By Allyson Larcom '17

When my best friend and I were hired together as waitresses for the brand-new Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in Salt Lake City, Gusto!, we were fairly certain it was going to be the best summer of our lives. We imagined exchanging banter as we waited on regulars, making sandwiches while talking about our lives at home, and earning an extra dollar or two by winking at the right people. We were hired on the spot, without the owner so much as glancing at our resumes.

That really should’ve been the first sign.

By Sarah Michelson '18

I'm stirring my coffee and she's sipping her orange juice, and it's quiet. It's a nice quiet, the kind you can appreciate and don't feel the pressure to immediately break. Just outside, the Pacific Ocean is beating down on the shoreline. Yesterday, we went to the beach and it was also a nice quiet. A few days earlier, we went to the Getty Museum, and that was a nice quiet too.

By Cecilia Nowell ’16

I have a confession. It’s not something I like to admit and people often think I’m pretty weird after I tell them about it. But it’s time I shared: I’m a nerd, and not just any nerd. I’m a trekkie.

By Wenbo Bai '16

What would you like?

I am headed to the Black Diamond Royal Library, but when I see a lighted booth in the middle of the usually grey and empty Nytorv plaza, I feel the irresistible, gravitational pull of curiosity. The booth looks more like a fancy trailer home—a strange, anachronistic structure among the cobblestones, complete with lights and a billboard that reads “Få en gratis hårstyling.”