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Evelyn Ting ’17

Evelyn Ting ’17

Contributing Writer

Investigating Ourselves and Our Language

My high school was 48 percent black, 40 percent white, 12 percent other and completely segregated — students were put too early into tracks that seldom came together again. Since I grew up in such a racially segregated environment, Amherst shocked me upon arrival. The first time I entered Valentine Dining
Evelyn Ting ’17 Feb 7, 2017

Looking Back on Loneliness

I remember the heat of the hot asphalt on my feet as I circled on the edges of my elementary school’s blacktop. Watching the boys play soccer and the girls play “Snow White,” I wondered when I would stop being an outsider. It got better in middle school, and
Evelyn Ting ’17 Mar 22, 2016

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