By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (’23) It just so happens that of the countless times I have gone to Ima, it’s always been raining. If nothing else, both of Ima’s locations (in Madison Heights and Midtown) have such a welcoming and well curated atmosphere that makes it the first place you want to go when it starts to drizzle outside. What’s better on a rainy day than … Continue reading Heterotroph: A Food Column
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (’23) I look forward to a lot during the holiday break: sleep, seeing family, hanging out with friends, and the FOOD! A nice homemade meal with the family makes all the stress from midterms vanish. It’s a tradition in my family to go to my aunt’s house on Christmas Eve to eat lasagna. I usually opt for the vegetarian lasagna (there’s vegetarian, … Continue reading Heterotroph: A Food Column
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (’23) Like dissolves like, except when it is an emotion. When you yell at someone and they yell back at you, your yelling does not dissolve into thin air. Each shout builds on top of the other until the glass in the window has shattered and the walls of the house have started to fall down. The birds that built nests in … Continue reading ANGER MANAGEMENT
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (’23) People are so funny. The things we come up with in their head and write down on paper. The things we say aloud. The things we do. Humans do so many dumb things. Like selling peeled oranges in plastic containers when the orange peel itself is a container, or hitting and yelling at machinery when it stops working. When, for the … Continue reading Laugh Until I Cry
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (‘23) Human error. Human error causes uncertainty. Did I forget to turn off the stove? Or the sink? Is the sink slowly filling with water? Now it’s dripping onto the floor of the bathroom. It’s making its way beneath the crack of the door into the hallway. It gushes down the stairs. Soon my house is filled with water. My goldfish is … Continue reading 404 Error – Page Not Found
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (‘23) “It’s opposite day.” That’s what my brother says every once in a while. He says it when he does something mean, and tells me he meant to do the opposite, kind thing. What is opposite day though? The opposite of day is night. The opposite of night is day. But actions and words are not that simple. Sure, sure, there are … Continue reading Opposite Day
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (‘23) The Earth spans a surface area of 196.9 million mi². Its highest point of elevation is 29,029 ft above sea level at the tip of Mount Everest. Over 4000 people have reached this point successfully, while around 295 people lost their lives in the process. The deepest known point on Earth’s surface is the Challenger Deep somewhere near 35,814 feet below … Continue reading Mentally on Mars
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco (‘23) When something disappears, how long does it take you to notice? I mean, it depends, right? If you have no food in your cupboards, you’re bound to realize at some point. But what if the smudge on the wall in the corner of your room vanishes? Did you realize it was gone? Did you get up every day and look at … Continue reading Smudges on the Wall
By Marina Campoy-LoVasco 2023 They always say that there is someone, somewhere, doing something in the world. When I was little, I would say that someone, somewhere, was talking to a mermaid. When I was little, I thought mermaids were real. Now I am not so sure, but really, who is to say they are not? I mean, aliens surely exist somewhere out there in … Continue reading There is Someone, Somewhere, Doing Something
By Marina Campoy-Lavasco (’23) I walked on the very edge of the clouds. Where it rains on one side and it shines on the other. I walked that fine line between the blue raindrops and yellow sunshine. I guess that would make where I walked green. I greeted the people pelted by rain and the people burnt by the sun. Sometimes, when I needed a … Continue reading With the World on Either Side
The Overachiever 