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If These Dogs Could Talk

By Zach Smith Sound has been the sense that has always hit me the hardest. My sensory issues are greater than ever, so any noisy sound causes my eardrum to vibrate like an earthquake. A [...]
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Many Student Workers Not Informed of Wage Changes

By Victoria Konicki Wages for Worcester State University student workers were reset to $12 per hour over the summer due to the rising minimum wage in Massachusetts, but many student workers were not informed in [...]
Local

Do You Believe?

By Robert Racicot “Good luck.” Tim, Oxford’s library director, laughed that eternal laugh of his as he locked me in for the night. When Tim laughs, you’re never quite sure if he’s laughing with you [...]
Creative Writing

“The Spell”

By Tyanna McCaulsky Photo credit: Josh Catalano Just a kissGave the heart that one wishBlind eyes Devious liesWhat did I miss?Butterflies, my sunshine However, you weren’t actually mineHolding onto a thin lineThe pain, I don’t want to [...]
Creative Writing

Talking on Paper

By Richard Mayne A respected member of a Cherokee tribe once referred to written language itself as “talking on paper.” At a campfire one night, not long past the dawn of the nineteenth century, he [...]