Riley Altiere

You’re not bad at college — you’re just past the honeymoon phase

When you first move onto campus, it is easy to feel overwhelmed with excitement. You are meeting new people, figuring out campus, decorating your dorm and realizing that this is actually your life now. There are football games, late nights, new restaurants, organizations and so many new things to do. At first, college can feel […]

What the Flock? No more spying for ‘safety’

How many cameras do you think you pass on your way to class? There are cameras on the sides of buildings, in hallways, above cash registers — but there are also the cameras you may have never noticed, quietly photographing and documenting your vehicle as you drive down the road.  If you live in Oxford, […]

What loss has taught me, what you can learn from it, too

I have always dreaded one distinct feeling in my stomach, where your heart sinks and your insides become knotted. Whenever that feeling arrives, I’m 12 years old again, awakened by my mother who said she had to talk to me. In a half-dreaming daze, I stumbled into her room and climbed onto her bed, figuring […]

Don’t let romance be your oxygen

You are someone else entirely when you remove the need for romance.  As I scroll through Instagram and TikTok, especially after Valentine’s Day, my feeds are flooded with digital postcards of seemingly perfect relationships. When I spend time with my friends, I find that more often than not, the topic of discussion is one of […]

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