Phantom Press Fall 2020

T 1 Winter Quarter 2020 Fall Quarter 2 THE Phantom 0 INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 2 PRESS 0 The most wonderful time of the year Deans List Honor’s List Lopez, Christian Arabiyat, Luchowska, Joanna Samah Amare, Zefan Mahato, Bir Cajamarca, Esteban To the Mukardamwala, Zubermahmed Antunez, Ricardo Martinez, Julia Calderon, Edgar Patel, Chhayaben Barakat, Islam Melendez, Nyvvia Caley, Cody following students on Patel, Meet Calderon, Cristian Patel, Naman Coker, Kyche’T making the Honor’s Patel, Vishal Nitinkumar Collins, Brittney Polowsky, Alexis Deres, Hibret Plummer, James Gonzalez, Alejandro Porter, Jayda Diakite, Daouda and Dean’s List for Pradhan, Puja Gueye, Idrissa Prokopiv, Anastasiia Drury, Zachary the Spring 2020 Sims, Wendy Hampton, Dontal Radeka, Ivana Durmishi, Era Thakkar, Niraliben Jignesh Heard, Brianna Raval, Hemendra Kumar Dyce, Ashieka quarter! Thomas, Torrence Jackson, Calvin Sanders, Brandon Easton, Armani Thompson, Asha Jaiswal, Rajesh Shah, Dimpy Elsass, Brittney Upadhyay, Helly Jimenez, Esther Turabov, Javokhir Gorji, Ava Vala, Yash Liu, Chuikai Williams, Princess Harper, Camille Wofford, Alexyss Liu, Que Zhang, Jiawei Huang, Yinzhao Martinez, Efrain Khan, Sakina Fathima Falll Quarter 2020 2 “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” ― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works On campus with the coronavirus: An oral history of the strangest term ever Like many universities across the country, East-West University Chicago found itself facing rising case counts and an anxious student body at the out- set of an unprecedented, chaotic school year. Students struggled with questions both monumental and mundane: What is an online class going to be like? How do I see my friends? Is it safe to be on campus at all? This is the story of the fall term. To capture this story, we asked students, freshmen through senior year, about their experience. Alexis Williams, Freshman- Anahi Herrera, Freshman- Deon Grimes, Freshman- “I lost all of my senior activities “Going to school during this pan- like most freshmen students. The demic is actually pretty hard. Not “Yes, this whole situation has prom, the senior trip, etc. I nev- only does it make it harder to been a mess. However, I’m con- er got the chance to fully prepare learn but it also isn’t very com- fident that you’re going to make for college because my year was forting. Although I got used to it, it through. When it’s all said and cut short. I’m grateful for the op- I haven’t gotten over how much it done, you’ll realize that through portunity to continue my school- would have been different if this all of the trials, you are strong ing because I was supposed to go pandemic wouldn’t have been enough to overcome anything.” away. I’m trying to make the best a real thing. I feel like I’m back of my situation because of this tracked so much but I try my best pandemic and regain my losses and hardest to keep going.” Esbeyde Fernandez, Freshman- for my upcoming years.” Fantasia Williams, Freshman- Jenny Cardenas, Freshman- “Personally, this school year has “Going to school during this cri- been super different. I don’t like “My experience is personally sis is hard. Always having to wear the online classes. I believe that frightening in a way because vir- a masks sucks. I lost scholarships Herman Diaz, Freshman- I don’t learn anything. I’ve come tual learning isn’t the best and I because of this virus and I didn’t to the point where all I think I’m Yinzhao Huang, Senior- “The common student prays for would’ve hated not to have hy- have a college to really go to. East- doing is turning in assignments good grades, friendships, and brid learning or get to interact live west University was my only and but I don’t get an outcome…I’m progress. In these difficult times, with teachers and classmates. I last option. Then I actually got the the type of student that asks many “This quarter is my last quarter at I hope the student body doesn’t can’t learn virtually but it’s also an virus and that took a toll on my questions and likes to do hands- EWU. Attending classes during forget that without us there is no experience that makes us tough body. I’m glad that I survived it.” on activities. And this online the pandemic is both a privilege f utu re .” enough for other situations be- teaching really does not help me. and challenge for me. My parents cause attending school or work- This pandemic really has changed and friends all worry