Looking Back: A Reflection on “AOC, Galas, Taxes and Students”
In 2021, then Managing Editor of The Quad, Ali Kochik, wrote an Op-Ed titled “AOC, Galas, Taxes and Students,” which…
In 2021, then Managing Editor of The Quad, Ali Kochik, wrote an Op-Ed titled “AOC, Galas, Taxes and Students,” which…
CONTENT WARNING: This article mentions violence and sexual, physical, emotional and psychological abuses. February is known for many different things,…
CONTENT WARNING: This article mentions self-immolation and suicide. On Sunday, Feb. 25, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old who was an active-duty…
Feb. 26 through March 3 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Despite the fact that many individuals — particularly young…
In my Contemporary Political Thought class, our assigned reading, “The Decadent Society,” by Ross Douthat, raised the notion that our…
It’s that time of year again: the semester has started in earnest and West Chester students have been thrust into…
With the Sports Illustrated layoffs shaking up the sports journalism world in January, the thought that journalism might not be…
Our 2023 trip purposefully did not contain a research or service component, but instead focused on experiences that supported these…
At a certain point, a fandom can go beyond merely enjoying someone’s work and enter what is called a parasocial…
Students at WCU and over 300 other colleges order food through Grubhub, savoring the freedom of choice. However, Grubhub and…
Arguably the most commercially successful and influential musician of the past decade, Taylor Swift is often showered in praise by…
If you are reading this article, you are truly in an unusual position. A simple reflection on what you do…
Without a doubt, the stress levels of millions of American college students just went up yesterday, as the federal pause…
Last spring, hundreds of West Chester University students received emails informing them that their applications for university-owned housing were denied…
Week 4, Sept. 18–24, 2023: The number of students testing positive for COVID-19 has spiked with the start of the…
One thing that becomes abundantly clear when you read history is that war will almost invariably expose the fault lines…
The escape of convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been top news all around Chester County for the past two weeks.…
Look around you; whether you are in the middle of Times Square or simply reading this piece, you're consuming media.…
In today’s day and age, interpersonal communication is one of the most valuable things we practice daily. Whether face-to-face or…
Over the course of the Spring semester, I have published quite a few articles in The Quad discussing various aspects…
This year has been an eventful one. We’ve had almost all of our Senate Seats filled this year, as well…
For decades, slasher films have been believed to be trashy gore films that will do anything for a cheap sex…
First proposed in the 1800’s, but not put into widespread use until queasiness towards the electric chair had reached a…
Tokenism is described as using someone or something as a means to represent a marginalized group in order to portray…
Research suggests the primary factor contributing to the frequency of school shootings in the United States is the prevalence and…
In the March 16, 2023 issue of the Quad, I published an article titled “The Reality of the Housing Crisis:…
With the end of this semester almost upon us, WCU will have gotten a solid two academic years out of…
ChatGPT is the newest and a seemingly insurmountable threat to English departments since the widespread availability of Sparknotes. However, even…
The 2022 Campus Safety and Fire Report states “the West Chester Borough Police Department routinely provides information to the University…
On March 26, 2023, The Quad published “Progress Being Made In Schmucker Science Center Renaming,” which can be found in…
This past Tuesday on Feb.28, Student Government Association (SGA) hosted their bi-annual Town Hall at 7:15 p.m. in Sykes Theater…
This past Friday, March 3, West Chester coffee enthusiasts flocked downtown for the grand opening of High Street’s newest cafe,…
On Jan. 7, at 2:00 a.m. residents of the 200 block of South High Street heard screaming outside in the…
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Student Government Association held a town hall meeting. Considering the recent issues surrounding the lack…
West Chester University has had an ongoing housing problem for some years now. Although the problem has been known for…
In December 2022, I wrote an article for the News section of The Quad on gun violence in America. Plainly…
On Friday, Feb. 10, I had the pleasure of representing West Chester’s Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Villanova’s 33rd…
This past Wednesday, Feb. 1 marked the start of Black History Month in the United States. This celebration honors not…
On Friday, Dec. 9, West Chester University updated its students on whether or not they would have housing for the…
Dear West Chester University Administration, On Friday, Dec. 9, you denied hundreds of your students access to a basic Human…
On Friday, Dec. 9, West Chester University updated its students on whether or not they would have housing for the…
Many college students return to work instead of relaxing during the well-earned break between semesters.
Universities love waving their morality flags, preaching about human rights and expressing their opposition to all forms of racism, oppression…
Facebook collects your data for its selfish practices. Instagram and TikTok promote FOMO and unhealthy beauty standards. Twitter is the…
On Nov. 14, an article about the Central Bucks School District’s decisions about what can and cannot be taught was…
Since the dawn of this country, African American and Hispanic communities have been severely at a disadvantage to whites. Cops…
The team focuses on the last few seconds of the game as the clock runs down. They’re within the grasp…