My paternal grandfather was born in 1931, to a Korea occupied by the Empire of Japan. Forbidden to speak his own language at home, he grew up learning Japanese in school and was forced to take on a Japanese...
So far, from my perspective as an international student, Northwestern has been great in terms of resources, support and community atmosphere. I can go to the International Office or other international...
I still feel guilty.
Even though on an intellectual level I have come to terms with the difference in cultural connotations of being selfish, on an emotional level, I still feel uneasy.
What exactly...
It wasn't until I attended a MIXED — a student group for people of mixed racial descent — dinner that I realized how many different ethnicities, or combinations of them, exist on our campus. Students...
Happiness class: I laughed it off at first. But when my little sister told me the definition of happiness her teacher told her to memorize, I realized it was no joke.
So isn’t this great? One of the...
