Understanding the Difference: Filipinos and Pacific Islanders

The Definition of Pacific Islanders are people of the Pacific Islands. As an ethnic and racial term, it is used to describe the original people, inhabitants, and diasporas of any of the three major subregions of Oceania…

Yes, Your $500 Sephora Haul is a Problem: Mindful Consumption in a Capitalist Society

In this modern digital world, it is practically impossible to escape from the grasps of beauty marketing. It’s hard to not buy into them when your every insecurity is dissected and…

Finding A Culture for Third Culture Kids: The Rise of Asian TCKs

Upon entering my dorm room for the first time, I was immediately taken aback by seeing two size 11 black Nike running shoes on my roommate’s bed. As my initial shock subsided, I realized that it was my roommate, Kaz, a…

AAU Basketball: Can the Selfish, Self Centered Structure Change for the Better?

Since its creation in 1888, the Amateur Athletic Union’s basketball circuit has had millions of young aspiring athletes and their families, including me, in a chokehold. AAU basketball is known as club or travel basketball for young athletes. It…

Crunch culture is unhealthy, but the gaming community can do something about it

Crunch is a term that applies to almost everybody. Whether it be racing to finish and turn in an assignment before midnight, or getting the sudden inspiration to completely revamp a project…

Parasocial Relationships as a Symptom of Addiction

In recent years, the term “parasocial interaction” has exploded in popularity, as concerns over social media sites like TikTok have received mass coverage in the media. The parasocial interaction and its counterpart, the parasocial…

Accessible Preservation: The Joys of Piracy in the Age of Streaming

In an age where it is becoming increasingly harder to keep up with the seemingly infinite amount of content churned out daily it seems many have reacted by once again turning to piracy. In the past decade we have…

Radical Learning: Deconstructing Saviorism in Non-Traditional Service

Service is a spectrum. On the “traditional” side, it is common for people to just passively volunteer their time to a project or organization without investing much of their efforts to solving the structural…

Egalitarian Service: The opposition to the Single-Story

“Good service” in a world that consistently preaches the importance of giving back to our communities, yet never demonstrates how, has commonly been misunderstood as volunteering and never expecting anything in return. We are taught how to identify our community’s…