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I first came to �ʹڲ�����ַ in the fall of 2009. Prior to arriving, I was not too concerned about declaring a major; however, as the red and brown leaves began to carpet the trails of the arboretum, more and more of my fellow students began to identify themselves as “chemistry majors” or  “anthropology majors.”  Becoming slightly anxious to join the ranks of the “declared," I signed up for as many classes as I could the following semester: from Calculus with Aaron Heap, to French 202 with Ariane Baer-Harper, to a narratives course focusing on Hurricane Katrina with Beth McCoy. What an incredible semester that was!

While I had many experiences spring semester, I will always come back to room 118 in Sturges where I had the pleasure of working with a myriad of other dedicated students (Jesse Goldberg and Stephanie Iasiello to name just a few of many) under the tutelage of Beth McCoy. I still remember the class where Beth had us watch the TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adiche and how much it impelled me to consider the importance of who has the privilege of telling the story. Over the course of that semester, we unpacked so many ideas and I learned the language necessary to challenge the greater inequalities that so many of our national narratives perpetuate. It was simply a thrilling experi