When the weather is warm, there’s only one place I want to be: outside, in shorts, eating pasta salad. Might I suggest laying ...

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This installment of Chicken Scratch features Jacob Letnaunchyn, Jordan Rosales, Danny Tull, Julia Diamond, Wanning Wang, Hannah Paliath, Gianna Houck, Christina Natalini, and Maddy McManus.... This ...