Welcome Project

Me Going to Hell 07.06.2012 2:49 ↓

"I had a boyfriend on campus. And it was fine. People knew that. He himself wasn't comfortable with being gay."

I Will Always Sign Up and Go 07.06.2012 2:19 ↓

"I do have trouble finding friends here because I'm in the graduate program."

Core Kind of Turned Out to Be That Way 07.06.2012 2:10 ↓

“Even if the Chinese students couldn’t always understand what was going on… they still felt like a part of our family.”

I'm Not an Exchange Student 07.06.2012 3:31 ↓

“Does Valpo even know who I am?”

Oh, But You're So Nice 07.06.2012 2:30 ↓

“Atheism is like the black mark. Nobody wants to say they're atheist.”

Baptism: I Was Very Not Religious 07.06.2012 2:59 ↓

“I went to Pastor Char and said, ‘Hey. I'd really like to be baptized, but I don't think I'm a Lutheran.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Okay. What questions do you have?’”

Of Course—She Was My Roommate 07.06.2012 3:12 ↓

“You have to embrace the differences because it helps you realize who you are and who you're not, who you don't wanna be or who you do wanna be.”

Basketball Has Been a Necessity 07.06.2012 2:42 ↓

“This is where I belong; I should be out there now, helping my teammates.”

I Have This Fear That I Come Off Weird 07.06.2012 3:14 ↓

“The real good friends will pay attention to you no matter what.”

Valpo Needs to Try Harder 07.06.2012 1:59 ↓

“Not all trans people want a surgery; they just want to be seen as the gender they're presenting as.”

Going by My Initials 07.06.2012 2:15 ↓

“I have a non-binary gender identity. A lot of people don't know what that is here.”

It's A Lot like High School 06.06.2012 2:27 ↓

“I feel like the Midwest is very, not old fashioned, but socially conservative; anything that is not normal is either wrong or judged most of the time.”

Buddhist Retreat 06.06.2012 2:56 ↓

“I came onto campus quote-unquote Lutheran.”

BFFs: Best Foreign Friends 06.06.2012 2:36 ↓

“I have met other international students from my roommate… They’re all pretty cool.”

Encountering True Homophobia 06.06.2012 2:47 ↓

“I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I was like, ‘Really guys? Really?’” INCLUDES SOME STRONG LANGUAGE

Missing Out 06.06.2012 2:58 ↓

“They don’t come to us. I want to be in a sorority, but they assume I don’t want to be in there because they’re all white. I feel like they lose out.”

Preaching Without Apology 06.06.2012 2:17 ↓

“Religion is the one thing that shouldn’t be compromised... We shouldn’t water down a message to bring in as many people as possible.”

Butting Heads 06.06.2012 3:25 ↓

“At first, that seemed to be something that would be totally contradictory to everything I ever believed. . .”

Recovery 06.06.2012 2:52 ↓

Q: So you didn’t want to eat, or you didn’t like yourself? A: No, it’s a different issue.

A Solitary Lens 06.06.2012 2:32 ↓

“He was a very solitary man and I totally respect that... Having alone time is a necessary thing.”

Racially Motivated 05.06.2012 3:07 ↓

“People may turn it on people and say, 'You did this because I'm black and you're white,' and 'You're racist.' It hurts you inside.”

People Still Question Me 05.06.2012 2:34 ↓

“I never wanted to be part of an organization fixed towards one type of people.”

We Don’t Know What You Guys Think 05.06.2012 2:50 ↓

“We really want to make friends with any American students.”

Hard to Connect 05.06.2012 3:07 ↓

"Sometimes, I don't feel black enough to hang out with black people."

People Get Scared 05.06.2012 3:11 ↓

“It feels very human nature to me, but I think it’s wrong.”