This semester I am taking Globalization and Human Rights, and as part of the course, each student is doing research on one country of their choice. I chose Peru and have been reading the news regarding this country on a daily basis. I think that living in our small bubble…

Last semester, I took Greek and Romans in the 21st Century and spent the last few weeks of the course studying the incident of Pompeii, specifically its architecture and location. I’ve always had an infatuation with Pompeii, and since I was looking at its architecture, I decided to connect it…

For the longest time, and to this day, I’ve lived by the statement that words cannot capture experience. Whether this statement is incorrect or not is not the point I am trying to get across though. Recently, I’ve been wondering if words have the capability of capturing history, withholding history…

This past week on Monday, January 31, I had the privilege of hearing from Terry McCarthy at the Global Scholar event. Terry McCarthy is an award-winning journalist known for reporting non-partisan (unbiased) news. Although the entirety of McCarthy’s talk was none less than amazing, one particular sentence stood out to…

Ever wondered what the lovechild between Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri would be like? I found my answer in Intimacies by Katie Kitamura. …

Chaos is beautiful. When everything is out of control. It’s beautiful. Bleeding ears, burning tears. A tight feeling sparks at the back of my neck, the sole point that brings my brain and body together. It snakes around my throat like a rusted lasso, so perfectly round, so perfectly painful. …

This year, I am taking Poly’s new Spanish class, Modern Latin America (MoLA). Although the year has just begun, it feels like I’ve lived through centuries — perhaps I have. My class is currently learning the hidden, neglected history of the conquest of Latin America. While the “discovery” of the…

Ethical leadership in the time of COVID-19 As a Global Scholar, I seek to hear perspectives beyond my own, ready to learn about the world through a different lens. About a month ago, I participated in a Global Dialogue hosted by GEBG (Global Education Benchmark Group). Over the span of…

What constitutes a god? Is it possessing some supernatural power? Or having an entire religion wrapped around your finger? Or simply having a beard? A few days ago, I spent some time exploring the Met, directing most of my attention to the Greek and Romans exhibition. I love Greek and…