It was finally my turn. I anxiously wiped my sweaty palms on my jeans, silently rehearsing the exact words, phrases, and pauses I planned to include in my story. I only had one shot to make my point. You see, in my house, getting a chance to talk is like swimming with the piranhas. As the plate of spaghetti made its second trip around the dinner table, my dad concluded his story with a dramatic pause before saying, “When your...

I could not stop staring at my feet – or rather the collection of colors that layered the walkway just beneath my feet. I looked all the way left, all the way right. The ground was covered with flyers – so many that they became indistinguishable from one another. I continued to stand just under the domed Northwestern entrance. Dance For a Cause. Volunteer at 2Seeds Non-Profit. Discussion at Hand: Immigration. Even a blown-up picture of a ferocious wildcat donning a football...

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