about safe- ing during a pandemic is chal- Deandrea Rangel, Sophomore-- Amareon Wells, Freshman- me a lot. I used to love going out, ty on this urban campus but are lenging.” being with friends and I just got relieved to see everyone’s effort in keeping the campus safe. Also, it “Me starting college was some- to the point where I don’t want “The pandemic had caused many thing that was bittersweet. I’m the to do anything. I barely have en- is nice to see classmates and facul- Viridiana Castillo, Sophomore- people to stay home more often, first of my mom and dad’s chil- ergy to get out of bed. I come to ty in person. The feeling is much better than Zoom meetings alone and lay low in order to protect dren that has ever got accepted school because I need a distrac- our families. Online can have its “My experience during this pan- into college. I was proud of myself, tion and because it’s the only way while everyone is just facing the camera. Especially in my major, good and bad moments. For ex- demic and being at school and do- however I had also lost my grand- I’ll understand what my profes- ample, I miss having the full col- ing online, for me is really stress- mother just recently. She was al- sors are trying to get across. But Computer Science, where hands on programming in computer lege experience of study groups, ful and I feel like I’m not getting ways my biggest supporter and as time goes by, I still believe it’s and an open student lounge. The enough education with this back helped me get through school. I not safe for us to continue coming labs are important for learning, being able to stay with classmates upside is how easily it can be to and forth and it’s frustrating. This have to make it, not just for my- to school. Many people/students/ pull up Zoom on any device, and experience is horrible for me. It’s self but for her too. If that means professors don’t believe this is a coding together, helping each other inside the classroom, is the best most teachers are very patient draining my energy and my study wearing a mask to school to get serious issue and might not take with students during rollercoaster ethics.” my degree, I’ll do it, no problem.” it seriously. But a lot has changed.” experience for me during school in Covid so far.” Covid rates.” T 3 Fall Quarter 2020 Continued... Del Hale, Sophomore- Anastasiia Prokopiv, Senior- “Being in school while existing Beahja Dickens-Bey, Freshman- Alexis Polowsky, Junior- “To me personally it seems dan- during a pandemic has been the gerous to go to school at a time biggest setback, I’ve experienced “Honestly, I’ve been thrown in when thousands of people are in a moment like this. I’ve had this hurricane of constant change “I would say that learning online infected with the virus every day many doubts and fears of com- going on for a year and a half now. was definitely a different experi- and hundreds die. For me, it does Education is a gift that keeps on ing back to school in person that At this point, the message is pretty ence than coming into an actu- not matter. It does not affect the giving. Contact a local, national almost begged the question of al- clear: that whatever is meant for al classroom. I would say that I quality of education because any- and or international school which most dropping out, but just like me will be mine. I will continue understand the material just as one who wants to learn, will learn offers transferable online courses the pandemic and being in school. to tackle obstacle after obstacle well as if I were in class learning in any form whether it is online or such as many of the courses of- I will see this through. I will see it because I’ve literally gone too far it myself. The only real downside n ot .” fered at East-West University. Al- through this time in order and in to quit. I’ve wanted to give up to this was that all my engineer- though specialized in gifted stu- hopes to conquer it. I have a lot on school and even life, but my ing labs were online and virtual. I dents, East–West University offers of hope that being in school this purpose is starting to become would have much preferred to do Holiday courses conducive to the evolving time will make my future plans so more and more clear. In times labs in real life, but the virtual labs dynamics of a variety of learners. much clearer now, and I am ready NewsLetter like these, I realized that people were educational. I think this was to achieve and win it.

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