Archive | Issue 5: 2019

Being secluded in the city of Seattle for most of my life, tragedies seem distant, in the past, and forgettable. My trip to Cape Town was a re-awakening to the struggles of Black people. With the construction of race came the destruction of lands, families, values, and ultimately, humanity. No matter how beautiful the nature […]

When I went abroad to Italy and the Netherlands last summer, it was amazing. I had the best time of my life, I learned so much about other people and myself, and I documented it all through the perfecting lens of social media. When I say I had the best time of my life abroad, […]

to rome and my romans, let’s start off the night with pasta carbonara bacchus can help us with the wine pairing. toast about a thousand times to stelle e luna be careful not to drink too much (again). eat and chatter chatter and eat while the sun sets, casting a golden highlight over the plates […]

Sonia SinghSonia is a Communications student. She also works at Starbucks as a barista. Is constantly living life of positivity.

Not far above itchy hug around chest of just-purchased sparkly pink vintage dress my brain is trotting circles ’round a teapot and cup What if… twittering fingers tearing at scones as though starving, flittering eyes too, in creaky café chair, rocking, What if I stayed… walking, not hearing chatter and applause, not seeing castle-tops and […]

Dear Rome, I was a piece of parchment paper held together by glass when we last met, Dear Trevi Fountain, I was eleven when I stopped making wishes I threw a coin at you and the milky way fell down from the midnight sky, leaving a trail of dried-dandelion-skeletons. Their needles were still piercing me […]

Mikaela BartyzelLandscape Architecture Design-Build Fall 2018: Therapeutic gardens for the Martin Horvat hospital in Rovinj, Croatia Architecture major Born and raised in Washington Will probably not die in Washington Still dreams about the taste of persimmons every night Has a habit of getting lost on purpose (and on accident) INFP with 21,332 unread emails and […]

Reflecting on travel, we often long for renewal and restoration, but certain emotional charges may remain unresolved. Beautiful+Amazing by Mikaela Bartyzel Dear Rome by Ragini Gupta What If? by Annika Knapp India Through My Eyes by Sonia Singh an ode to Roma/the last toast by Alyssa Kearns Accepting Anxiety Abroad by Mackenzie Wamble Breathing Space by Chantalle Bell CHID Study AbroadThe UW Program in […]

When in South Africa I was faced with many questions…some more perplexing than others. They ranged from simple things like “where is that cow going?” or “why are their school uniforms blue?” to much more complicated questions. Now, entering my 7th month of being back in Seattle, the questions that have persisted are not the […]

I participated in the UW English Department’s Summer in London program in Summer 2018.   I wrote this poem when I came back home, as a type of self-reflection on my experience in that specific city. Prior to my trip, I was set on certain things I wanted to see, purchase, and try in England, within […]