On Feb. 13 from 12:30 to 2 p.m., the second floor of Roberts Pavilion hosted “The World Meets at 7Cs,” a festival organized by the International Student Community Programming Council. With booths representing more than 30 countries, the event featured traditional foods, music and cultural displays, giving international students the opportunity to share aspects of their home countries while inviting the broader 5C community to engage with them.
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Eat, drink, move: Nutritional biology students on the science and culture behind our health
Eating isn’t just essential to our survival — it’s engrained in our social, cultural and political worlds. In this compilation of articles, students from BIOL 183: Nutritional Biology go behind the issues that affect our bodily and mental health.
OPINION: Stop the protein maxxing, start eating what you want
Is your Instagram overflowing with saucy beef cakes? Troves of people filling their stomachs with protein and minds with propaganda? Parker DeVore PZ ’27 asks you to step outside the videodrome and ask if our relationship with protein is dogma, health or just the most current manifestation of America’s collective food anxiety.
OPINION: Confronting food anxiety at the 5Cs
Maintaining a healthy relationship with food in college can feel like an uphill battle. Estranged from eating routines and support structures from back home, students are left to go into the panopticon that is the college dining hall and the freedom of unlimited food options becomes a source of anxiety. Sarah Russo PO ’28 explores how the transition to college dining can complicate our relationship with food, especially for those with a history of disordered eating.
Moments to Savor: Saying I love you via snacks
Emily Kim PO ’25 shares how bringing candy for her friends one night led to the start of a sweet senior year tradition. Developing a love language of gift-giving, or more specifically snack-sharing, she reflects on sweet aspects of care.
Moments to Savor: Sweet, caffeinated relief after a lost ID
Emily Kim’s PO ’25 favorite coffee drink unexpectedly took on new meaning after a silly lost ID fiasco.
Moment to savor: My greenbox and me
Greenboxing breakfast in the mornings has been rather therapeutic for Emily Kim PO ’25, giving her space to grapple with the heaviness she’s been feeling about campus, the country, and the greater world.
Moments to savor: Cheez-It mission, complete!
Emily Kim PO ’25 talks about her beloved discovery of Taco Bell’s “Big-Cheez It,” and how it led to a silly birthday mission a few days later.
Under the Canopy: A registered herbivore at the carnivore convention
In her environmental column, Annika White PZ ’24 comments on the paradox of being a vegetarian working at a BBQ restaurant.
Moments to Savor: The friendship power of charcuterie
Emily Kim PO ’25 found that the act of collectively building a charcuterie board allowed for new friendships to blossom.