Every choice feels like rolling the dice. Dating can be a mind game of who views your Instagram story first. Sunday football is a game. Course registration is a game. Life itself is a game. But is it all just fun and games—when do the stakes get real, and the poker face comes out? Are we strategists, or are we pawns?

 

Wherever you are in your game, Issue No. 8 explores how college is a playground: both fun and competitive.