Letter From the Editor in Chief

My time spent at St. Thomas Aquinas did not fly by as quickly as others might suggest. Remember how, as a kid, five minutes seemed like an eternity, summer lasted forever, and each season proposed new adventures through the uncharted waters of your life? Each day was a new learning experience, and time seemed to …

The Oxford Experience

SARAHJO MONTELLO On a multitude of sunny days in July, twenty or so twenty-somethings boarded a variety of aviation-specific vehicles and traversed across the Atlantic. These students, this reporter among them, were on their way to spend three weeks studying at Merton College, Oxford.  Some had made pre-study plans, some had post, and some had …

An Interview With Assistant Professor of Economics, Dr. Meghan Mihal

It’s been awhile since faculty interviews have graced the pages of the Thoma, so this year we decided to bring them back. Questions are inspired by 2007 Thoma staff writer, Jessica Liss. Dr. Mihal is a Pennsylvania native who earned her B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Albright College. She went on to attend Fordham …

The Art of Befriending Your Alumni

JEANINE GRILLO The recruitment struggle is real. I remember sitting in an interview as the recruiter told me all about how easy it was for students from Ivy League Schools to get internship and job opportunities. That being said, he also mentioned how the company that I was interviewing for was extremely impressed by the …

But That’s the Joke: Reconciling Trauma with Humor

ARIANNA SOTOS I sat in Gotham Comedy Club on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, during one of their talent showcases. As most comedians do, the first few opening acts poked fun at various attributes of themselves (among which was a guy calling his Turret’s Syndrome “cute” and an 80-year-old woman strumming on a ukulele, singing about …

To Warn or Not to Warn: On the Importance of Trigger Warnings

SAVANNAH FINVER With a new school year just underway, it would seem remiss not to mention one of the most fiercely debated topics circulating around Facebook this past summer: trigger warnings. For any readers who do not know, trigger warnings are exactly what they sound like. They are advanced warnings offered to students by professors …