I have always — Always — considered myself almost painfully independent. I’ve always told myself that I like to do things alone… I like to run errands alone, I like to study alone, I like to goRead On
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Modern-Day Slavery: In Ghana and the World
At the beginning of this year, I was given the opportunity to attend a 4-day seminar with the leading expert in modern day slavery Dr. Kevin Bales. I learned an extraordinary amount about modern-day slaveryRead On
Over the past school year, I have walked past the statue that sits outside of the newly renamed Farzaneh Hall, and wondered who the statue depicted and why it had been placed in front ofRead On
Syria: A No Win Situation?
This past Tuesday, Bashar al-Assad unleashed a chain of chemical bombings that resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent men, women, and children — even going so far as to target medical clinics andRead On
On the 2016 Election, SQ 779, and the Bleak Future of the OK Education System
I am shocked by the disastrous results of this election, and I am thoroughly disappointed in my fellow Americans – and more specifically my fellow Oklahomans – for not only electing a misogynistic, racist, xenophobic,Read On
On Black Lives, Privilege, and Systemic Racism
First of all, lets just get this out of the way, I am white. Actually, to be even more specific, I am a white, non-disabled, straight, upper-middle class female. So, on practically all accounts, IRead On
On Trump, Skittles, and Refugees
“If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you three would kill you, would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem.” This is the tweet that Donald Trump Jr. sent outRead On
It’s a Wrap
This is it – Two more weeks until my first semester of college officially comes to a close! My college experience has been everything that I expected and so much more, and I feel likeRead On
