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Poetry: “Bloat” by Ava Chen
By Ava Chen | October 9, 2026 In a poem comprised of couplets interrupted by one tercet, Ava Chen plumbs the depths of a desire which has inflated beyond the bounds of its relationship of origin. Chen captures this inflation through both the poem’s imagery—”a mouth with…breath / stuffed inside,” and “When you cook a fish, the lips open.” The form evokes this expansion, too.
The humanities don’t need to be afraid of AI
Last semester, my English professor acknowledged that he probably wouldn’t recognize an essay generated by artificial intelligence, but also warned students that if this was the route they chose, they would only be cheating themselves. The value of a humanities education should not come from a desire for a good grade, but rather from a love of learning and the process of developing original ideas, and he trusted that his students felt the same, he argued.
Hudson Valley Event Round Up: February 27 - March 1, 2026
It’s easy to get stuck inside the “Vassar Bubble,” but there are so many fun events and cool places to check out in the Hudson Valley area. If you’re looking for your upcoming weekend plans (February 27 – March 1, 2026), this article is for you! The A Boogie Wit the Hoodie Experience 33 Academy St., Poughkeepsie Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10:00 p.m. Get ready for a night filled with music, dancing, and fun surprises! If you’re a fan of A Boogie Wit the Hoodie, you don’t want to miss out on this.
The Economic Case for Better Sex Ed
33% of women aged 18-49 in the US use some form of birth control pill. Since July 2023, customers can purchase Opill, the first daily oral contraceptive approved in the US without a prescription, at grocery and convenience stores, pharmacies, and even online. But this open access wasn’t always the case; birth control pills weren’t legalized for everyone until 1972, marking a historic move in providing safe and affordable methods of contraception.
Shinshot Media Unveils The Stand-in: A Sci-Fi Thriller Delving into the Dangerous Allure of AI
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Jaroslaw Krolewski Is Quietly Redefining How Enterprises Grow in the Age of AI
For all the global buzz around artificial intelligence, much of the focus remains skewed toward consumer-facing products and Silicon Valley giants. But in the heart of Central Europe, a different kind of AI story is unfolding — one that’s less about spectacle and more about results. Meet Jaroslaw Krolewski, Founder and CEO of Synerise, a Poland-based AI and martech platform that’s quietly becoming one of Europe’s most consequential enterprise software companies.
Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo Is Building the Hardware to Clean the Sky - And the World Is Taking Note
In the race to net zero, carbon removal is no longer a moonshot. It’s a necessity. And in the crowded arena of climate tech, one European startup is earning quiet but powerful attention — not just for its breakthrough approach, but for the engineer leading it. Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo, Co-Founder and CTO of Parallel Carbon, isn’t your typical startup founder. She’s not loud, she’s not chasing headlines, and she’s certainly not interested in building hype.
Kyle Vogt’s Quiet Comeback Could Spark the Next Consumer Robotics Revolution
If history is any guide, when Kyle Vogt builds, the world pays attention. He helped shape live-streaming with Twitch, then reimagined transportation through Cruise — two companies that didn’t just disrupt their industries, they helped define them. Now, after stepping down from Cruise in late 2023, Vogt is back — this time, not with a media platform or a mobility company, but with a bold new venture: The Bot Company, launched in 2024. His mission?
Himanshu Gupta Is Turning Climate Risk Into Business Intelligence - And the World Is Finally Listening
In a world struggling to reconcile long-term climate threats with short-term economic realities, Himanshu Gupta is quietly proving that resilience isn’t just possible — it’s profitable. As Co-Founder and CEO of ClimateAI, Gupta is one of the rare leaders bridging two of the most complex domains of our time: climate science and artificial intelligence.
From Gym Floors to Boardrooms: How Alex Hormozi is Rewriting the Playbook for Entrepreneurial Wealth
Alex Hormozi doesn’t fit the mold of your typical business guru — and he’d be the first to tell you that’s probably why he’s winning. A first-generation Iranian-American and former management consultant who once spent 12-hour days coaching clients in a gym, Hormozi is now the founder of Acquisition.com, a portfolio company generating over $200 million annually in revenue. But this isn’t another “zero to millionaire” story dressed in motivational fluff.
