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A student describes how her missed opportunities were replaced with unexpected experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A student describes how her year has been reflected through The Strokes’ new album.

A student describes her experience working as a cashier at a bakery while struggling to enforce public health precautions.

A senior shares why she won’t feel like celebrating her achievement of graduating from college next year.

A student describes how her anxiety makes Thanksgiving festivities especially difficult for her.

A student describes the voter shame directed at Black people who do not vote, despite the fact that they’ve been disenfranchised the most.

A student discusses not conforming to beauty standards as a woman with polycystic ovary syndrome.

A student reflects on her experiences growing up religious and how celebrating Halloween was frowned upon.

A student discusses how her family’s Democratic values were not compromised by their Catholic faith.

A student discusses losing her great-grandmother to COVID-19 and the president’s pandemic response.