Author Leigh Tauss

A petition to alter the code of ethics governing whether New Student Leaders can be in the presence of underage drinking has sparked debate between students and faculty. New Student Programs, which is a...

Leigh Tauss is a junior studying English and creative writing. This piece was originally posted on her blog, Mere Trickery. Boozed up “bros” at the watering hole are quick to label any sexual rejection...

Vice President Joe Biden has spoken and “enough is enough.” Seventy days have passed since the Newtown tragedy and the storm of public and political outrage has not even begun to settle. “We have an...

Leigh Tauss is a junior studying English and creative writing. This piece was originally posted on her blog, Mere Trickery. Everywhere you click these days it seems you’re bombarded by a flock of white...

No crystal ball was necessary to reveal the success of the psychic readers who came to campus this weekend to unlock the secrets of the spirit for students. The event, dubbed “Anti-Valentines day” was...

Not being able to open the front door was justification enough not to leave the house. Fairfield had gone tundra over night. My cat was terrified. By noon we still hadn’t heard any plow and began to...

No, they aren’t dyed icy treats or Siberian super storms. A snowclone is the name of a linguistic structure so common you probably use it everyday but never knew was an actual ‘thing.’ Snowclones, by...

There is a bridge. I remember visiting Cornell University in 2009 and strolling across it, pausing to take in the epic expanse of dramatic cliffs and peaceful river far below. In that moment of vast...

Traffic is halted on Bellermine Road as a half dozen turkeys make a painfully slow crossing, the largest male of the bunch straddling the yellow line as if confused as to what direction he just came from. A...

The insatiable Linda McMahon is at it again. Following her 50 million dollar splurge on her failed 2010 campaign for the Senate, the beast that can’t be beat has reared her bleach blond head once more,...