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In Which Our Hero Makes Decisive Summer Plans
By Elizabeth Jackson It had to be said that Verily held no love for the heat. Particularly the stifling New York City brand of summer...

Elizabeth Jackson


In Which Our Hero Embraces Tradition
By Elizabeth Jackson It had come to Verily’s attention that he might not be making the most of his college experience. In fact, such a...

Elizabeth Jackson


In Which Our Hero Joins a Community of Like-Minded Peers
By Cy Gilman Verily Veritas frequently thought about decline. At night, after a few sips of bénédictine, he would sprawl his body across...

Cy Gilman


Verily Does the Marriage Pact
By Michael Colton The list of distinctions awarded to the young Verily Veritas over the years is neither short, nor unimpressive....

Verily Veritas


In Which Our Hero Offers Academic Assistance
Verily felt there was nothing that better repaid his debt to mankind than imparting nuggets of knowledge to those less intellectually...
Verily Veritas


In Which Our Hero Mentors the Next Generation
By Grace Adee On a recent hazy August morning, Verily Veritas was jolted awake by a timid little knock on his door. “Whoever could that...
Verily Veritas

In Which Our Hero Attempts a Zero-Waste Lifestyle
By Maya Weed.
Maya Weed


In Which Our Hero Appeals to Lesser Intellects
My Dear Sir ...
Verily Veritas


Verily Applies to be Editor-in-Chief
In which we publish our hero’s application in lieu of accepting him.
Verily Veritas

Verily Valentine’s
In which our hero seeks companionship on the most amorous of days.
Elizabeth Jackson
In Which Our Hero Is Sent on an Errand
By Mary Elizabeth Dawson. “Great sex,” said Verily Veritas as he rolled over to check the time on his phone. “Well, I really must be...
Mary Elizabeth Dawson

In Which Our Hero Takes a Gap Semester
Well, this just won’t do, thought Verily as he opened President Bollinger’s infamously verbose, oft-lampooned email announcing the complete
Hailey Ryan

In Which Our Hero is Compelled to Prove How Well He Knows His Friends
Verily Veritas had had enough of internet quizzes.
Elizabeth Jackson
In Which Our Hero Takes a Pandemic for a Plague
By Sydney Contreras “Huzzah!” cried Verily gleefully upon watching the last of his suitemates roll their Hartley moving bins into the...
Sydney Contreras
In Which Our Hero Searches for a Roommate
By Sadia Haque As January turned into February and students, at last, began to settle into the second semester, there was one thing on...
Sadia Haque
In Which Our Hero Takes Stock of the Neighborhood
By Sam Needleman It was once ordained, by a soul whose name and major have since given over to the winds of time, that: “On the Last...
Sam Needleman
Told Between Puffs, December 2018
In which our hero gets E. coli. Verily was eating a salad when his phone buzzed.Excited to hear back from his doctor about a particularly...
The Blue and White Magazine
Told Between Puffs, October 2018
In which our hero takes a break. Verily sat down to begin writing. Microsoft Word™ labored to start up, giving Verily a moment to...
The Blue and White Magazine

Told Between Puffs, May 2018
In which our hero solidifies summer plans ‘There is something distasteful in the informality of email,’ thought Verily as he opened up...
The Blue and White Magazine

Told Between Puffs, April 2018
In which our hero struggles to write a thesis ‘It’s all dribble,’ thought Verily, as he crumpled up another piece of vellum parchment....
The Blue and White Magazine
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