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The End

by | Apr 25, 2021 | 1 comment

I figure it’s only right to write my last blog post about graduation with a reflection of my time in college. Although I’ve made plans for the future and I know I’m graduating, it hasn’t really set in yet. I think back to when I decided Penn...

Things that Stick

by | Apr 11, 2021 | 2 comments

Have you ever heard a professor say something or have a conversation that seems relatively inconsequential at the time, but it always manages to stick with you? Two years ago, I was an HDFS course where we discussed a different academic paper each week, and in this...

To Love and To Lose

by | Apr 4, 2021

I’ve been very fortunate in my life to never have truly understood the feeling of loss. Until this week. I lost one of the most special people to me in this world. My Mommom passed away unexpectedly. To say she meant the world to me would be an understatement....

Chag Sameach

by | Mar 28, 2021

It’s hard to believe that another Passover has rolled around and we are still holding Seder’s over Zoom. It is promising that I am seeing memes about the new four questions for this year: “Have you gotten the vaccine?; Which one did you get?; How bad...

Orienting Ourselves Within the World

by | Mar 3, 2021

This semester I am taking the 2.0 version of the Jewish Learning Fellowship through Hillel at Penn State with one of my roommates. Last night, in our class, the Rabbi told us to imagine we had two pockets. In each pocket, you have one piece of paper. One of the papers...

Intersectionality

by | Feb 28, 2021

I first came across the term intersectionality at the Disability Law Summer School in Galway, Ireland which I attended as part of a PSU summer study abroad program. Intersectionality was the theme of the conference that year so I heard it over and over again, but it...

Proud Penn Stater

by | Feb 21, 2021

My senior year of high school, shortly before I decided that I was going to Penn State, Timothy Piazza died as a result of a fraternity hazing incident. So, when I would tell people I was going here, I would sometimes get that look of “oh Penn State, you know...

Word Choice

by | Feb 7, 2021

In my opinion, the use of the “R-word” in our society has become much less commonplace since the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign began. For the most part, people understand that this is a word of the past and is currently considered...

Sharing Disappointments

by | Jan 31, 2021

This year, I’ve had the opportunity to hold the role of Teach For America Campus Ambassador for Penn State. The scope of my role includes a wide variety of tasks including giving class presentations, developing influencer projects, running our campus Instagram...

Perspective

by | Jan 24, 2021

Although I was extremely excited to be back at school and living with my friends, within half hour of being back, I got an extremely unexpected and upsetting phone call from home. The news gave me chills and I just sat there stunned. I truly could not believe that...