When I was seven years old, I had a best friend whom I adored more than anyone else in the world. One day, that beautiful little girl kissed me, and I kissed her back without thinking. It felt natural ...

I've always been fascinated by language. The best part of English class was when the pinkish-red vocabulary book came out, presenting ten new words that I could then pore over for the week. I'd ...

I’m a firm believer that you are who you are, even if you don’t know exactly who that is at a young age. Your inner self knows from the jump that sometimes it just takes a while for the soul and the ...

I think I’m in love with the moon. Cold. Distant. Inviting. until it is swollen with light. The Empress. The Goddess. The brightest fucking thing in the sky. It craves the darkness but does not need ...

and you, well, just being you. Alex Kirkwood Enosh is a graduate of the Vet Tech program at SUNY Canton. Alex participated in SPECTRUM whilst a student in 2013-2015 and considers it an honor to have ...

and this one little monster truck that I got from a Happy Meal. I played with any dinosaur I could find. My favorite was a little orange stegosaurus that I called Dino. But I also played with dolls.

SUNY Canton’s annual “GrasseRoots” literary magazine celebrates the college’s thriving LGBTQ+ community. The month of April is designated as Campus Pride Month and is the start of festivals and ...

SUNY Canton Nursing major Stanley Anianwu of the Bronx has found purpose in patient care. “I enjoy the hands-on work and the small impact I make on my clients' lives—whether it’s listening to their ...