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There once was a boy oh so wealthy
Eryn Rhodes

Just over two weeks ago, I sat down (albeit over Zoom) for a conversation with University of Virginia’s Vice President for Finance, and Chief Finan
Miriella Jiffar

In the United States, including all 50 states and Washington D.C, only 7% of professors are Black, despite Black people making up about 13% of the
Bailey Middleton

You are not carried downstream by a river
But the ocean rocks you back and forth
Kiki McLaughlin

Most love stories begin with a hello, ours began with a ransacked lunchbox, a stolen spork, and a touch of pyromania.
Jasmine Wang

Whenever something ends, there’s an instinctual drive to seize any last opportunities and make whatever last minute proclamations you can before it
Andi Sink
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Whenever something ends, there’s an instinctual drive to seize any last opportunities and make whatever last minute proclamations you can before it
Andi Sink
Whenever something ends, there’s an instinctual drive to seize any last opportunities and make whatever last minute proclamations you can before it

Most love stories begin with a hello, ours began with a ransacked lunchbox, a stolen spork, and a touch of pyromania.
Jasmine Wang
Most love stories begin with a hello, ours began with a ransacked lunchbox, a stolen spork, and a touch of pyromania.

You are not carried downstream by a river
But the ocean rocks you back and forth
Kiki McLaughlin
You are not carried downstream by a river
But the ocean rocks you back and forth

In the United States, including all 50 states and Washington D.C, only 7% of professors are Black, despite Black people making up about 13% of the
Bailey Middleton
In the United States, including all 50 states and Washington D.C, only 7% of professors are Black, despite Black people making up about 13% of the

Just over two weeks ago, I sat down (albeit over Zoom) for a conversation with University of Virginia’s Vice President for Finance, and Chief Finan
Miriella Jiffar
Just over two weeks ago, I sat down (albeit over Zoom) for a conversation with University of Virginia’s Vice President for Finance, and Chief Finan
There once was a boy oh so wealthy
Eryn Rhodes
There once was a boy oh so wealthy

I, like a lot of people, was taught from a young age never to talk about money.
Andi Sink
I, like a lot of people, was taught from a young age never to talk about money.

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that I am a material girl.
Jasmine Wang
Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that I am a material girl.
“Don’t do this job for your whole life,” my customer, an older gentleman with a shock of white hair says, smirking at me.
Hailey Robbins
“Don’t do this job for your whole life,” my customer, an older gentleman with a shock of white hair says, smirking at me.

Journalism: the “4th pillar” of government.
Eryn Rhodes
Journalism: the “4th pillar” of government.

You know what. I’ll say it. I liked working in retail.
Cheyenne Butler
You know what. I’ll say it. I liked working in retail.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about what my life will look like after graduation. What job will I have? Will I be rich? Will I be happy?
Bailey Middleton
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what my life will look like after graduation. What job will I have? Will I be rich? Will I be happy?

The Sunday night before spring break, after an Instagram direct message from my friend in Tallahassee, I decided to upend my plans to return home t
Hailey Robbins
The Sunday night before spring break, after an Instagram direct message from my friend in Tallahassee, I decided to upend my plans to return home t

My mother was born with a green ribbon wrapped around her left thumb
Jasmine Wang
My mother was born with a green ribbon wrapped around her left thumb
April has begun. The seams of March have ripped apart, and as I write this the temperatures have climbed all the way into the low 80s.
Andi Sink
April has begun. The seams of March have ripped apart, and as I write this the temperatures have climbed all the way into the low 80s.

I stumble through life like a dehydration-addled ascetic in a desert during the apocalypse
Kiki McLaughlin
I stumble through life like a dehydration-addled ascetic in a desert during the apocalypse
In today’s Third Wave feminist movement, there’s a growing idea that any “choice” a woman makes, with the intention of doing so to empower herself
Eryn Rhodes
In today’s Third Wave feminist movement, there’s a growing idea that any “choice” a woman makes, with the intention of doing so to empower herself
I recently started watching the Netflix TV series Shadow and Bone over spring break, adapted from the seven novels that span Leigh Bardugo
Miriella Jiffar
I recently started watching the Netflix TV series Shadow and Bone over spring break, adapted from the seven novels that span Leigh Bardugo

Not long ago, I was a high school student who had assigned readings. Some novels I loved, some I hated, and many I’d forgotten about.
Cheyenne Butler
Not long ago, I was a high school student who had assigned readings. Some novels I loved, some I hated, and many I’d forgotten about.

In the quiet nights of winter
The air sighs with an icy chill
Bailey Middleton
In the quiet nights of winter
The air sighs with an icy chill

When I took on the position of Editor here at Iris, I felt very hesitant to use phrases like “editorial vision” when referring to my goals
Andi Sink
When I took on the position of Editor here at Iris, I felt very hesitant to use phrases like “editorial vision” when referring to my goals

Monday grips a pen
Neurotic scribbles fill a blank page
Jasmine Wang
Monday grips a pen
Neurotic scribbles fill a blank page

Miriella Jiffar

After watching the Oscar-winning movie Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, I was intrigued by how the characters were able to jump throug
Bailey Middleton
After watching the Oscar-winning movie Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, I was intrigued by how the characters were able to jump throug
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