I recently wrote an article for
The Quad News regarding the subject of hate. And although parts of this post may seem like a plug for my own article (and okay they are) the true meaning of this post is to make people aware of the problems at Quinnipiac as of late and also how we, as students, can change the world. That's right I said it- change the world, and even if we can't change the whole world, because let's face it the world is pretty screwed up right now, at least we can change our Quinnipiac world, our Quinnipiac home.
Hate is something that no one expects to encounter in their first year, or even in their four years at college, and it certainly was not something I expected to see my first year either, but it's there. It's present everywhere and the sooner people start talking about it, the better, because as the saying goes, Apathy is almost as bad as the act itself, or something to that effect.
Coming from New York City I have seen all kinds of people, and having traveled to nine different countries I have really seen ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, but the one thing that never really struck me-as a child or now as an adult-was that I should discriminate against these various people because of their skin color, their hair color, their nationality or anything. I merely marveled at these differences and, as a journalist, asked them as many questions as I could to understand their point of view, their story. I feel everyone has a story and that every story deserves to be told and this story- the one which I have been spending days writing about and am publicizing on every website I know of- Twitter, Facebook, my blog etc- is about how students can change the world.
Students can change their college communities and we need to learn how to do this now, otherwise the world is going to be a lot more screwed up- regardless of our financial situation.
