Ella Brodey's Crushes
This person had a crush on Ella from April-October 2022, but Ella reciprocated for a total of one week. They might have made the worst couple combination possible (save for Saish and Ella), but at least they are besties.
Clarissa
Yokohama
Japan
This historical fiction novel is set in World War II and alternates between the perspective of a blind French girl and a young German soldier. This book, published in 2014, was adapted into a Netflix show in 2023.
All the Light We Cannot See
Don’t say Model UN never breeds love. In the midst of a MUNction, this couple had a dramatic make out session that Ella Brodey was a witness to. One of these individuals went on to be a Model UN representative.
Zach Berger and Veda Bhalla
What is the displacement of the waveform from its undisturbed position?
Amplitude
This StudLife former Editor-in-Chief is Ella’s on-and-off crush. They have a twin, and their twin is a member of APO. Truth be told, I got the ick for Ella when they saw me on my porch and made me sing an acoustic version of Phoebe Bridgers (I could not get into the house). Ella has given up this crush for Lent.
Julia Robbins
Aarhus
Denmark
This novel by author Yann Martel follows an Indian boy who is stranded on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger.
Life of Pi
In Alpha Delt, this pair had their first and only DFMO, shocking the state of the world. He may now have a girlfriend abroad in Madrid, but I believe their love is transcending the distance from Copenhagen to London.
NCB and Kyra
What is the molecular geometry of PCl3?
Trigonal pyramid
This person might be at Colgate College, but they are also still Ella’s longest term love. She has had a crush on them since… I think 8th grade… And it still persists to this day. She will even be able to tell you the exact day they hugged.
Nate
Gonder
Ethiopia
This 1977 novel follows a wealthy and privileged Black man who struggles to find a sense of identity. The novel (sorry spoilers, but if you have not read it yet, but it has been out for 47 years) ends with the protagonist, Milkman, leaping toward Guitar, thus learning to “fly”.
Song of Solomon
In the basement of a Pershing, this man made out with his suitemate’s future girlfriend. This unlikely pairing could not last anyways. This man is not meant for a woman in AKPsi, and maybe this woman is not ready for a Stand-Up comic. I heard she prefers Improv anyways.
Bianca and Saish
What is the ideal gas constant? Using the units (L ATM / mol K).
0.0821
Freshman year, this person was known for their plenitude of Meal points. After a couple of boxes of M&M's from them, Ella was in love. This two-week-long crush might not have started the love story of a century, but it is pure joy to sit with them in a Whispers booth.
Ben Ewer
Quezon City
The Phillipines
This 2005 science fiction novel written by Kazuo Ishiguro is focused in a society of mass human cloning. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize (which author Ishiguro had won in 1989).
Never Let Me Go
This guy might be Down-Under (actually New Zealand), but he is not down bad. He might have been when he made out with this individual currently studying intensely for the MCAT. I am not going to lie – I had zero idea about this at all. You learn something new everyday.
Owen Rice and Rachel Kim
What thing from Chem 111 did Marley recognize on a chalkboard in the background of Oppenheimer (she got so excited):
Radial wavefunction
In March of 2022, Ella Brodey leaned over to me at a Colors Wars party and said I think I like this person but I am not sure if he is straight. I asked him who his celebrity crush was, and he said Ryan Reynolds. For one week, Ella was so down bad. And then one day, she woke up and it was fully over (this happens more often than you think). Ella has given me permission to expose this, but do not tell this individual or anyone else. Four walls rule.
Eddy Ramirez
Cucuta
Columbia
This novel, by Hillary Mantel, is set in the 1500s with its protagonist Thomas Cromwell, one of the most powerful proponents of the English Reformation. It is also one of my favorite novels of all time.
Wolf Hall
Do people not care about safety anymore? Clearly not when this couple was furiously making out on the roof of the Pershing house. However, this girl did not schedule a second date after the guy made her register to vote on the first date (is it bad if I say he was based…).
Jonah Zachs and Abby Baird
Thinking about quantum…which interpretation asserts that a system is not in any of its allowable states or alternatively that it is in all of its allowable states simultaneously?
Copenhagen