The Liberator Magazine

Tag: liberal arts

  • Placebos, Chaos, and the Semblance of Control

    Placebos, Chaos, and the Semblance of Control

    Written by Hayle Chen. Graphic by Quynhmai Tran. – For Allison, who told me I could absolutely write on a topic that I had never pitched to her before—you brought the best kind of control to this chaotic world. “To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.”  When addressing the…

  • The South Asian Dilemma

    The South Asian Dilemma

    Written by Hira Vayani. Many South Asian children’s earliest memories include their family and a stethoscope. It’s the child’s 4th birthday, and they have received a doctor’s kit as a present. This is just the beginning of the continuous career conditioning, as most people in the South Asian community have a narrow definition of success,…

  • Putting the “A” in STEAM: Pre-Med as a Liberal Arts Major

    Putting the “A” in STEAM: Pre-Med as a Liberal Arts Major

    Written by Kristi Kamesch. It is unexpected to find liberal arts students who take predominately STEM courses, but it turns out that a select few do exist as pre-med CoLA students. A study published in Academic Medicine “A Liberal Arts Education as Preparation for Medical School: How Is it Valued? How Do Graduates Perform?” indicated that liberal arts…