Category: Features

For the first issue of The Quad this year, I would like to introduce you to the new Editor-In-Chief, Olivia…

In the first part of my report, I wrote about Black students’ experiences with racism and prejudice on campus. To…

As an English major, I love a good used bookstore. While the small town I grew up in only had…

All my life, I lived with the boiling anticipation of growing up. I wanted to be an adult so bad,…

Here lies the body of a man I witnessed run himself dry. 

#blackatpwi is an ongoing and active space where Black students publicly share their experiences. Topics ranging from racially motivated classroom…

Philadelphia native Tierra Whack's newest edition to the world is her album, “World Wide Whack.” Apple Music describes the album: …

A poet and his poetry  Healing without feeling 

If I had to describe my college experience from freshman year to senior year in three words, the words I…

I would say that my college experience was definitely an experience. Starting college in quarantine and meeting virtually with classes…

For my Senior Piece, I interviewed Jennifer Lopez Gomez, a first-generation student majoring in mathematics with a minor in Spanish.…

Yet another four years have passed Seth. Look back at everything you’ve done since then, what’s the evidence of your…

I always say I got scammed into coming to West Chester. My first choice was Virginia State University, to which…

Music is the empathy I yearn for

Lucky numbers: 10, 36, 22, 42, 15, 5 “You have the ability to touch the lives of many people”

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i robot.  i don’t know what certain feelings feel like. 

A Conscience of black bellowing silence  Inner thought knows not of sleep 

The beginning of the year felt so clear  But now the months feel bunched

I contemplated  My pride being my only discrepancy   the familial melancholic blue ensues 

“Don’t Give Hate an Audience” — it's a familiar Subject Line for West Chester University Students to receive in their…

The Covid-19 pandemic affected the whole world. Many people lost their jobs, mental health issues worsened, students fell behind academically…

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 marked the 28th annual celebration of Banana Day here at West Chester University. The monkeying around…

The Quad was the first club I ever joined when I came here as a freshman. I contemplated being involved…

Two weeks ago today, April 8, the universe cemented me here to be a part of this thing called life.…

Seth Lopez is far from your average student; he is now in the last weeks of his graduating year as…

Walk the sky, love Step away from the pain and rest your feet.

Cattle graze below the sky, while dust beats in on heron wings and phantoms curl from breath to hay.

Last Friday saw an unexpected and (quite literally) earth-rattling natural disaster of immense proportion. Fifty years from now, everyone in…

When you’ve seen Rammy around campus, you’ve probably never heard a squeak out of them (at least, hopefully not —…

On March 25, the new officers for the 2024-2025 SGA executive board were released. At the top of the list…

As we all know, the town of West Chester has so much to offer. Now, there is another wonderful place…

Before coming to West Chester, I was married to the standard five-paragraph, double-spaced MLA essay. We were the perfect pair…

After 27 years as faculty, West Chester University’s (WCU) beloved Dr. Philip Thompsen will be retiring after teaching his last…

Sometimes I forget I’m a fire sign  So there’s a certain level of chaos I’m destined to give to this…

One of the biggest concerns that I’ve seen for a long time is the discourse of African American and Black…

I question if I was ready when you decided to give me life  Oh April, why did you choose me…

Can’t believe you put that on your life, every time But you were just trying to consume another slice of…

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Despite being the face of racial equality, the way that…

Nestled behind frosted glass, encased within the stone walls of the infamous castle building officially known as Phillips Memorial Building,…

A dream over 20 years in the making: on December 20, 2023, the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System…

How can I rest, when I know I’m not at my best

There aren't many actors you can name who have had such an extensive and fruitful career as Jennifer Lawrence. That’s…

Theatrics put on display  A different mask every day 

A Conscience of black bellowing silence  Inner thought knows not of sleep 

You sound like a Weston Estate song. It’s hard to describe but it just makes sense.

If I could redo college, I probably would’ve gone to an entirely different school.

On Thursday, Feb. 29, our beloved mascot, Rammy celebrated his birthday out in the Quad, receiving so much love from…

I just failed my math test but… “I’m fine” 

Put my thoughts in the open  Plant a new seed you’re chosen