Something to read: Nicholas Kristof
I was raised on a pretty steady diet of the New York Times, so I kind of assumed that everyone had heard of Nicholas Kristof. However,…
Read articleLiving with Landmines at IRSA’s Night of A Thousand Dinners
Collecting firewood with his two brothers, Sopphart stepped on a land mine. When his brothers rushed toward their younger sibling, one of them ran into the…
Read articleThe Breifing: Jacaranda UBC Sister School Project
Jacaranda students with the harvest from the school garden. On Saturday, at the Terry Talks, the Jacaranda School for Orphans received the most votes during The…
Read articleShanghai Expo 2010
I’m back in Shanghai, spending the summer with my parents. The must-see event in Shanghai right now: the World Expo, of course. And so I headed…
Read articleWhat Dan Savage and Nat King Cole have taught me about love…
A totally random thought on love: I have what you could call a mindless summer job: data entry. I spend my days entering numbers into spread…
Read articleStand Up for Mental Health:
Yesterday the comedy group Stand Up for Mental Health was on campus. I went to see the show at Totem Park. I had no idea what…
Read articleJust a thought: on Tolerance and Christianity
If you were on campus today you probably saw the Main Event Carnival. I don’t know how you wouldn’t have—it was huge! There were booths and…
Read articleMichael Jackson v. the World
[Side note: WordPress is being difficult and won’t let me embed video. Don’t know what’s going on there. So follow the links. Sorry about that.] In…
Read articleBBC James Reynolds: Final Thoughts on China
James Reynolds, the BBC reporter stationed in Beijing, has finished his three year term. He wrote a final post on his blog “to take you through…
Read articleThinking about Tiananmen
As Iran appears ready to explode, I thought it was an appropriate time to reflect on a vaguely similar protest that occurred twenty years ago this…
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