A Recipe for Friendship
While this is my first time living off campus, it’s not the first time I’ve had to cook for myself. Before I left to study abroad in Scotland through Arcadia’s First-year Study Abroad Experience, my...
View ArticleA Night with The Mighty Writers
When the van pulled up outside of the archaic brick building, I braced myself for the cold and bolted (carefully) across the street, following behind Tracey Levine, the director of Arcadia’s creative...
View ArticleWednesdays with 4-year-olds
“Hello Miss Maria! Where have you been all this time?” The 4-year-olds welcome me as I walk through the door of Zinnias, a pre-kindergarten classroom. To them, a week is a very long time. I barely have...
View ArticleThis Speech Is for the Dogs
If you read my previous post, you may know that I recently survived the first round of speeches in my Communications class. I’m not saying it was pretty, but I got through it. And just in time to...
View ArticleFinancial Forecast
A couple of weeks ago, I sat at my computer scrolling through the list of upcoming Arcadia events. A Common Cent$ Workshop caught my eye. I was looking for something to do on campus, something that I...
View ArticleWhen Social Problems Become All Too Common
Confession: I have become jaded. This being my senior year, I have read, written, and talked about social problems and oppression for years; and, at this point, a lot of the material I receive in class...
View ArticleThis Is My Philly
“My neighborhood is boring, boring, and more boring.” My nine-year-old partner, Henry, certainly had a way with words. I had taken the train to Center City to volunteer with kids such as Henry at an...
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