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"Being a first-generation student is more than just earning a degree. It’s about balancing worlds, the culture you were raised in, the expectations set before you by your family, and the strangely beautiful challenges presented by higher education." (Alexander Cruz / Graphics Editor)

Bautista: The first generation experience

Michael Bautista, Staff Writer October 1, 2025

Walking onto campus for the first time, I felt completely invisible and painfully exposed, surrounded by people yet utterly alone.  The first-generation Latino experience doesn’t come with an instruction...

"If I could tell my five-year-old self one thing, it would be this: you didn’t go to Harvard but you ultimately achieved something better than an Ivy-league degree, you beat the odds." - Photo via Victoria McGivern

McGivern: Count me out

Victoria McGivern October 11, 2023

Ever since I could remember, I’ve wanted to go to college.  Most five-year-olds dream of otherworldly magic, going to space, or becoming something out of their wildest imagination. Not me, no....

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