When we are pressed into an uncomfortable or uncontrollable situation, there are numerous ways we can react to whom or what is pushing us out of our comfort zone. It is human nature to react to the situation immediately if we feel threatened, or if …
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Tristan Lopus
Self-becoming is a challenging, rewarding journey
All things exist in seasons; each season of your life will always require a different version of yourself. Who you are now is so important presently, with all of its complications of personhood, but it is also preparation for who you will become. We navigate …
Identity politics are more divisive than unifying
Before I came to America, I was a full person — not a brown person, not a woman of color, not an “international student.” I was just one person, perhaps pushed into expectations of stricter gender performance and heteronormativity a lot more, and definitely a …
Beyoncé does not represent all black beauty
Growing up as a black child in the neighborhood I lived in and the school I went to left little opportunity for me to see other people who looked like me. As a little, dark black girl, that slimmed the chances even more. At school …
Fell Runner performed a casual yet musically powerful show
Andy Kilbride Contributing Writer On April 13, the Los Angeles-based experimental rock band Fell Runner played a passionate and lively show in the Lowry pit hosted by the Wooster Activities Crew. Anyone who’s been in the pit knows it’s far from your typical concert space, …
Spring cleaning and self-care go hand in hand
Despite graduating in a few short weeks, I too am feeling the pressure of staying energized and refreshed as the academic year comes to a close. Oftentimes our conversations on academic performance and well-being are skewed because of contemporary notions surrounding success and self-care. For …