Orange season brings thousands of seasonal migrant workers to the Calabrian coast during the winter months. The men live in intimidation from the ‘Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia, and were the target of media attention in 2010 when riots broke out between the Italians and the Africans after two migrant workers were shot. This photo series […]
Thinh Nguyen, a Sophomore Biochemistry major from Vietnam, watched a movie scene when he was younger during which a man performed CPR on another man who was drowning. He did not know it was an emergency procedure but simply thought that the two men were kissing. “At that moment, I kind of knew, maybe, there […]
If you truly love someone, no matter how hard love could be, how different you two are, and how far the distance is, you still think of that person first when you wake up. You still want to talk to that person last before going to bed. A glance. A hug. A smile. A tear. […]
When we were kids, we may have believed that the religion we grew up practicing was in some ways superior to others, even if we didn’t understand why. Additionally, in some cases, if you grew up in a non-Christian religion in a Christian majority community in the United States, you might have even been afraid […]
My two-year long struggle: preparing for entrance tests, applying to various American universities, facing rejections, all of this while struggling to keep up with my dwindling start-up finally concluded with the arrival of the acceptance letter from Temple University. Studying in the United States of America was no longer a dream! My journey had finally […]
The City of Philadelphia is rife with life and diversity, thrumming to the heartbeat of each individual culture within it, such as the Italian community in South Philadelphia, the Muslim community on the North side and Chinatown smack in the middle, just to name a few. A love for diversity amongst Philadelphians can be seen through […]
Imagine yourself as a privileged child. Good food is fed to you daily. When you are sick, you have a mother or father to come and take care of you. Your only worry is whether the food you eat is delicious. Then suddenly you find yourself in the wild, immersed in a wilderness that […]
