Drew Korschun

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We were once strangers too

By Drew Korschun | November 24, 2015

In the book of Exodus, the God of the Jewish people states: “Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” In this passage, God recognizes the pain Jews experienced as slaves in a foreign land, but he adds an addendum: they must not do the same to foreigners among them. While I recognize that any text can be used for a political purpose, I believe this verse speaks to Jewish values today because of its invocation of collective memory.

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All the world is a classroom

By Drew Korschun | November 10, 2015

When I arrived at Incheon International Airport in South Korea this past summer, my taxi driver asked me in Korean, “So MERS didn’t stop you from coming?” But apart from MERS (which stands for Middle East respiratory syndrome, an infection that was becoming a large problem in South Korea), there were plenty of other worries on my mind.

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Who is really silenced on campus?

By Drew Korschun | October 27, 2015

When I first came to Duke, I was aware that the academic and political climate was very different from what I had been used to growing up in white, middle-to-upper-class, Protestant, American suburbia.

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The lens of literature

By Drew Korschun | September 29, 2015

Something I’ve noticed while going through college is that some things that you once adored can escape you amidst the hodge-podge of experiences that university life can offer and only reappear when you little expect it.

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Where do we go from here?

By Drew Korschun | September 15, 2015

At Duke, each undergraduate year has had some sort of overarching theme for me. Freshman year — the eagerness of leaving home, being immersed with hundreds of new faces from different backgrounds, the shopping around of classes and the beginning of nagging questioning about the identities that shaped us growing up.

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The language of love

By Drew Korschun | September 1, 2015

The radio plays out from someone’s iPhone on a bench outside, a top-40 love song: “Girl, you’re the one I want to want me.” The lyrics pester me slightly, and I wonder why it’s so hard to avoid talk of love and romance in a stretch of a couple hours. But for many who find themselves interested in the prospect of romance, media like these love songs deeply influences our identity narratives.

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Where in the world to study?

By Drew Korschun | June 2, 2015

But even with the incredible opportunities that Duke presents to students, I also wonder what social and political forces lead us into certain areas of study and to what extent students are free to...

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