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A Force To be Reckoned With

1 month ago | wcuquad.com | Amirah Morris

Amid the chaos that surrounds her,The waves and echoes of objection do not seem to make her falterShe finds herself hungry for the next challengeDefeat will not define herNor will a victory appease herHer mark will be madeAnd her story has only just begun
Djo, “End of Beginning” Singer, Releases New Single – The Quad: Student News Service of WCU

Feb 3, 2025 | wcuquad.com | Charlotte Ruth
“That Grassroots Starts Now:” Lancaster Youth Organize, Campaign and Mobilize Despite Partisan Odds

Nov 18, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Olivia Schlinkman

In the 2023 election, Democrats in the rural, conservative Pennsylvania towns of Akron and Ephrata lost. Yet they experienced the best electoral performances of Democrats in the town’s history. A candidate for Ephrata Borough Council became the first Democrat to win over 40% of the vote. Another running for Akron Borough Council came within just 100 votes of winning. Both candidates — Chandler Eby and Gavin Grove — were also the youngest to ever run for their local councils.
“I’m Fighting For Their Futures:” 77-Year-Old Makes Democratic Waves in Conservative Lancaster County

Nov 18, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Olivia Schlinkman

Image: “I’m fighting for their futures” Donna Smith, via Donna SmithDonna Smith of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, grew up in a time before civil rights were enshrined in federal law. Before reproductive rights were nationally protected by the U.S. Supreme Court. Far before gay marriage was legalized in 2015. She wants to ensure her grandchildren won’t lose those rights decades later. “I never ever would’ve pictured myself as an activist,” Smith said.
The Quad: Student News Service of WCU

Nov 11, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Carlo Constintine

I went to bed on the night of Nov. 5 with a pit in my stomach and bleak visions in the back of my mind. Waking up the next morning would provide no further consolation. The fact of the matter is, and it should not be sugarcoated, that the United States of America has elected a fascist, 34-count felon liable for sexual abuse to the most powerful office on the entire planet.
Take It All In - The Quad: Student News Service of WCU

Oct 28, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Lia Caucci

the smothering mist that keeps you living,for now. What you wish you could let outof chemicals, because that’s better than inhalingsolace when you don’t have to ask for it. Make sure you hold it,the poison I mean, tight in-the critical glances that don’t know livingin the moment feels like exhalingevery last morsel of air outfrom your chest. Breathe outuntil the wary burn makes itsway from your throat to your exhaledsighs of relief.
Local Student Journalists Lobby in Harrisburg for First Amendment Protections

Oct 28, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Olivia Schlinkman

Hours earlier, Ben Shapiro had officially finished his sophomore year at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pa. It was summer. Shapiro entered the movie theater eager to see one of 2022’s summer blockbusters and send off the school year with his friend, Shreya Vaidhyanathan. He hadn’t been in a movie theater since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Shapiro left the movie theater to find numerous missed calls and emails on his phone.
A “Living Archive” for Intersectional Feminist Scholarship Commences at WCU, Activist Ijeoma Oluo Provides Keynote

Oct 28, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Olivia Schlinkman

Image: Women’s and Gender Studies Collection Taken by Olivia Schlinkman“Pride and Resilience in the Queer Community.”“How My Period Ruined My Girlhood and Empowered My Womanhood.”“The ‘Partner’ of it All: Validating Platonic Love.”These stories are the intersectional fabric of West Chester University (WCU). They surface the stories of queer, femme and BIPOC individuals at WCU and beyond. They validate the existence of intersectional intellect.
Canvassing for a Cause: WCU Student Volunteers to Mobilize and Inform

Oct 21, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Olivia Schlinkman

You peer through the blinds. You don’t recognize the person swaying side to side atop your welcome mat, admiring your hanging begonias. Bundled up in a jacket, they have a stack of small papers at their side and a circular pin atop their coat. It’s mid-October — answering the door would mean letting the cold wind into your warm, snug home. The dog would surely go crazy upon seeing someone new at the front door.
Live From Philadelphia: WCU Student Journalists Navigate the World of Professionalism at a Presidential Debate

Sep 16, 2024 | wcuquad.com | Olivia Schlinkman |Carlo Constintine

The whispers sped through the crowd like wildfire. I stood amidst hundreds of journalists vying for a soundbite from Gov. Gavin Newsom or Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance — any politician we could get close enough to record. The first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris had finished minutes before.