Philosophy Student Shows Strength in the Face of Loss

Sophomore Josephine Yurcaba hasn’t had it easy this semester. The Philosophy and English double major learned over the Easter break that her terminally ill mom likely has only a few months left to live.

Josephine and her family are being very intentional about the time they have left together, as a recent Technician feature article describes. Read  “Paris to Paris”  to get a sense of Josephine’s strength and her positive attitude in the face of great loss.

Josephine’s family issues have not diminished her capacity to keep her grades up or to write high-quality articles for Technician, where she has served as the Life and Style editor.

The same edition of NC State’s student newspaper includes an article written by Josephine about Associate Professor of Philosophy Timothy Hinton. Yurcaba’s article on Hinton, which is part of a center-page feature on service and activism, describes Hinton’s experiences as an outsider on the inside of Apartheid South Africa.  The South African native says that growing up under apartheid fostered his interest in political philosophy and ethics.