Stories about "Voices of the Class of 2018"
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Video: Rosemary Kyne ’18 uses rowing to fuel confidence in life and on the water
Friday, May 25, 2018 11:05 am
When Rosemary Kyne '18 was a first year, she didn't know much about rowing, or about herself. That changed.
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Video: Emilio Valadez ’18 and the philosophy of lunch
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 7:47 pm
Amidst a "constellation of humans" in Commons at noontime, Emilio Valadez ’18 is nourished by something greater than lunch.
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Video: Brooke Drabkin ’18 values her relationship with Lewiston
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 1:42 pm
Spending time with Lewiston-Auburn's Jewish community, says Drabkin, has "opened my eyes to the differences that can exist in one tradition."
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Video: Rakiya Mohamed ’18 looks forward to finding a path in two worlds
Friday, March 23, 2018 9:53 am
"I am a scientist, but I am also a scholar in African American studies. And I am going to find my way in both those worlds," says Rakiya Mohamed ’18 of Auburn, Maine.
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Video: Nate Stephenson ’18 plays the madman ‘who could be anyone’
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 11:07 am
For his honors thesis in theater performance, Nate Stephenson ’18 plays Everyman from Nikolai Gogol's short story “Diary of a Madman."
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Video: Alisa Amador ’18 creates community through her music
Friday, January 5, 2018 11:46 am
For Amador, being a musician is about performance: "reminding everyone of our shared humanity."