Blog Off: Lindsay vs. Nesbat

We like to stay pretty competitive here at The Thrill, and a Blog Off is one way we can definitively prove that one of us is objectively a better blogger (dare we say, a better person).  So we leave it to you, the reader, to decide in a blind taste test who is really better as we square off on various topics.

This time we’re featuring two ~new writers~ we hired this semester, the impeccable Julia Lindsay ’18, and the infallible Yasmin Nesbat ’18. The topic- First-Year Real Estate. Let’s see which one of our newbies has more curb appeal!

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Housing Lottery Numbers Come Out Today — Don’t Panic!

This is the last "Hunger Games"/Housing Lottery reference we will ever make. Until the next one.

This is the last “Hunger Games”/Housing Lottery reference we will ever make. Until the next one.

Housing and ResLife recently sent out an email saying that lottery numbers for the rising sophomore, junior and senior classes wouldn’t be released until April 6th, but after meeting with Assistant Dean of Students Alicia Dugas, the Thrill has confirmed that numbers will actually be coming out today. As in, today, April 3rd.  Continue reading

Transform Your Dorm: Downton Abbey

Housing is coming, Kenyon College. And as much as we lay awake at night, dreaming of a Taft Cottage, there’s only one place that we all truly want to live in: Downton Abbey. Not just for the delicious British melodrama and Maggie Smith’s quips, but because that place is damn gorgeous. So, though we can’t live in Downton, we can try our darndest to make the best of whatever we’re being forced to live in. Here is The Thrill’s guide to making your dorm seem as close to Downton as you (somewhat plausibly) can.

Results may vary.

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