by Padah Vang, Colorado College, '19
I am in a war and on many battlefields. Who am I fighting against? What am I fighting for? How am I going to fight? Why am I fighting? These are the questions that I consistently ask myself yet, I still do not know the answers. However, there is one answer that I...
by Raquel Diaz, Reed College, '20
As the world crumbled below my feet, collapsing into itself and swallowing me whole, I grasped for fragments who I was. Name? Raquel, I think. I was born in Fremont, I think. Or was it Alameda? Age? The beach trip I took to celebrate my 20 years last March. Scattered...
by Gina Bolanos, University of Rochester, '18
Senior year is almost coming to an end! It’s been an amazing four years at the ‘ever better’ campus here in Rochester and can’t wait for what the next chapter holds. Recently, there’s been several interviews coming my way and some questions I’ve received have made me...
by Abraham Vicuna, University of Houston
We are back and running in full swing with the spring semester. After a bit of a delay in the start of the semester due to snow conditions here in Houston, school assignments have picked up and piled up quickly. The last time that we received snow here in Houston was...
by Andrea Haerther, University of Houston, '19
2018 is here and the Spring semester is in full swing! School has only been in session for one full week and I’m already waiting for the end of the semester. I only have one more year so I am really ready to be done. I had a great winter break, enjoyed time with...
by Xavier Husser, Boston College, '18
One of the most annoying things about being a senior in college or high school is having people constantly remind you that in a few months you’re leaving as if you had forgotten. Every underclassman and faculty member I meet ask about what the next phase of my life is...
