Piazzas, Pizzas, and Pigeons: My First 48 Hours in Rome
Day 1: December 27, 2024 As our bus drove off from Mount Mary, there was a kind of sleepy suspense in the air (or maybe it was just me who was sleepy, I stayed up til 4 AM packing the night before). We were half an hour into the drive to O’Hare International Airport, a typical…
Culture Is Our Canvas: Let’s Paint It with Compassion
Content Warning: The following contains descriptions of animal suffering and slaughter. Reader discretion advised. You’ve probably heard the Oscar Wilde quote, “life imitates art,” an idea that the images and narratives we create impact how we dream, what we value, and even define what’s “normal.” But maybe “life” also imitates the values we silently carry,…