“I thought I was going to die,” Ferrari said. “I was totally prepared. I was sending texts left and right, and I was getting them too … One of my friends texted me and said, ‘Crazy day at work, huh?’”
Off-Campus Profiles
Del Negro Channels Career Failures Into New Book
“Thank God I did not get that other soap opera, eight months before, because The Sopranos is one of the great shows in television history,” Del Negro said. “It was just such a stroke of fortune to land that job versus landing a soap.”
On-Campus Profiles
Marriage Pact Sparks Campus-Wide Relationships
“All of my friends were saying they were afraid they’d get a weird match,” Yee said. “But if you get a weird match, it’s because you’re weird too. The program looks for compatibility, and what are the odds that you get someone that you’re compatible with on a baseline level, but are also attracted to?”
Long-term Features
One Year Later: Chaos and Closure in the Face of COVID-19
“We realized what was going on, and there was just this outpouring of sorrow among everyone I was around at the time,” Kim said. “It’s actually pretty crazy to reflect on how quickly the atmosphere turned from like joking around to just total grief.”
Off-Campus Profiles
Nursing Alumna Participates in Pfizer Vaccine Trial
“People are just ecstatic. There’s a sense of hope that I feel like we’ve been missing for almost a year,” Mignosa said. “The vaccine, to me, means hope.”
Tips and Trends
Fashion 101: How To Become a Sustainable Consumer
Making an effort to shop sustainably will not only mix up your wardrobe, but will also save you some cash, along with cutting down on material waste, water usage, and general pollution.
On-Campus Profiles
Center for Teaching Excellence Adapts to Pandemic
“At first it was wild,” Humphrey said. “We had 120 folks, showing up to our sessions for like an hour and a half to just ask every question they’ve ever had about Zoom.”
On-Campus Profiles
Bracher and Russi: Collaborative, Comprehensive, Compassionate
“I can’t go around my day being fine and dandy, and then knowing that students don’t feel at home here, or students feel unsafe … we don’t take it lightly,” Russi said.
On-Campus Profiles
Atinizian and Nakash: Execution, Transparency, Collaboration
“At the end of the day, you need a student government that listens, while at the same time, appropriately advocating and pushing the administration,” Atinizian said. “We’re the team that ultimately will listen.”
On-Campus Profiles
Hameed and Henao: Intersectionality, Activism, Institutional Change
“I’m ready to serve at an institutional level with an executive position within UGBC because of the intersectional activism that I’ve already done at that personal level,” Henao said. “I’ve seen it, I have fought for it, but most importantly I’ve lived it.”
