No, your politics do not define you: response to Ali Kochik

Reading a recent op-ed in this publication, published shortly after the election, I was reminded of how nice a break…

When I came to college, I really had no interest in pursuing anything within the realm of journalism. I’d already…

When the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns started going into place this time last year, it wasn’t difficult to imagine…

It is the afternoon of Nov. 3, 2020, and I am standing inside the West Chester University Student Recreation Center…

It is nothing close to new information that we are in the trenches of an election that presents us with…

Photo: Main Hall; taken from WCUPA English Website.  Reading the day away in a library or coffee shop; knowing Shakespeare…

Photo: Charles Edward Miller via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Over the past several years, following the rise of movements such…

Photo courtesy of Lance Anderson via Unsplash Boston, let’s talk about what happened last Saturday. I was minding my own…

Photo courtesy of Mobilius in Mobili via Flickr’s Creative Commons. People of America, the time is here. Election season is…

Since this Monday marks the ninth week of the semester, we students find ourselves in the trenches of what is…

Image: “Mantra Apr 3” by Crystal Coleman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Oh spring, how beautiful you are. Your…

Image: “Mantra Apr 3” by Crystal Coleman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Oh spring, how beautiful you are. Your…

Image is licensed under CC0 1.0. We are mid-semester. The weather isn’t warm yet. Spring break is over. Our professors…

Image: “University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California” by Ken Lund is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Unless you…

Image: “social media” by Sean MacEntee is licensed under CC BY 2.0. During my freshman year of high school, I…

Image: “Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Raging storms, food shortages, deadly plague, war, treason,…

Image: “State of the Union protest” by Victoria Pickering is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019,…

Image: “hearts” by emdot is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Urban Dictionary gracefully defines the idea of “being cuffed” as…

Image: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” by daddyodilly via Flickr Since the 2018 midterm elections occurred in early November, several Congresspeople have made…

On Nov. 12, 2018, an article was published on CNN in which the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, stated…

Discomfort is oftentimes the precursor for stigma. When a situation arises that shatters our feelings of safety and ease, that…

Advocacy is defined by Merriam Webster as “the act of supporting a particular cause or proposal.” With so many amazing…

Since this Monday marks the ninth week of the semester, we students find ourselves in the trenches of what is…

West Chester University is a campus that provides an innumerable amount of things for its students. There are lots of…

October is a month known for its color. From the bright orange pumpkins to the warm yellow and red leaves,…

If you’ve paid any attention to any major news sources in the last few weeks, you might know that our…

In 2021, then Managing Editor of The Quad, Ali Kochik, wrote an Op-Ed titled “AOC, Galas, Taxes and Students,” which…

As stated in the original article, “When Does Life Begin,” by Victoria Foley, abortion access is somehow still a hot-button…

When you’re young, you’ll believe in love, “whatever that means.” And when you’re small in their eyes, you might not…

In today’s more progressive world, it’s not unheard of for a classic book to come under fire for containing problematic…

On March 30, 2022, Chloe Gong, author of the literary sensation, “These Violent Delights,” visited West Chester University via Zoom.…

Where does the forgotten doll go once she is tossed under the bed? When the dust collects, cakes, crusts over…

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo as it has come to be known, is an annual creative writing event that…

Many people rely on the art of reading to provide them with some sort of escape from the burning world…

There once lived a siren Who haunted the breeze, Looking for sailors Whose hearts she could seize.   She swam…

The Renfrew Center, an eating disorder treatment center encompassing locations across the country, will be holding its annual support campaign…

Last week, an article was published in the Op-Ed section of the Quad titled “Thomas Jefferson: The Degradation of a…

It’s safe to say that most readers have grown up with no shortage of stories starring protagonists who identify as…

As students and faculty flock to campus to begin in-person classes following a two-week remote period at the beginning of…

He wants an angel.  A shiny, rosy cheeked thing that wears a halo  but will trade it for flames  whenever…

I am diamonds and red and pink and patterns and gaps and cracks and scrapes and scratches but i am…

“‘Tis the damn season,” as Taylor Swift says! The time is upon us where we are all racking our brains…

For the first time since in-person classes resumed this year, West Chester students are being sent home for Thanksgiving break.…

I first started writing for The Quad back in fall of 2020, when everything was online and where the weekly…

The weather here in the West Chester area has finally made the somewhat permanent switch over to chilly, autaminal temperatures.…

This fall at West Chester University, several organizations and students have banded together to tackle the crisis of period poverty,…

Justice work and social movements are no strangers when it comes to news media coverage. In the last decade alone,…

Against the bedlam of My psyche Few things go Unscathed.

This year’s American Insight Free Speech Award Ceremony was held at West Chester University in Sykes Theater on Saturday Oct.…

On Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, members of the West Chester community gathered on the steps of Chester County’s historic courthouse.…