January 26, 2018 (vol. 127, iss. 63) • Page Image 5
…, I can almost feel stress levels increasing among students. Midterms are approaching and spring break is still a month away. During times like this in the semester, I internalize my stress when…
… installment, the storytellers were all students or alumni of the University. The theme, which was quite fitting for a new semester, was “Nobody Told Me” — stories of the reality of college life. There…
… laughed, some cried and some did both. But in each speaker, I saw their delight in sharing their burden with others. Zanib Sareini, an alumni of the CSP and currently a graduate student at the…
… University’s School of Social Work, shared her experience of being an Arab-American in a post-Sept. 11 America. “There was a different pressure post-9/11,” Sareini said. She recalls being told by…
… told this part of her story, CSP students in the front rows whooped and cheered. Sareini smiled back. While she couldn’t stop the discrimination, she knew who to come to for help. Eddie Williams…
…, a student of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, told of how his relationship with his family changed upon coming to college. He distanced himself from them, found himself too busy with…


