Culture versus costume
Photo by Dowdy Multicultural Center. Pumpkins, candy and scary masks are a few things to look forward to each Halloween,…
Fatherhood and Football: How WCU’s Fulani Freeman is handling both
Photos by Tyler Jefferson. I remember walking into my women’s and gender studies class and seeing a guy in the…
The Comeback Kid: Jenny Bail
Photo courtesy of www.wcupagoldenrams.com. After an injury shortened her junior season, WCU Women’s Soccer senior and captain Jenny Bail makes…
5 things you need to do before graduating in December
Photo by Pixabay via Pexels. I recently applied for graduation in December, which is often considered an unusual time to…
Living large: Norristown rapper Jay Trilla aiming for the top
Photo by Lee Holmes. Jay Trilla jokes, “I want to be on that list one day because I want to…
News vs. noise
Photo by AbsolutVision via Unsplash. News is hardly a modern concept. However, the sensationalization of news stories is. With the…
Cockroach problem in WCU dormitories
Photo by Brendan Lordan. In West Chester University dormitories, cockroaches are an ongoing problem for students this semester. I conducted…
Resident Theatre Company presents “Cabaret”: Broadway comes to West Chester
Photos by Johanna Austin via AustinArt.org. Just a 15-minute walk from North campus, up North High Street, stands the Uptown!…
The misunderstood: hip-hop & youth
Photo: Juelz Santana via Unsplash. Hip-hop music has been around for over 40 years. The beats, the rhymes and the…
WCU recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Photo by Sabrina von Ahrens. October seems to be the time in which all seasonal activities begin: pumpkin spice everything…
17-year vigil: behind West Chester’s longest running protest groups
Photos via Chester County Peace Movement. For some, the intersection of Market and High Street may just be another busy…
WCU celebrates 11th Annual National Latinx Heritage Month on campus
Photo: Raza Resource Centro (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via Flickr. Did you know that Spanish is the second most spoken language…
West Chester Women’s Soccer drops undefeated record to MU
Photo courtesy of www.wcupagoldenrams.com. WCU’s women’s soccer team continued their impressive 2019 campaign over the past week and a half…
Mold in traditional dorms raises health concerns
Photo by anonymous RA. Mold is reportedly a common issue this semester for students living in traditional dorms. I interviewed…
Field of Screams: Pennsylvania’s most haunted attraction
Photos by Samantha Walsh, Kirsten Magas and Field of Screams Attendee. On Sept. 14, 2019, The Quad was invited to…
Editor-in-chief Max James: where is he now?
Photo by Doménica Castro. I’ve known Max James for years: as a friend, a roommate, a mentor and most relevant…
100% of white people are 100% responsible for challenging racism
Photo by Bre Tyska. There are some things about the world in which we that live are not so much…
Remembering Eric D’ulisse during suicide prevention week
Photos by Rebecca D’ulisse. Eric D’ulisse was a senior chemistry major who lost his life to suicide in March of…
A look at WCU cheerleading
Photo courtesy of www.wcupagoldenrams.com. You can already imagine it: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, tailgates open with cold sodas in hand,…
Noam Chomsky (digitally) visits West Chester
Photo: “Noam Chomsky” by Jared Rodriguez via Flickr Last Thursday evening, famed intellectual and political dissident Dr. Noam Chomsky gave…
WCU’s “Shucks, Spinski Redux” exhibition
Photo: “DCSVS” by Steve Erickson. Photo by Christoforos Sassaris. Hopefully some of you remember that, during the previous academic year,…
WCU men’s soccer preview
Photo courtesy of www.wcupagoldenrams.com. Fresh off an impressive 16-3-5 season, ending with a heartbreaking NCAA championship game loss, the WCU…
Ask Ali: MeToo rape kits are problematic
Photo: Charles Edward Miller via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Over the past several years, following the rise of movements such…
Let’s not: no Kamala Harris 2020
I know, okay? I know that you all want to believe and have great faith in Kamala Harris’ candidacy to…
The ongoing conflict with Mariner East Pipeline construction
Photo by SamHolt6 via Wikimedia Commons. The Mariner East 2 pipeline, cancelled last year over a series of spills, leaks,…
NBA 2K20 continuing a legacy of exploitative monetization
Photo courtesy of dronepicr via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Within the gaming sphere, there is a diverge range of news…
Ask Ali: straight pride is no pride
Photo courtesy of Lance Anderson via Unsplash Boston, let’s talk about what happened last Saturday. I was minding my own…
Philly leads the nation in LGBTQ+ civil rights
Photo courtesy of the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives This past summer marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall…
Why do we encourage student burnout?
