November is nearly over. To most people, this might mean a variety of things: finals are approaching, Stop Day is nearly here, winter is coming—but I can guess what isn’t on most of your minds. “Aw, Transgender Awareness Month is coming to an end!” November is officially Transgender Awareness Month, a time to bring attention [...]
In case you haven’t read any of my columns pretty much ever, I’ll go ahead and out myself as a flaming feminist. I feel like this gives some necessary context to help you understand why a little over two months ago, when the Democratic National Convention came along, I felt as if someone had just [...]
Tomorrow’s election day, folks. And if you’re still undecided on who you should select to be your presidential pick, let me give you a breakdown of why I believe Barack Obama deserves, not just the majority of Americans’, but college students’ votes in particular: The Affordable Health Care Act, aka, Obamacare This has been President [...]
Minus “Harry Potter” and kittens, I pretty much talk about politics in my everyday conversation the most and with the most passion. Political discourse is a constant reality for me and the friends I make listen to me. This is mostly because there are so many issues dealing with politics that I’m passionate about: LGBTQ [...]
Sex education is one of those things we were taught to roll our eyes at in middle school and high school. We giggle at memories of condoms on bananas, gym and health teachers mentally preparing themselves to say “vagina,” and being told that if you have sex “you will get pregnant, and die.” (And of [...]
A few months ago, I was spending time with my five-year-old niece, along with one of her uncles. I’m not quite sure how the conversation started, but at some point we were discussing things my niece could be when she “grows up.” Her uncle started jokingly telling her that one of the options (it might [...]
It’s not news that college students have a tendency to use language incorrectly, or improperly, or just kind of stupidly (that’s how half of all hashtags are invented). Particularly, there’s an inclination to use language that implies a meaning very different from what the speaker actually intends. There are plenty examples of this that really [...]
The beginning of the school year is always a time when things get a little (pardon my decay-of-the-English-language slang) “cray”. Professors usually haven’t assigned much homework, you intercept people you haven’t seen since last May with “ohmigawd how are you?!” and students normally have a decent amount of free time to go out, especially at [...]
To all the freshmen currently floundering about campus trying to figure out how to get to your 500 plus person lecture, or how to navigate the buses, or how to attempt making friends with the other equally confused freshmen around you—I’ve been there. Just a year ago, actually, which is a short enough span of [...]
Mentors are an essential part of growing as a person.
My parents do not consider Deafness a medical condition, or a disability, or a bad draw out of the genetic bag of luck. It is a cultural identity integral to who they are.
There is a different perspective to what is seen as “fixing” the Deaf Community.
Don’t look at community service as an obligation but as a learning experience.
Living together during college is an emotional commitment most students aren’t ready for.
