On July 29, 2007, I attended the second day of Rock the Bells, an annual hip-hop festival, at Randall’s Island. The event was historic,...

Recently, I received what, in any other year, would be a pretty normal text: ‍Hey! I just got back in town. Wanna grab coffee? It ...

“We are the dreamers; we are the music makers” - Willy Wonka As children, we are awarded many stickers and participation awards. These...

“…The comic mask is ugly and distorted, but does not imply pain.” – Aristotle, Poetics The work of Brian Faltyn, better known to his...

Let me be the first to say that my job should not be open for business. As a receptionist at a waxing salon, where women get Brazilians,...

“…The comic mask is ugly and distorted, but does not imply pain.” – Aristotle, Poetics The work of Brian Faltyn, better known to his...

I. The word rang in my ears like a loud bell, So painful it was, I couldn’t even bear, Like the word “stupid” that became my cell, Both...

The arrival of spring they come again, The stubborn green that flaws his very land. So with his hands, cleansing has now began, Who knew...

The weeks leading up to the election were fraught with embittered discourse, stirrings of unrest, rampant increases in COVID-19...

What would it be like if the moment we turned 18, a switch turned on from “child” to “adult?” Suddenly, we would know how to do our...

On October 22, the Pratt Institute student body received an email with the most straightforward subject yet: “Academic Updates for Spring...

I would consider myself to be a hopeless romantic, both in the face of a global pandemic and a digital world. I’ve had my fair share of ...