Photo by Casey Meyer. At 7 p.m. on a Friday night, I am eating my first meal of the day.…
Quidditch is dead and WCU killed it
Photos courtesy of WCU Quidditch Facebook page. Yeah, you read that right. Here’s the story of how the student body…
West Chester Football looks to top PSAC again
Photos courtesy of www.wcupagoldenrams.com. For anyone from a hardcore football fan or someone looking for plans on a Sunday afternoon,…
Climate action and West Chester University
If you want to do your part or get involved, there are many different initiatives that have been started around…
2019 Women’s Field Hockey
Photo courtesy of www.wcupagoldenrams.com. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – West Chester University’s field hockey squad was picked to finish second in…
West Chester acknowledges Overdose Awareness Day
On Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., PRO-ACT (Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together) sponsored…
Welcome to West Chester: the PWI
Photo by West Chester University via Flickr. You’ve done it. You did your research, applied to West Chester University and…
Ask Ali: I want a woman, but I want a woman with good policies
Photo courtesy of Mobilius in Mobili via Flickr’s Creative Commons. People of America, the time is here. Election season is…
Welcome English BSED and Special Education Majors
Photo Courtesy of Abhi Sharma via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Whether you’re beginning your WCU journey as an English BSED…
Review: “When They See Us” documentary
Photo courtesy of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. It was April 19, 1989. The day the lives of five teenage…
Saving home, away from home
Photo courtesy of Sarah Stepetin. My transfer to a new college outside my home state of Alaska was a leap…
PA abortion ban passes based on Down’s Syndrome prescreening
Photo courtesy of Andreas-photography via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) On Tuesday, May 14, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to…
Philadelphia celebrates 50th anniversary of Stonewall
Photo courtesy of Kirsten Magas. It’s June. Rainbows are everywhere: on bottles of mouthwash, on t-shirts, at the top of…
Student behavior and campus expansion debate at borough meeting
The West Chester University-West Chester Borough Community Engagement meeting brought together members of the West Chester Borough Council, students and…
WCU Softball: Lady Rams look to playoffs
Photo courtesy of www.wcupagoldenrams.com. Last Wednesday, Apr. 24, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released its Division II Atlantic Regional…
A College Collage: The Wells School of Music
This is the sixth article in a recurring column giving students an inside look at what’s happening in each College…
Breaking the lines: third-culture students
Of course AVATT wouldn’t have happened without all of the amazing students that participated and interviewed this semester for their…
Game of Thrones: tensions rise as night falls
Image: “Game of Thrones” by horslips5 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. After a highly anticipated wait, the final season…
Supreme Court deliberate on discrimination
Image: “Supreme Court” by Beatrice Murch is licensed under CC BY 2.0. It was on Monday, April 22 that the…
$16 for a cheeseburger: the real price of a meal plan
Graphics courtesy of Brendan Lordan. Nineteen dollars and four cents. That is, at the very minimum, how much money you…
A study abroad experience: Amari Gilmore
Photo courtesy of Amari Gilmore. Amari Gilmore is a senior at West Chester University with a major in middle grades…
Thanks, but no.
Photo courtesy of Nahje Royster. How many times do we say sorry for things that aren’t our fault? How many…