Lunar New Year starts Feb. 1 and is based off of the lunar, or moon cycle, lasting for 15 days. It is celebrated in most East and Southeast Asian countries including China, Vietnam, Korea, Thailand,...
Being from South Carolina, I have loved learning all about the “City of Brotherly Love,” but I will say I do miss my own hometown. Home to me is often filled with good food, friends and spending time...
During a diversity, equity and inclusion training I did earlier this semester, I became devastatingly aware of how much knowledge our campus lacks regarding the LGBTQIA+ community.
For one activity...
How the Texas bill threatens women’s health and safety
For almost five decades, the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 has upheld women’s rights to have an abortion up until 24 weeks...
Every time I tell someone I was born on Sept. 11, they gasp and say, “9/11/2001? Oh, I’m so sorry your birthday was on such a tragic day.”
The mood shifts as the person reflects on the devastation...
On my second trip to El Salvador through Campus Ministry’s Winter Immersion Program, one of the Salvadoran guides imparted to my group this very profound and deeply humanizing message: “It doesn’t...
The impacts of the coronavirus
Sometimes I have nightmares where I’m running from someone or something is chasing me. Lately, those nightmares have been more amplified and include elements that I haven’t...
Where the American justice system fails
Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown who was viciously murdered by a cowardly Ferguson, Missouri police officer in 2014, was on campus to discuss the Catholic...
A discussion on financial literacy
We’ve made our way into the second month of the new decade. We’re all mostly in our 20s and frankly there’s no better time to start saving, investing and creating...
We are young. We are inexperienced. We are not a bottom two team.
With the NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball season opening on Nov. 5, the conference preseason rankings and predictions have been released...
Ever since Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has been facing backlash from the Chinese...
A case of mistaken identity
On Jan. 30, one of my professors asked me to stay after class. As I often do in these situations, I began to internally panic throughout the period.
My mind wandered, forgetting...
