May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and seeing everyone talk about the duality of being an Asian American shows me how we've all experienced variations of the same things: the inner conflict of not being quite Asian enough and not being quite American enough and the struggle to grasp for a place in between these … Continue reading When Microaggressions Become Aggressions
It’s Always Been a Scary Time
Since school ended in May, I've been in my own bubble trying to figure out my life. In the last several weeks, my feed was flooded with posts about "Dr. Ford" and "Kavanaugh". I hadn't the slightest idea who these people were, and I felt stupid for being so absent from the outside world that … Continue reading It’s Always Been a Scary Time
My Dear Alpha Xi Delta
When I first went Alpha Xi, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had gotten out of a bad relationship I had been in since high school, and as a shy commuter student, I hadn't had the opportunity to make many friends. Since then, Alpha Xi Delta has significantly impacted my … Continue reading My Dear Alpha Xi Delta
See, Say, Do Something
In a few months, my sister is going to start her first year of college. Since her acceptance, she and a few friends joined a chat group for newly accepted students to meet other incoming students. A group of guys (who were either older than they said or hadn't even been accepted to the school) … Continue reading See, Say, Do Something
