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[email protected]. THE JOURNAL OF THE CORE CURRICULUM THE ANNUAL LITERARY AND ACADEMIC ANTHOLOGY OF THE CORE CURRICULUM COMMUNITY AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: NUMBER XXVI, SPRING 2017 Elizabeth Didykalo ISSN 1555-2233 EDITORIAL STAFF: Samantha Arnold Caroline Brantley Rosie Carter Caroline Cubbage Kellen Dorio Cat Dossett Elizabeth Foster Kush Ganatra Priest Gooding Jonathan Han Emily Hatheway Chloe Hite Helen Houghton Eric Markus Gretchen McCarthy Matthew Moon Joseph O’Sullivan Sofiko Pipia Anto Rondón Christian Rose MANAGING EDITOR: Zachary Bos ADVISOR: Prof. Sassan Tabatabai In the spirit of friendship, the editors dedicate this issue to ZACHARY BOS whose intelligence, dedication, humility, and endless puns keep us all afloat. We don’t know what Core would be without you. * “My old grandmother always used to say, summer friends will melt away