Emmanuel College

The transition from the sort of post-apocalyptic Metropolis, where I lived back in southeastern Europe to suburban life in Florida, felt like a very steep transition, and I didn't feel well in the suburbs at all.

So I was determined to go to college to a big city, and I made the choice to go to Emmanuel College because they offered me a very good financial aid package.

It would be easier on my parents to sponsor my education there.

And I went to Emmanuel where I finished the last two years of college after getting my associates here at the SPC.

So it was like a little niche of immigrants from different parts of the world.

And we sort of maintained that same immigrant identity, although we were from different parts of the world.

And so when I moved to Emmanuel College in Boston, all of that was immediately gone.

Believe it or not, I actually did better, I think, at Emmanuel College as far as my emotional life than I did at SPC because there was something about the insulated immigrant community.

"Dehumanization is a process.

I think Michelle Mayes, a professor in the philosophy department at Emmanuel College, lays it out in a way that makes sense, so I'll use some of her work here to walk us through it.

Mayes defines dehumanization as the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment.

'Dehumanizing,' she writes, 'often starts with creating an enemy image.

CM men's soccer will host UMaine Augusta this afternoon at 4:00.

And Bates College women's soccer beat Emmanuel College eight to nothing.

Ooh.

And for high school, field hockey, Levitt outplayed Lawrence six to two, York over Poland two to nothing.

Geez.

[laughs] Central Maine Community College baseball visits Southern Maine Community College this afternoon at 3:30, and Bates College women's soccer will host Emmanuel College tonight at 6:00 in Lewiston.

On the high school scoreboard, in field hockey, Brewer downed Edward Little two to one, and in girls soccer, Lisbon was shut out by Hall-Dale nine to nothing.

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