Commentary
College-bound, but Forging My Own Path
By Samuel Hyland Staff writer I’ve seen it for myself. Anxious and fretting, a college applicant—a high school senior who’s related to me—ran down a flight of stairs, flung open the front door and searched the mailbox for an important letter about where she’d spend the next four years of her academic life. The letter […]
Activistas: “Familias Unidas, No Divididas”
Por Isabella Calix Spectrum escritor Read the English version here. La historia de la mujer silenció la habitación. Ella es esposa, madre de dos y enfermera que estudia para su maestría. Ha construido una vida en los Estados Unidos. Los agentes del U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE, Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas […]
Khachan: Chess as a Common Bond
By Tyler Newman Staff writer Imad Khachan switches off the storefront display window’s chandelier. In the near-darkness, the glass chess pieces light up. They show as orange and purple while placed on the chessboard, but not when he holds them in his hands. Because of its color and magic, this set is his favorite. Inside […]
Why a Black Girl Wants to Be a Journalist
By Aishamanne Williams Spectrum staff I stick out like a sore thumb almost everywhere I go. I’m often the only one with dreadlocks. The one who speaks so softly that I’m mistaken for not having much to talk about. The one with a name people sometimes have to say twice to pronounce correctly. I’m short. […]