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!
