During this virtual school year, we were thrown into a loop with our schedules, discovered how to pass time in the uncertainty, and got a fresh perspective about ourselves along the way. Despite the unpredictable nature of the virus, this period of time gave us the opportunity to pick up a new hobby and learn […]
Image Source via GQ Magazine/Hendrik Schneider It’s hard not to be charmed by Britain’s newest “It girl” Rina Sawayama. Her eclectic fashion statements, bubbly personality, and upbeat musical stylings grant her all the makings of an international pop star. Over the past year, Sawayama has proven that her star quality transcends her music. With awards […]
Illustration Credit: Tarisha Sarker Although the re-emergence of Hanfu in China began nearly 20 years ago, this traditional form of clothing has recently reached new heights in modern fashion due to its rising popularity on social media platforms. Hanfu is a type of dress, initially worn during the Han Chinese era. It is considered to […]
Illustration Credit: Eva DiNino It is often said that everyone is on the same boat regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, but this is not a valid statement. Everyone is riding the same storm, but some people have better-suited boats than others; some barely have maintained their rafts. On both domestic and international levels, this virus has […]
Visual Credit: Margot Whipps Offering a uniquely feminine account of post-war trauma, Beanpole candidly juxtaposes the dog-eat-dog nature of female friendship with the unforgiving violence of war. A genre dominated by gory battle sequences, few war films endeavor to focus on the anguish which lingers when the dust settles after combat. While director Kantemir Balagov […]
Illustration Credit: Eva Dinino Home is Lagos, Nigeria and on most Sunday mornings we’ve just showered and are dressed in our Sunday’s best, getting ready to head to church (if you’re religious) or, have a chill morning filled with slower routines and the relaxing aura of the final day of the weekend. My family and […]
Image via Unsplash My grandmother often sits quietly staring at her garden. She also watches the news a lot. Those are the two things she does most. I cannot blame her for that, she has lived a life full of efforts and pain that most people would question nowadays, with their eyes of post-modern children […]
Image Source: Google Arts & Culture As this year continues to be defined by unexpected surprises, I can still recall my initial one. I had made plans to visit the Museum of Modern Art in New York in January, but they had to be cancelled at the last minute as a result of anticipated snowstorms […]
Graphic Credit: Sana Kewalramani Bản Tiếng Việt In all of the business and preparation for graduation, it’s a time to reflect on the most important people in the audience, the ones who pushed us towards that degree–our parents. For international students, bringing our parents to graduation isn’t a two-day or one-night thing, it’s a whole […]
Illustration Credit: Vy Le “Farewell” and “welcome” are terms we use during a transition where one moves from an old environment to a new environment. As most college students will tell you, the transition is terrifying. The past four years have been where I have made the most transitions in my life. Four different countries […]
Source: Michael Coyne / Getty Images Mid-Autumn Festival might be internationally known as a Chinese holiday, but it is actually a festival with a variety of features celebrated in many other Asian communities. In Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly referred to as Children’s Day or Family Reunion Day. Like in many other countries following the […]
Illustration Credit: Sana Kewalramani For almost every college student, a day is rather incomplete without the invigorating smell of freshly brewed coffee. On ordinary days, Saxbys and Starbucks have been your best friends. But, as we wander through highly uncertain times amidst the lockdown, those are no longer viable options. Through my research for this […]
Illustration Credit: Margot Whipps As a Chinese student who has lived in the US for four years, I still cannot forget some mistakes that I made when I first got here. Cultural shock is the most challenging thing that every new international student needs to get over, but moody days will fade away as long […]
Illustration: Eva Dinino Don’t worry, it will get better. With so much time on your hands, you should do all the things you never could fit into your schedule. You should exercise. Be grateful you are not sick. Pick up a new hobby. Learn a new language. Improve your skills. Take online courses. Now in […]
Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash French Police Preparing For Possible Food Riots by Hal Conte The police prefect of Paris’s suburban Seine-Saint-Denis department warned of the effects of potential food shortages caused by poverty as a result of the economic distress caused by the lock-downs. “We have 15,000 to 20,000 people in slums, emergency shelters and migrant […]
Illustration: Tia Marchiselli Syria Capital Under Fire From Israel Missiles by Hal Conte The Syrian government launched defences against missiles launched by Israeli airplanes in an attempt to protect the capital city of Damascus. The defence force of Tel Aviv has claimed to be attacking Iranian footholds within Syria in the past to justify its […]
Image source: Japanese Cooking 101 More valuable than you thought I ran about 12 miles one Sunday in February to the Shinagawa Yakiimo Terrace to join crowds of people like me: Yakiimo Otaku. At Tokyo’s annual Yakiimo festival, Japanese sweet potato lovers stand in line for 30 freezing minutes or more, in 20 degree weather […]
When you’re posting something for your friends to see on Instagram or researching background information for an assignment on Google, increasingly prominent economists and activists believe you are participating in colonialism. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, it was often private companies backed by imperialist powers, including the British East India Company, the Dutch […]
Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP With karate, skateboarding, baseball and surfing, and medals made of recycled materials the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, the most sponsored sports event in world history with a price tag of a cool $26 billion was already going to set memorable records. Now, it has a more dubious distinction. In […]
Image source: Netflix At the start of the movie The Two Popes, the protagonist, Cardinal Bergoglio, gives a sermon to an impoverished community in Buenos Aires. Recounting the ministry of St. Francis of Asisi, he narrates how the saint hears God’s voice instructing him to “repair my Church.” Bergoglio (played by Jonathan Pryce) continues explaining […]
