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I knock on the open door beside the sign that reads nyc express It’s a single office in a hallway on the fourth floor of the Gottlieb Student Center Unlike the lobby of the building, the fourth floor, which is carpeted in New York College blue and gold, is not at all crowded

I used to do a lot of ar Rush" days As far as press rooe Express is not very i a few con says, they’re a poor, student-run organization

There is only one person inside the office, a boy wearing jeans and a blue New York College hoodie He’s typing on a laptop in front of one of the building’shich is covered in crooked blinds that have seen better days

The boy doesn’t answerearbuds I enter the office--which is mostly devoid of human activity, but filled with empty pizza boxes and soda containers--and tap his shoulder

The boy ju thele from a thin white cord down his chest

"Oh, shit, you scaredfro He’s a white boy with adorably s to the Gavin McGoren why-bother-showering-before-work? school of thought "Can I help you?"

"Yes, I think you can," I say, looking around for a place to sit It’s impossible to find one that isn’t covered in empty food containers "You know if you don’t take the trash out once in a while, you’ll get ht?"

"Oh, we already have one," the boy says, hastily pulling some pizza boxes off a chair for me "Well, it could be a baby rat I can’t really tell which it is Anyway, I naernon He’s supercute I don’t have the heart to let the I see in here most days, since the rest of the staff hasn’t come back to the city from break yet Al’s my only IRL friend until classes start"