May 13, 2020
Emblazoned in bold capitals beneath Yale’s navy coat of arms, hangs a banner that reads “Lux et Veritas” — the University’s official motto. With these […]
January 24, 2020
On April 9, nine leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 “Occupy Central” pro-democracy movement were convicted on various counts of conspiracy and “public nuisance.” One of […]
April 23, 2019
If you’ve walked past the Yale Repertory Theater, you will have seen the posters for its newest feature: “WET: A DACAmented Journey.” The piece asks […]
December 6, 2018
closure yesterday was breathtaking in the simplest of ways a collage of crushing hugs and easy laughter of reaffirmed sentiments and a watercolour sky […]
September 7, 2018
Stepping into the overly air-conditioned cinema, I was giddy with excitement. I had fallen, along with the rest of the world, in love with “Crazy […]
August 31, 2018
“You spoiled internationals, you all basically have slaves,” were the unprovoked words that came out of the mouth of a drunk first year late one […]
April 27, 2018
We’re sitting around a high table somewhere in the jungle of Hong Kong, plates of steaming food in front of our growling tummies, and tall […]
March 30, 2018
I sit, shoulder to shoulder with my closest friends, nestled between panes of icy cold glass and cups of piping hot coffee at our table […]
March 9, 2018
I sit amid the clamor of a Monday afternoon in Blue State Coffee, bleary-eyed and ferociously highlighting my dog-eared copy of David Roediger’s “The Wages […]
February 23, 2018
There’s a word in Chinese — often used to describe plots in literature and film — that describes a beginning and an end that parallel […]
February 16, 2018
