Why You Should Write: Telling Your Own Story

By: Alison MacGillivray Second-Year Tutor + Writing Center Co-President In my humanities class, we learned about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We watched her TedTalk on the dangers of a single story. She grew up in eastern Nigeria, but upon coming to the United States to continue her education, she was disappointed when there was only one […]

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