to believe it’s been 14 years since the first episode of “iCarly” aired on Nickelodeon. It feels like just yesterday that I was six-years-old, plopped in front of the television with my shiny pink Nintendo DS in hand — probably trying to give my Nintendog a bath — and I was going to
Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 17, 2020
As a frequent reader of The Observer during my time working at ND Listens, I’ve noticed that it’s usually around this time of year when a senior writes some sort of reflection piece. I figured I’d take the baton this time around. The sad part is that doing this requires me to finally own that
Julianna Conley | Thursday, October 31, 2019
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. In elementary school, teachers would essentially surrender the day to us, knowing all too well that no 7-year-old could focus on fractions with the prospect of Kit Kats and jack-o’-lanterns hanging in the air. Instead, we’d test how gourds float, count the seeds left over from
Claire Rafford | Thursday, April 25, 2019
“You see, the thing about living in Derry is, there’s nowhere to hide. Everybody knows everybody, knows everything about everybody and sometimes all I want to do is to be simply left alone.” These words — which begin the pilot of the U.K. series “Derry Girls” — are read directly from 16-year old protagonist Erin
Erin Shang | Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Gōng xǐ fā cái: 恭喜发财 Gōng Xǐ: to congratulate. Fā: to prosper. Cái: money, wealth. Gōng xǐ fā cái: wishing someone prosperity and wealth. When I was little, my deepest fear was being dragged along by my parents to visit relatives during Spring Festival. All the adults would gather and talk about the stock market,