Do you know what it feels like to be a female? What it feels like to not feel safe walking home alone at night with your key tucked, the jagged edge jutting out between your fingers and your pepper spray concealed in a side pocket of your bag.
Before leaving for Morocco I got a lot of mixed reactions from friends and family. "Are you going to have to cover your head there?" "Is it dangerous for an American woman?" "Aren’t you worried about a terrorist attack?" My answer to all of these was a resounding no.
We go to the University of Richmond, a school people call the hidden ivy of the South, and with that comes pressure.
It is easy for the majority to tell the minority not to question or take offense to the status quo.
Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Sandy Hook, Charleston and most recently Umpqua are the sites of some of the most infamous mass shootings in American history.
"Republique, the area of one of the shootings, is a place I frequent most weekends and it's unfathomable to me that something so horrible could take place in a city I love so much."
Colleges are promoting inclusivity and comfort over controversial debates.
Campus resources prove effective for one student suffering from depression.
Recently, several American peers and I visited two elementary schools in Bangalore, India for a class about primary education.
Terms used to categorize people of Spanish-speaking descent have been tossed about freely in both the media and during conversations with presidential candidates.
From the colorful leaves to the chilly temperatures to the anticipation of the holiday season, this time of year brings out the best in everyone -- fashion included.
Prominently featured on my desktop background is my favorite word, sonder (n.). By some accounts (e.g.
Any healthy democratic society fosters discussion among constituents, but I think our national “discussions” have morphed into something completely and entirely unproductive.
There is a basic calculation involved in taking out a student loan: (1) borrow money to pay for school, (2) get a better job with your degree, and (3) with some of the largesse from that awesome job, pay back your student loans.
Registration day, D-day, The Hunger Games: We have all heard it called many different things, but the day that most students dread is fast approaching.
Adam Lanza. James Holmes. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Chris Harper-Mercer. Elliot Rodger. Recognize any of these names?
As I step on the elliptical for my daily sweat, I hear a ping from my phone. I immediately check and see I have an email from the campus police.
Luriel Balaurea describes how some of the comments stemming from the John Kasich-Taylor Swift debate represent gendered microaggression
Submit your fall photo of campus by Oct. 23 to be entered to win a Y-parking pass.
With any important question, definitions are important. If we use Encarta Dictionaries, introversion is “the tendency to be self-absorbed and uninterested in other people and the world around.”
