CAMPUS The Administration of Silence by Gracie Kanigher
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ARTS & CULTURE Pumpkin Spice: America’s Vice
by Carly Olson and Xander Landen
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ARTS & CULTURE Fiber: How Artists are Reframing Feminism EVA STRAUSS
PHOTO INSET Dis/Order
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TECH & INNOVATION Net Growth
Theme
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Explicitly or implicitly, our society continually seeks to impose order and reject disorder within the disparate elements of our world. This can be seen in out political and technological systems, artistic expressions, and patterns of consumption. In this issue, we explore how individuals unintentionally participate in disorder, consciously challenge order, or operate somewhere in between these lines.
PATRICK MCVEE
POETRY Early, Still Magnificently Dark
OPINION Why Iowa? by Tyler Green
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Contributors
by Liza Leonard
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design assistants Kayden Mimmack Chase Conley Lynette Bian Zoe Baghdoyan Franny Kamio Zhujing Wang Astrid Weng Conrad Young Alexandra Benjamin
Sofia Adams Danny Garfield Eve Feldberg Sarah Kotis Patrick McVee Cecelia Nealon-Shapiro Minyi Tan
by Katie Saviano
by Liza Leonard
web editors Greta Jochem Lily Hartzell
LYNETTE BIAN
POETRY 1:04 AM
by Jaanvi Sant
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