I am responsible for Climate Change
Authors . SocietyYouth-driven Friday’s for Future rallies are catching on like wildfire at a global level. Maybe it isn’t necessarily timely to use the wildfire simile given the recent crises in Brazil and Australia, but you catch my drift. Wow. I don’t think I can even sneak in a simple metaphor because Venice almost drowned. Jokes aside,
Apartheid – – – Apartness
Authors . Culture . Politics . Society“Don’t question things. You are an American. Don’t rock the boat.” This is what my grandfather told his six children in the late 60s and early 70s when they started questioning the system of apartheid. “We were in a bubble,” reflects my aunt Tara Marshall. She was only 5 when her family uprooted their life
Mission ‘Use a required assignment as an excuse to make friends’
AuthorsIt’s easy to stick to the familiar. In my case, the American bubble. It was about time to venture outside of that bubble so I took some time to ask an International neighbor about herself and how her German immersion was coming. Maeve Hurson is a 20 year-old psychology student from Galway, Ireland completing a
(Other) Madeline Stories
Authors . Uncategorized“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines…” Sound familiar? Those are the opening words to the iconic Madeline story that inspired my name. Growing up I dreamt of someday living in Paris where I, Madeline, could live out my own story-book life. As middle school concluded and high school began, I