I grew up in the hermetically sealed suburbs of Silicon Valley. There, the identities I felt pressure to perform, as an Asian-American, did not necessarily feel prescribed by my classmates’ ignorance or even by the media so much as they felt a result of the weight of my school being
Author: Rui-Jie Yew
OPINION: On Being Pro-Conversation And Pro-Technology
As a digital native, I feel that my attitude toward text interactions has moved from excitement to discomfort. Hearing the “ding!” of a Google Chat message was enough for middle-school me to start running over to the family desktop. With the animated emoticons and different text styling options, chatting
OPINION: Making A Scripps Home At CGU Apartments
When I meet someone new at Scripps College, our first conversation will typically wander to our living situations. At the inevitable reveal that I live off-campus at the Claremont Collegiate Apartments of Claremont Graduate University, I am often met with emphatic gasps of horror. While I do appreciate the sense