Introduction 2020

Dear reader, Humans have been telling stories for as long as humans have existed. From cave paintings to Greek epics to 280 character tweets, humans love to tell stories. And everyone has a story to tell. Nine years ago, Professor Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers started a class called Tell Your Story Walking, named after a Deb

Broken

Poem by Ftsum Michael

Phantom Cat

By Marissa Solomon

Owl eyes that never blink and heavy paws that thump forevermore down
the stairs.

A City So Distant

by Abby Johnson Abby is a sophomore studying neuroscience and biology. She loves to travel and take pictures of the places she’s been, which is how this picture came to be.

We dedicate the 2020 collection to Trevor Daley Pierce

We dedicate the 2020 collection to Trevor Daley Pierce (2001–2020). Trevor wrote this introduction for his honors orientation seminar: My name is Trevor—I’m a political philosophy major at ‘Cuse, and I’m really excited to be here. Given that I’m from New Hampshire, which is completely rural and quiet, being at Syracuse is the exact opposite of