1411, 2022

Navigating New Shores

Chiara Bruzzi/ November 14, 2022/ Behavior, Guest Writers/ 0 comments

By: Noor Sahar Chafouk “Noor, let go.” – “No!’– “Let go, you’ll be fine. You gotta learn somehow.”A splurge of water softly wraps itself around my arms. “Swim!” I open my eyes frantically to find myself tossed into the blissful Agadir waters. This is it. I’m swimming for the first time. No need to gasp for air, no need to think about how to jump in. I was just thrown into the wide abyss of the sea, but I felt more alive than ever. Call it adrenaline, call it the primal need for survival – but 7-year old me felt

Internet Uncensored: Navigating Toxicity

Chiara Bruzzi/ September 11, 2020/ Behavior, Guest Writers/ 4 comments

By: Julian DeLacadena
There’s an absolute injustice within communities on the internet where individuals don’t treat others how they should be treated — and this is wrong! Sure, nobody is perfect, and conflict is inevitable everywhere, but the internet appears just to be filled with an unquestionable animosity that dramatically differs from real-life interactions. Interactions on the internet are far from “authentic” real-life interactions, but does this warrant malicious behavior for little reason? Is it the aspect of anonymity that leads individuals to act this way? Does a computer screen offer a sense of security where others feel less vulnerable with little repercussions for actions?

Speaking my Truth in the Face of Social Barriers

Chiara Bruzzi/ July 17, 2020/ Behavior, Guest Writers/ 0 comments

By: Jack Lombardo
As a cancer survivor, I can testify and say chemotherapy really sucks. What people often don’t think about is getting back to normal life. I also thought that once I would have finished my treatment, or at least gotten the strength to go back to school, everything would be normal again, but nothing was normal. When I got back on campus and saw my friends again, I wanted to show them that I still was the same person. But how could I be the same after what I had experienced?