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Every day, we have to monitor what we do, think, wear, and how we should customize our latte, just for the approval of the man. Enough.

From now on, I refuse to commit out of complacency.

I am genderfluid. On days when Emmely becomes an ill-fitting hat, Starbucks is there to save the day.

As synonymous as Starbucks is with a few warm, momentary reprieves from stress of our day-to-day grind, so is its manager Romona Gray — or just Mona for short. You’ve probably told her your order before, or if you’re a regular, she knew it as soon as she recognized your face. And when Mona’s not at the register taking drink orders or training new employees, she’s chatting and sharing a laugh with students.

New Starbucks is a two-way mirror between coffee and despair, a mobius strip where you can while away your days getting people’s names wrong and fussing over weird terms for different beverage sizes.

This past summer, Starbucks in Wilson Commons was renovated in a joint collaboration with UR Dining. Many returning UR students…