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Admissions of a Rusticated Student: Best Intentions

by Hannah Simpson February 10, 2025February 10, 2025
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Admissions of a Rusticated Student: This Is Me Trying

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by Alice Brooker March 5, 2024March 5, 2024
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by Alice Brooker January 30, 2024May 12, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Oxford as an Overpriced Croissant

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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: In Opera Cafe (an Ode to Hari)

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by Alice Brooker October 23, 2023October 23, 2023
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: On Quote Collecting and Invisibility 

by Alice Brooker October 20, 2023October 20, 2023
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Barista Thoughts and Rain 

by Alice Brooker October 9, 2023October 23, 2023
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Not What I Had Planned

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