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On Having Someone There

Photos by Elisa Broche @eyesofeg When I first met Sydney, she was tucked into her own little world: a beanie pulled low, a hood covering...

Elisa Abroad

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Daddy and I

Dear Diary, When I was a little girl, my father was my hero. I admired him more than anyone in my little world. He was everything to me....

Between Us

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Never Forget

Silver dollar pancakes have nothing on you. Neither does this greasy spoon, In all its glory with that big gumball machine With its swirl

Katie August

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Tales from Llanka: To see the sky Part 4

= It had been nearly four years since that evening in the kitchen. Time had not dulled the memory—it remained vivid, like heat trapped...

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Circles

Contributing Writer Maria Jensen Round and round and round I go,. Where is a spot? Nobody knows! From the library, to Dunham, to Cel...

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Literary-Personal Essay

INVESTIGATIVE

‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’: Volunteers Fight Nationwide Erasure of Queer Identities

Mural above APNH check-in desk. Credit - Patch Bowen, Horseshoe Magazine 2025 Early into Hartford Healthcare’s partnership with the...

Patch Bowen

The largest hospitals in Connecticut are cutting transgender services. Permanently.

“In Connecticut, we don’t inject politics into private family medical decisions, and we don’t let adults bully our kids. It’s that simple.”

Patch Bowen

INTERPRETATIVE

The Phoneless Concert Dilemma

or the first time at a concert without my phone, I saw the stage not a sea of screens. Nearly 14,000 eyes focused on the band, the crowd connected in ways no recording could capture, and I realized some memories are meant to be lived, not filmed.

Abigail Riggins

Cardinal

Contributing Writer Gabriella Pinto I’m not a religious person. For context, the only times I’ve recently been in a church were for...

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The Oversexualization of Black Women

Contributing Writer Djemima Duvernat I am here to point a finger at social media, our mothers, and our education system because, yes,...

Gabriella Pinto

PHOTOJOURNALISM

Her Name Is Elaine

In Mallory Square, an iguana named Elaine basks under the sun, oblivious to the world’s troubles. Named after a 'Seinfeld' character by an ice cream vendor, she lives a routine life far removed from ocean acidification or territory disputes just rocks, sun, and the slow shuffle of her fellow iguanas.

Azam Hostetler

The neck of a yellow excavator foots the bottom of a scene located in the Meat-Packing district of a bustling Manhattan, the smells of Chelsea Market wafting over. Shadows consume the urban landscape, lining every automobile and defining every storefront. Bright, vibrant colors contrast the darkness, fighting for their time with the viewer’s eye.

The New York High Line

The neck of a yellow excavator foots the bottom of a scene located in the Meat-Packing district of a bustling Manhattan, the smells of Chelsea Market wafting over. Shadows consume the urban landscape, lining every automobile and defining every storefront. Bright, vibrant colors contrast the darkness, fighting for their time with the viewer’s eye.

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