Memorize 200 characters in Chinese, and you can read the newspaper. Imagine knowing such characters, and then forgetting them. Which is easier, the learning or forgetting? It sounds incredulous that a plethora of people can no longer write certain characters by hand, even though they have previously been taught how to. Due to the complexity [...]
K-pop: Korean pop music. J-pop: Japanese pop music. C-pop: Chinese pop music. Easy enough, right? Through the 8 years of living in the small, white-dominated town of Fishkill, I’ve learned that the average Caucasian considers Asian music to be some weird mixture of sounds with awkward voices belting out weird words. They shy away from [...]
The oriental trend has claimed the catwalk for another season marked by Asian-inspired prints, color palettes, and styles—from teasing cheongsams at Louis Vuitton to Japanese silk drapery at Kenzo. But it wasn’t just the clothes that caught the attention of the mod crowd at this year’s New York Fashion Week. Many of the models lent an exoticism to the catwalk [...]
It’s been such a bleak month in news that even Wendi Murdoch’s pie antics seem worthy front-page fodder. Right up there with the recent Oslo bombing and shootings, starving children in Kenya, and of course, the News of the World scandal that continues to glut the headlines. I’d even go so far as to say [...]
A dad with a day off is a dangerous thing. My dad took a day off of work, presumably because of this insane heatwave. (If you really get a chance to think about it, a suffocating hot day in the suburbs increasingly feels like a mammoth microwave, and you’re trapped on that rotating tray as [...]
Welcome to our summer edition. We’re boasting a new staff. New graphics. New editors and new writers. For the time being, this blog will be dedicated to Asia America on its grind in this damn heat. I will read this post in February in an archive with some of the finest writing A-Line has seen [...]
Project Paper Crane is raising money for earthquake relief in Japan. For every $2 that students donate, Project Paper Crane will make add an orange paper crane to the installation located on the lawn between Schine and Newhouse. And SU alum will donate $2 more for every $2 donated by current SU students. The goal [...]
