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The Spectrum: Reflecting on learning across difference

The Spectrum: Reflecting on learning across difference

May 16, 2014

This quarter, I am enrolled in Prof. Nitasha Sharma’s “Diversity and Inequality at Northwestern” course. Over the past several weeks, we’ve analyzed how issues of inclusion, student activism,...

The Spectrum: Balancing Greek Life and Islam

The Spectrum: Balancing Greek Life and Islam

May 10, 2014

When I came to Northwestern I had to reconcile who I was and who I would become.  Duality doesn’t begin to describe my experiences. Rather, my journey has mostly been straddling the slush of gray between...

The Spectrum: Moving from shame to empowerment as a Chinese American

May 2, 2014

Shame found me when I was just four years old. I had been sitting at the end of the table during lunch with my preschool classmates when I took out my lunchbox. My mom had packed me a steamed bun (mantou)  filled...

The Spectrum: Transitioning from majority to minority as an international student

The Spectrum: Transitioning from majority to minority as an international student

April 24, 2014

This past week, many a prospective student and undergraduate walked past panels of posters between the C-store and Dunkin' Donuts at Norris University Center. On the pictures, several Northwestern students...

Welcome to The Spectrum, a new part of The Daily’s opinion section

April 18, 2014

Dear Northwestern, I write to you as a fellow student, one who has very few days left on this campus, but will nonetheless be tied to it in the years that follow. As many of you are aware, the tensions...

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