The Loose Brick

When the Movies Came to Town

One Friday morning in February, senior Kayla Sharpe got a phone call from the assistant director of William and Mary’s Global Film Festival. Someone was desperately needed to escort Ambassador Akbar Ahmed from his bed and breakfast to the Reves Center for an open Q & A session…

Can-Do

My mother hit 45 and started coming home at all hours of the morning sporting t-shirts with the sleeves ripped off and old bandanas stained with sweat. No, she didn’t join a motorcycle gang — that would’ve been too tame. Instead, she was ducking out of the house at five in the morning to go to Rambo Boot Camp, a…

Playing Chess With Spoons

Alexis Plofchan on living with Lyme disease

Alexis Plofchan will not take shit from anything, not even the grey, rain-soaked day visible through the window behind her. Having just woken up from a nap and assertively made herself…

Running the Reconciliation Race

It is 1964 in Memphis, Tennessee. The sticky spring air has already drawn damp circles under the arms…

Desert Nights

It’s the middle of the night in Morocco. Caitlin sits on the curb outside a remote bus stop on the outskirts of Rissani, waiting…

A Spicy Relationship

While hot peppers turn pale faces red and force the inexperienced plead for a cold drink, I find instant gratification as…

Unrooted

Five cats, one dog, four people. Every summer we make this same trip to the lake, chasing a…

To Pay or Not to Pay?

William and Mary’s opinions on college athletes.

“The conversation starts with or around food,” said Grace Smith, starting goalie for William and Mary’s women’s soccer team. “There was one time, we were on the bus going to Richmond to play VCU, and we were swinging…

Go, Go, Go

The search for the body, life, and identity I want— and maybe finding it.