by osc.r
Written for Emma Leynse in December 2022. This is a short story I’ve had in mind since high school, and finally got about to writing it in the middle of my Senior year at Cornell. The Last Person on Earth Frederick Brown, 1948 and the shortest horror story wrote the brief two sentences below. This is an extension to Brown’s story to create an … Read More A Short Story
by osc.r
This month’s blog is a quick, but important read. To begin, I’d like to ask you; are you proud to be an American? Following the outrageous year 2020 had in store for the nation, this question has become more challenging than not. For the prideful American I’ve grown to be, I personally struggled with this question for quite some time throughout the year, as … Read More What does it mean to be American in 2021?
by osc.r
It was a chilly afternoon on November the 19th, 2019 when I opened the letter that would change my life. I arrived at my dorm, exhausted from 200m repeats, with just enough time cut out in the day to prepare for a huge Arabic presentation in two days. I decided to check my Cornell portal to see if there were any updates and there … Read More From Public to Ivy: The Nitty-Gritty about Transferring
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