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New year, same story

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Now that New Year’s celebrations are over, it’s time to get down to business—new body, higher marks, sounder mind. . . right?    Every year we make New Year’s resolutions to better ourselves, but have we ever taken the time to ask why we make them, or if we even should? It’s almost always the

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Basic human decency

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A space in conflict

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Seeking a sense of community outside of cultural clubs

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The pressure to immediately immerse yourself into university as a first-year student is overwhelming. Combined with the recent rise in discussions around finding and creating identity, the compulsion to conform is enormous. I care deeply about my heritage as a Taiwanese immigrant, but I’ve yet to discover a comfortable community based around my ethnicity.

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