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"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

Ameera Moinuddin poses on South Campus.

Life through the Lens: Ameera Moinuddin

Ameera Moinuddin, Contributing Writer September 20, 2023

While some define a third-culture kid as “someone who was raised in a culture other than their parents,” I have a different definition. To me, a third-culture kid is someone who has had the fortune...

Jimena Elmufdi poses for a photograph.

Life through the Lens: Jimena Elmufdi

Jimena Elmufdi, Contributing Writer November 3, 2022

During my Danish Language and Culture class last week, our professor remarked on the unwritten rules of Danish culture. Denmark is often praised for its efforts to create a homogenous society but, over...

Prarthna Batra, originally from New Delhi, India, writes about her first month and a half at Wake Forest.

Life Through the Lens: Prarthna Batra

Prarthna Batra, Contributing Writer September 29, 2022

The last month and a half have arguably been the most challenging and daunting time of my entire life. I moved across the world from the most highly populated city in India, New Delhi, to the quaint city...

Life Through the Lens: Food, Beauty & Culture

Life Through the Lens: Food, Beauty & Culture

Selinna Tran, Print Managing Editor April 7, 2022

 “If you knew what I knew about giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.” These are wise words that were said by an even wiser individual, Siddartha Guatama —...

"Through my work, I will attempt to
sacralize dry cleaning objects and address the invisibility of blue-collared
labor," Vu said

Life Through the Lens: Quynh Vu

Quynh Vu, Contributing Writer February 17, 2022

As a visual artist and person of color, I often joke about the stereotype that is BIPOC artists who only create heavily politicized art that depicts an angry, anti-West attitude. That stereotype depicts...

Life Through the Lens: Ameya Bellamkonda

Life Through the Lens: Ameya Bellamkonda

Ameya Bellamkonda, Contributing Columnist January 13, 2022

When I began writing this column, I thought about all of the lenses through which I view the world and the best ways to introduce them and their purposes to readers. When I think about the future of this...

Life through the lens - Elisabeth Kuguru

Life through the lens – Elisabeth Kuguru

Elisabeth Kuguru and Adam Coil October 28, 2021

For most students at Wake Forest, answering the question, “Where are you from?” is simple. The answer does not come so easily to Elisabeth Kuguru, though. Kuguru was born in Nairobi, Kenya, but soon...

Life through the lens: Yushuo Wang

Life through the lens: Yushuo Wang

Yushuo Wang, Contributing Writer September 23, 2021

This week features Yushou Wang, a sophomore back on campus after a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19 complications. She is intending on majoring in communications and minoring in journalism and economics....

Life through the lens - Maahla Fofack

Life through the lens – Maahla Fofack

Maahla Fofack, Contributing Writer September 16, 2021

In this edition, the column features a glimpse into life through the lens of Maahla Fofack, a junior from Rockville, Md. She is pursuing a degree in biochemistry with a concentration in molecular biology....

Life Through the Lens - Aine Pierre

Life Through the Lens – Aine Pierre

Aine Pierre, News Editor September 9, 2021

Joe Cho and I are extremely grateful for the support we received on last week’s edition of the Life Through The Lens column. We were hesitant — and honestly, a bit anxious — to publish and introduce...

Life through the lens

Life through the lens

Selinna Tran and Joe Cho September 2, 2021

While I like minions and Joe likes bikes, these are not single characteristics that make up our identities or who we are. When I am on campus, people don’t look at me and only think of me as the “girl...

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