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This Is Me: More than a trip
Senior Jaime Mor spent nine months in Israel before coming to QuinnipiacIt had only been a week since Jaime Mor landed in Jerusalem, Israel when he experienced something many only…
This Is Me: A Shot For Life
Mike Slonina shot a basketball for 24 hours to raise money for brain cancerIt was the morning of April 10, 2011 when DJ Khaled’s song “All I Do Is Win”…
This Is Me: Rising Star
From Barbara Walters to Kim Kardashian, celebrities know his nameFans line the gate of a New York City movie premier, anxiously waiting to see who walks the red carpet. Prepared…
This Is Me: King of the Q
Aaron King set a new standard as the first in his family to go to collegeAaron King was the first to arrive home on an afternoon in May 2010. High…
This Is Me: Dancing with a real star
When it comes to working the room, John Midy knows what to do when he’s dancing ballroom. But when it comes to lighting up a room, he doesn’t have…
This is Me: God in her heart
Elba Angulo’s eyes widen and she leans forward in her seat, passion exuding from her body as she talks about God. It’s not often you come across someone this spirited…
This is Me: Pumped up
Tyler Smith was the fat kid in grade school. Other kids teased him, and the resulting depression lasted until his sophomore year at Quinnipiac. It got so bad he would…
Mission for marrow
Nursing student hosts marrow drive in memory of a sister she never knewAt 12 years old, Kayla Cristoferi watched an old home video with her mother, Kathy. The footage features…
A sobering reality
Back on track, this junior realizes how close he came to losing it allWrite down a list of the three most important things in your life on a sheet of…
Leveling the playing field
Walking together to the Arnold Bernhard Library, it is an ordinary week day for senior Ashley Gradwell and junior Caitlyn Hannum. Without skipping a beat, the couple breaks off their…
Autism’s angel
When Shannon Fitzmaurice left to study abroad in Rome, she tearfully said goodbye to her parents, and younger brother and sister, Brendan and Meghan. After excitedly counting down the days…
The Refugee
Bosnian war causes family to start over in AmericaIt was April 1992 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. People ran frantically around the bus terminal desperate to find a way out of the…
Covering America’s bases
A father and son's baseball journey across the nationMatt Buynak is not one who struggles on the first day of classes, wondering what to use as his “interesting fact” when…
The pride inside
Imagine being in a room with almost 100 other students. You’re sweating profusely. You’re shaking convulsively. You’re breathing heavily. You’re about to stand up and admit something that has haunted…
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