Editor's Note
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As year one comes to a close, we at Team Underground
are grateful for our readers within the Penn State
community and beyond.
The end of the beginning. When the idea of The Underground
was tossed around one February evening in 2015 by a group of
eager freshman discontent with the media narrative on
campus, no one had a clue of how that same idea would
manifest itself as real change. Over 250 articles later, The
Underground has grown in size, readership and range of
coverage.
To celebrate a year of success, RISE the magazine was born.
RISE is a colorful display of what the underground strives to be
- a space for inspiration, creation and advocacy among
students at Penn State.
We've called the magazine RISE after American writer Maya
Angelou's famous poem Still I Rise, a declaration of triumph
over adversity.
This poem serves as a reminder of our commitment to social
justice and community. The only way to overcome hate,
oppression and injustice is if we rise - together, unified and
with strength.
We hope you enjoy the first edition of RISE. Thank you for
giving us a platform to change the narrative at Penn State.
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
~
Maya Angelou
ADRIANA LACY
Editor in Chief
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The Underground is an
independent,
multicultural student-run
media site devoted to
exposing the untold
stories within the Penn
State community. We
seek to foster the
multicultural student
voice through creating an
open forum of discussion
and promoting diversity
and community
involvement.
Inspire. Create. Advocate
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