The Quad: On changing faith and spirituality while in college

Sitting in my room on a corner of my desk is a small makeshift temple. My mom hurriedly packed it into my suitcase the day I left for college, the words, “Make sure to pray everyday,” echoing in my head as I flew 3,000 miles to my new home. Practicing faith in college has been […]

The Quad: Name pronunciation speaks to student identity, culture

My name is Sravya. It’s not “Shravya” or “Suravya” or “Stravya.” It’s simply Sravya, a smoothly flowing Telugu name that means melody. Since I can remember, my name has been butchered by almost every single person I’m introduced to. Every day I learn a new way to say my name, whether it’s through an additional […]

The Quad: Reflecting on Halloween’s changing traditions

“BOOze!” “Hallorager 2 Get Hallowasted!” “Halloween FundRager!” Apart from the fact that all three of these are horrible, cringe-worthy puns, a similarity between them is in the span of the past three days they’ve all made me question the meaning of Halloween. When I was little, Halloween consisted of two things – chocolate and costumes. […]