I don’t want to be involved.
I’m tired of defending myself, my faith, my ethnicity.
I just want to chill. I want to go out with friends, I want to study, I want to help people. BUT NOT RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. Just let me keep my faith to myself.
That’s the mindset I had entering University, [...]

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Reflecting on my internship this summer, I’m reminded of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. The story of Odysseus and the Trojan War is an ancient story I know well. It was one of the first stories I read that introduced me to the fickle gods and goddesses of Greek and, later, Roman mythology. The Odyssey [...]

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Last night a group of the interns volunteered at Uptown Café, where we waited tables and hurried to serve everyone at our tables their drinks, soup, salad, and main course. When all the guests had eaten, we got our food and sat down. Jen decided we should say grace collectively, and then, in normal IFYC [...]

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