Chapter 8: Multidimensional Travel (No Wormhole Required)
I’ve focused on the humanities throughout my entire project thus far, talking about how and why it’s important for our society and culture to progress forward. But this week, I took a look at the other side of academia. I took a look into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, also known as STEM. I had…
Chapter 7: Lilacs at Little League
When I first came to Colorado State University, I was initially studying just English Literature, with the goal of going on to become a professor of English. I had never known another individual in my South-Asian community or just any other South-Asian in general with the same goals as me. But that changed last week. …
Chapter 6: The Girl with The Hand-Drawn Tattoos
I was strolling through the library, intent on getting some work done before class, when someone caught my eye. My journey to tell this story has required the perspectives of unique South-Asians, something that I have struggled to find. I have become attuned to noticing South-Asians whenever I’m on campus, always in search of someone…
Chapter 5: The Life-Changing Effect of a Samosa
I was lounging in the Asian Pacific American Cultural Club office, a place I’ve come to find comfort in. I was munching on my lunch and working on homework as I felt the energy shift in the room. Club members were welcoming in a tall Indian boy who was soon cracking jokes with everyone in…
Chapter 4: No Role Models
While interviewing Gaya Sivakumar last week, we stumbled onto a topic that I think deserved its own post. It all started with an anecdote. Sivakumar was explaining to me how her niece wanted to go into graphic design, straying away from the typical South-Asian jobs. “I hope my sister saved enough money for her,” was…
Chapter 3: The Singer Who Studied Economics
I’m not sure how many South-Asian journalists there are in the United States. So far in my journalism classes, I’ve only ever seen one other South-Asian student. One. I had never even interacted with a South-Asian professor. That is, until now. Gayathri Sivakumar is a South-Asian associate professor in the journalism department here at Colorado…
Chapter 2: The Soul That STEM Lacks
I nervously tapped my foot on the glistening tiled floor of the student center. A few tables across, sat a young South-Asian student eating lunch with his girlfriend. This was the perspective I needed. I had trouble finding someone with a point of view that would prove to be beneficial to my story, as there…
Chapter 1: The Professor on the Wider Path
My journey on this story starts with a conversation with Colorado State University’s very own Ryan Campbell, an English Professor who had much to say about the importance of the humanities. Professor Ryan Campbell Campbell fell in love with the humanities very early on, despite him coming from a STEM-centric family. He grew up in…
A Rocket Scientist & a Journalist: A Battle Within Culture
As a current undergraduate student, I’m constantly exposed to students from all over the country that aspire to work in every field there is. I see English majors reading books that weigh more than my cat back home, and Mechanical Engineering majors traversing through complex math equations on whiteboards that would take me months…
NoCo Convos 