In this feature, we at The Thrill explore what different students of different majors carry around in their everyday life. Today’s post features English, Spanish Lit, Sociology, oh my!

Maya Street-Sachs ’17: Sociology major

What’s in Maya’s bag?

• mints
• a single dollar
• a single penny
• FOUR, count ’em, four types of chapstick
• hand cream
• headphones
• Emergen-C

• a book on John Locke
• a book on Marxism
• four notebooks
• three folders
• water
• phone charger
• a lanyard with keys
• sunglasses
• a mini diary

Ian Round ’16: Spanish Lit Major

What’s in Ian’s bag?

• a nalgene
• lots of loose papers from advanced creative nonfiction classes
• “Slouching towards Bethlehem” by Joan Didion
• An anthology of Chicano short stories
• “Sacred Iconographies in Chicana Cultural Productions” by Professor Clara Románodio
• A textbook for his AT class

Tori Hoover ’16: English major

What’s in Tori’s bag?

• 2 spiral notebooks
• 2 lab notebooks
• 1 folder
• scissors
• 1 highlighter
• mechanical pencil
• “Beginning Theory” by Peter Barry
• “The Sound and the Fury” by Faulkner
• “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky” (in translation)
• “Absalom, Absalom!”by Faulkner

must be noted: she says her back hurts

Caroline Borders ’16: Anthropology major

What’s in Caroline’s bag?

• Comps book on archeologies of colonialism
• a small and bruised apple
• Two french literature textbooks
• “Archaeologies of Colonialism” textbook
• Anthropology theory textbook
• toilet paper
• many tissues
• cocoa butter
• Maryland ID
• loose mail
• Chamber Singers binder
• One book on Famadihana and Christianity
• Dove ~fresh~ deodorant
• one-act script
• two notebooks
• a blue pen and a black pen

Derek Foret ’17: Math major

What’s in Derek’s bag?

• Glasses cleaner
• film canister
• random debris
• Tire pressure gauge
• power bank
• glasses case
• earphones
• a letter from a friend
• Scripts
• CD’s to give out
• pocket constitution
• Shakespearean insult band-aids
• antibiotic cream
• laptop charger
• playing cards
• cough drops
• check book
• Boring math textbooks- his words, not ours!