Category: Features

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 

Midnight Lover is I. I am Midnight Lover. 

In the night, when the sun has said goodbye, I crave a love, a love that won’t deny.

Am I ready to talk? Many sessions later. Many discussions after. The only answer ever given is “…”

I see you, not the person you fail to portray But the one you put on full display 

​​I find my mind to be elusive Filled with mishaps and intrusive

Sometimes, I feel like a tumbleweed rolling down a street in a different environment on a college campus.

In the void of your absence, my days become endless nights, The flowers that once blossomed with vibrant colors now…

You hear my worries as exhausted thoughts Trying too hard to be caught 

Don’t fear the waterfall For years, it has rained an alluring presence in your valley Captivating from the riverside, from…

This moment is not present. It’s not relevant, it is the birth of moments from a forgotten childhood. Memories don’t…

My mother selflessly spilled her blood for me   on a Thursday night when the air was moist and the sky…

Past, Present, and Future wreak havoc on the brain they once called home

Sacred women My days used to feel cold and hollow. Now there’s never space. Never any time for warm tea…

A river in the open sky,  Waves that follow on the wind,  Circling from shores they fly,  Climbing on majestic…

Sage knows too much of snow. The way it drizzles over her, catching up to her wherever she walks. How…

Emily Karreman supplies readers with her no-fail - if not goofy - guide to a successful Valentine's Day this February.

Ask anyone and they’ll tell you both Carhartt and Fjällräven have been around for decades; which is the truth, but…

Despite being born and raised in Baltimore City, Maryland, my parents worked for Baltimore County Public Schools as teachers. Because…

It’s not every day that you come across an artist who knows how to provoke the broad spectrum of human…

Like any relationship, we’ve had our ups and downs  But you weren’t so ready to give up on me like…

It was the diary that started it all. The day I found it a thick fume of anger had clouded…

Thoughts, actions, words that carry emotion when created 

Farewell to the tracks of the old iron train   And the beauty of midnight and shadowy gains  You only traversed…

My sister is my favorite poem, The one I always come back to read For a laugh, a good cry,…