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Autobiography of a food baby

My conception was far from romantic. It began at 7:30 on a Friday night, under a flag that was once draped over Queen Victoria’s casket. Helen, my mother, was alone at the foot of a table with a plate of roast chicken, paired with a bowl of miso soup with enough sodium for ...

Five celebrities you didn’t know were babies before they were famous

1. Nicholas Cage  This star of National Treasure: Book of Secrets has a big secret himself: he used to be his mother’s national treasure, as before he was famous, he was at one point, a baby.  2. Zooey Deschanel  Can you even imagine Zooey Deschanel without bangs? Did you watch ...

I tried to get baby flathead, where am I now?

I’m writing this from an Arkansas prison

Baby smell

You hold the squishy fleshy baby in your hands. Your nose dips into the fuzz of their scalp. You inhale deeply. Baby Smell™ fills your nostrils and binds to your serotonin receptors, flooding you with emotions. But what is Baby Smell™? What are the components of this exudation, the most ...

Baby talk: an interview with my one-year-old nephew

Baby babbles in shocking interview

The Strand sits down with: the Little Lords of campus

Their woes, delights, and what it is they want most for their birthdays! No doubt, if you’ve spent any time on campus you are at the very least somewhat familiar with the Little Lords. Campus’ Little Lords, the delightful little sprites who flounce about campus feasting on bonbons, taking tea, ...

Five ways to improve your wiping technique

We wipe. More often than not we wipe and wipe. Hell, sometimes we wipe and wipe and wipe. This is how we live. But are we living our best life? Rhetorical question, dear reader. Rhetorical question. Start living your best life today! And wipe that frown upside down with these ...

I only have one testicle… and you’ll never guess where it is!

I only have one testicle… and you’ll never guess where it is!

Anatomy of a case competition

As a Political Science student who chose the field after two years of volunteering at hackathons as a Soylent protector, a 3D printer problem diagnoser, and a person to rant to, what happened at my first case competition was surprisingly confusing—to say the least. Are you getting ready for your ...

Why the Orbeez® guy is the best activist of our generation

Orhe’s a jolly good fellow! Last week, TikTok user Cyril @cyrilschr posted several videos which detailed his experiences after filling his bathtub full of Orbeez®. For those of you who don’t know, Orbeez® are little colourful beads that are meant to grow 100 times in size when submerged in water. ...