Pranita Sookai
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First-Generation Collegians: Their Families’ Hope
December 13, 2011 - 8:39 pm
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Of his six brothers and sisters, Mike Rodriguez,* a Fordham University senior, is the only child in his family who will graduate from college. The words his mother told him before he began his freshman year are seared in his mind: “You are my only hope,” she said as he pushed a half-filled grocery cart [...]
Gen Y Goes Vegan
October 25, 2011 - 8:54 pm
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Lucy Drummond became a vegan just before her freshman year at NYU after seeing a documentary on animals suffering on factory farms. Growing up, she and her family regularly ate meat, but since going vegan, she has become an officer of Cruelty-Free NYU, a student-run animal rights club, and has saved approximately 60 animals per [...]