Who needs a time machine when you can read the news or scroll through some Facebook comments and find yourself smack dab in the 1950s? Ah the sweet smell of racism, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia,...
By Sam West and Serena Bailey | CW StaffToward the end of her high school career, Aaliyah Furqan signed up to take the ACT, like millions of other students preparing to start college. But her experience...
A small group of students, faculty, staff and local residents are using a centuries-old practice and applying it to their daily lives.The group calls themselves the Quiet Tide Sangha, and they meet each...
Nagaraj and his wife kneel before an altar in their apartment, chimes ringing in the air. Laden with colorful deity figurines and ornate art, the altar, or mandir, acts as a small temple for the Hegdes...
One morning last September, Bianca Levy expected to be preparing for the drive to her Atlanta home to observe Yom Kippur, a central Jewish religious holiday that revolves around personal repentance and...
Sitting in the pews of his Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, a young Ricky Seeber attended church with his family, reading scripture and singing hymns. Over time, however, his attendance at service...
Six months leading up to several 45-minute interviews, I knew what I wanted. After a few moments, my tongue-tied language left me without one of a handful of jobs for which I had toiled and prepped. I...
Sunday morning has remained one of the most segregated times of the week. Dr. Martin Luther King remarked during a 1963 lecture that, “We must face the fact that in America the church is still the most...
All too many students who attended church for most, if not all, of their lives stop attending once they arrive at college. Many non-Christians blame this on the church, while the church puts the blame...
More than 70% of college students who regularly attended church in high school leave in college. Why? “Universities are secular hotbeds with biased professors aiming to abolish religion.” “Their...
Growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Scott McWaters said he never thought he would live in the South. But his passion for basketball changed everything.McWaters, now an instructor in the English department...
Walking past Old Row her freshman year, Sahar Ezez, a junior majoring in philosophy and history, began to feel uneasy. It was 9 p.m., and as she was making her way towards her car, she noticed 20 or 30...
