Freshmen Issue 278 Back To Greece Apr 2026

— Alex “I Cried in the Agora (And That’s Fine)” A First-Year’s Confession

So why Greece? Why now?

I pretend I have my major figured out. I pretend I don’t miss my dog. I pretend the 8 a.m. lecture doesn’t terrify me. Freshmen Issue 278 Back To Greece

Because when you’re a freshman, you are, in every sense, an architect of ruins. You leave home, you lose your compass, you build a new self out of cafeteria coffee and 3 a.m. texts. Then, midterms hit. Suddenly, you feel as lost as Odysseus drifting past the Lotus-Eaters. — Alex “I Cried in the Agora (And