Category Archives: Pulse
What Does It Mean To Be Asian?
A-Line’s Features Editor gives us her take on this proverbial question. By Angela Hu As much as people like to believe rice cookers and red envelopes make up part of the Asian identity — that is simply not the case. The stereotypes that have since encumbered the idea of what it is to be Asian [...]
Jeremy Lin, History Maker
Harvard senior Jeremy Lin has been leading the Crimson all season with hopes of going pro. The question is will people finally see behind the Asian American novelty? By Joshua Lee & Allie Leogrande A high school senior stares at an acceptance letter from Harvard. He doubles back and checks his mailbox again to find [...]
Casting Call!
One writer’s perspective on Asian progress on the Silver Screen. By Fay Gan Many Asian Americans have become frustrated with Hollywood’s method of casting typically Asian roles. There is a growing argument that non-Asian actors have no right to play Asian characters because it pushes the smaller segment of aspiring Asian actors to the wayside. [...]
White Washing the Big Screen
One writer’s perspective on non-Asian actors playing Asian and Asian American characters. By Judy Ho In the past two years, Hollywood film adaptations such as “21,” “Dragon Ball Evolution” and “Avatar: The Last Airbender” have received controversial outcries from angry moviegoers and fans. Letters of protests have been written to Hollywood producers, YouTube video rants have [...]
Legal Leisure
Hookah smoking is becoming a popular past time for college students, especially those under 21, but the social activity comes with some health risks. By Guramrit Kaur Khalsa The dark rooms fills with the exotic scent of mangoes. Gathered in a circle, people pass a snake-like tube to one another, mouth to mouth. They slowly [...]
Battling My Body
Students disregard the dangers of illegal weight-loss pills. By Alison Leung Many people, women especially, go to extraordinary lengths to be thin and what is perceived to be “beautiful.” As a junior economics major, Jane Chan* has many of the same concerns as the typical college student: classes, worries about pending exams and juggling work [...]
