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Weebee

It’s elko noice to be back in the sprawling, claustrophobic infinity of college. I love the energy, the hubbub, the moving ins, the lines for everything and the freshmen’s hovering parents. We loiter, my roommates and I, sipping expensive, store-bought coffee, around the dorms, the bookstores, and shops, soaking up the frenzy. A mom sweetly says to her overwhelmed son, “Relax,” passing-off his stress, “enjoy this, engage those five senses and take it all in.” I smiled to myself - there are at least 21 senses, like equilibrioception (balance), thermoception (for heat/cold) and nociception (pain) - just to name three. I thought, “Welcome to college kid.” The first weeks of freshie life can be lonely - if you’re single. You search for someone to like - it can be very arbitrary and looks based. Last year, around campus, all you could see was the tops of people's faces. When everyone’s masked, eyebrows say a lot, so if you had beautiful eyebrows that went a long way - of course, hair was important too. There’s an eyebrow studio, down below the green, where students could, as the epitome of style, get their eyebrows threaded hoping they’d look more interesting, and more bonkable. That place was booming. Masking’s still a thing for fall ‘22 - in classrooms, instructional spaces, and high-density events - at least at first, until they see the spread - but there’s way less isolation. This semester there are exciting, new questions for potential ‘love’ interests to answer, like - “Have you ever dated any simians (monkeys)? . Slang: weebee = we’re back elko = surprisingly noice = a jokey, Australian lean on “nice.” passing-off = dismissing

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Date: 8/25/2022 11:31:00 AM
No touching! Beware the monkeypox (22 victims in Honolulu)! Aloha!
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Anais Vionet
Date: 8/25/2022 12:25:00 PM
it’s another reason to carry hand sanitizer - especially at a university where thousands can touch every door. Aloha!

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