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  1. Simply Settling In

    Cooper Anderson & Sam Voter September 1, 2023 With a click from a burner, a flame is lit. The roar of a hot pan fills the air. Onions sizzle in...

  2. A Final Thesis

    by: Natalie Pontikes Eliza Luden & Ned Hallahan Back in August, we Arcadians marveled at the quotation-ridden walls of our composting toilet, the Clivus Multrum, surprised that our bathroom walls...

  3. Fire Season

    By John Bernhardt & Robertson Ramos “Beep, beep, beep!” The sound of the smoke alarm in the classroom yurt blares across Arcadia, sending the Canada jays scattering. “RYANN!” Somebody hollers...

  4. Stay in the Raft!

    by: Hope Olson & Elsa Eckhardt “Forward two!” yells Carrie from the back of the raft. We paddle hard against the oncoming rapids of the Hudson River. The whitewater slaps...

  5. Food, Farms, and Friends

    Ruby Bashant & Amelia Berthold September 29, 2023 After a long week of waiting in suspense for their cook night to come along, it is finally Friday. Berit and Abhainn...

  6. The Song of Arcadian Life

    By Jacqui Smith, Beckley Wooster, & Jordanna Samburgh September 22, 2025 Picture this: You wake up in your yurt to the sound of loons singing and the sun’s first rays...

  7. Growing Home

    By Emily Campbell & Eva Nielsen September 8, 2025 If you happen to be on Massawepie Lake as the sun sinks below the horizon, and if you listen closely, you...

  8. A Break in the Clouds

    by Ben Graham September 29 The dinner bell has rung at Arcadia; it echoes through the forest. Eleven Arcadians pile into the kitchen like a herd of bison. The chaos...

  9. No Man’s Land: Tupper Lake

    Darlenne Cazarin Berrios & Callie Richards September 8, 2023 Hey Siri, play…wait a minute. “Crank the radio up! We can’t hear it in the back!” shouts one of us among...

  10. Something in the Water

    Campbell Jenkins & Abhainn Bajus October 13, 2023 Some of us haven’t been swimming since we’ve returned to Arcadia after mid-semester break. There’s something lurking in the water. Perhaps it’s...