Irene reflects on a trip home like no other: from Peterborough to El Salvador during amidst a global pandemic. It is a masked journey, full of introspection and a yearning, "To lay under El Salvador’s sun and hear the ocean’s whisper once again, to speak my mother tongue rather than having to translate my soul everyday; fearing that my thoughts were not being expressed properly or that mispronounced words would slip out of my mouth." 

Drew Dafoe brings his observations from his first semester at Trent: it's legless. Meaningful connection is difficult in this post-apocalyptic landscape where you only ever see the top quarter of anyone’s body. Read on to hear sage advice from two profs and a psychotherapist--as well as Drew's pitch for Zoom-style reality dating show.

Debbie Jenkins unpacks the ecology of the Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan, and explains why she thinks it is not as environmentally friendly as advertised.