Amplify the student voice in the Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline
Over the past few weeks, undergraduate students have been receiving email advertisements to apply to the Honor Committee and the , which are responsible for adjudicating violations of academic and community standards according to Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities.
Clean Beauty Or Clever Marketing? The Truth Behind Your Products
Have you ever wondered what’s actually in your skincare? It’s easy to blindly follow labels that read “Dermatologist Recommended” or “Clinically Approved,” and while these phrases sound nice and convince us enough to add the products to our shopping carts, it is important to understand what chemicals you are putting directly on the largest organ in the human body: your skin. Researching the chemicals and polymers in each product can be daunting, especially without a chemical background.
Bybit Hackers Return: Laundering 62,200 ETH in Cryptocurrency Scheme Uncovered – Archyde
The FBI has officially blamed North Korea for the massive $1.4 billion cryptocurrency heist targeting Bybit, according to a recent declaration. This serves as a stark warning to the cryptocurrency world, especially concerning the laundering of funds through various platforms and decentralized protocols. Laundering of Stolen Ether Following the Feb. 21 Bybit hack, North Korea’s Lazarus Group has been actively laundering the stolen Ether.
Judgment Day - The Offing
Ring out, ring in, machete. ...we are all breaking just the same. This is a survival chore.
Spring Break Fashion Trend Predictions
Although we’re still bundled up in our big winter jackets, thinking about spring break outfits is the perfect way to make warmer days come faster.
Walking up Teuhtli
...we are all breaking just the same. This is a survival chore.
Test Results - The Offing
This is a survival chore. Yesterday, he caused his eighth accident. Tomorrow, his tenth.
Parable - The Offing
Yesterday, he caused his eighth accident. Tomorrow, his tenth. All to the core you have me bitten, as if I’m the one to suffer from dysentery or rabies.
Remove AlcoholEdu from online orientation programming
Incoming first-years spend several hours the summer before matriculating clicking through educational modules on alcohol use — AlcoholEdu for College — and sexual violence prevention — Sexual Violence Prevention for Students. Their tediosity, however, discourages students from truly engaging with the material, and their asynchronous nature does not hold students accountable to internalize the information they present.
[2410.07594] Design and Characterization of High Efficiency Single-stage Electromagnetic Coil Guns
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Ava Chen
We play our parts too well as lines in a barcode of light on the sand. I wonder what we are worth: a lock of donated hair, our cat curled in the baby’s crib. My outstretched arm forms an obelisk trying to poison the sun. You empty your pockets of drugstore receipts, pineapple Hi-Chews, bits of my mind. The seashells gleam away in disgust. The tide recedes and you cite bad timing. It’s always bad timing. While you were falling through glass doors, I wrote poetry on unrolled joints.
Princeton college consultants must prioritize accessibility and pedagogy, not profit
This summer, a new array of advertisements began to flood my Instagram feed. The ads promoted college consulting services offered by incoming students at elite schools like Princeton. SAT tutoring, essay editing, research project mentorship — these services span the entire college application, facilitated through platforms ranging from professional websites to Google Forms. But this help is often not entirely borne of generous spirits.
Americans will see an increase in their take-home pay due to the IRS adjusting tax brackets for 2024
Breakthrough Discovery in Perovskite Solar Cell Stability Unveils Path to More Durable, Efficient Energy Harvesting
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in words before I sleep
Tomorrow night, I cry as activity instead of catharsis. This little bloodstained duvet twisted between my bruises. Why are you still here? A bleached monochrome dance I bore into at every cusp between late night and early morning. The Notes app dream journal woven in half-delirium, half-life, but within is what may have truly passed, if there is such a thing. Such is the pied piper of evening sky: are the transient pinpricks above liminal windshield dust or celestial negative space?
Rapid mid-jump production of high-performance silk by jumping spiders
Summary 1 Vollrath F. Madsen B. Shao Z. The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider’s dragline silk. Proc. Biol. Sci. 2001; 268: 2339-2346 . Here we report that, despite being spun at high speeds (∼500–700 mm/s; 100–140 body lengths/s), jump-spun salticid silk shows consistent, uniform structure as well as the high-performance qualities characteristic of silk spun by other spiders, including orb-weaving species, at low speeds 2 Agnarsson I. Kuntner M.
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