Chinese-American Olympic skier Eileen Gu speaks fluent Mandarin. She was raised in a single-mother household by her Chinese mother, and she visited Beijing every summer as a child. Should she be criticized for choosing to represent the People’s Republic of China, the homeland of her mother, over the United States, the country of her birth? Jun Kwon PO ’28 argues that the conservative backlash against Gu is a symptom of a broader misunderstanding of citizenship in America and defends Gu’s decision to represent her motherland.
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Pomona alum qualifies for 2020 Olympics with Israeli national baseball team
During the tournament, Rosenbaum played both right-field and designated hitter as Israel defeated South Africa, Italy and the Netherlands on their way to the tournament victory.
U.S. Women’s Hockey Delivers Its Own ‘Miracle on Ice’
The 2018 U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team accomplished what no team of American women have done for 20 years: win a gold medal. In an all-time game late Wednesday night, the U.S. and Canada fought valiantly from the moment the puck was dropped. The U.S. scored first, but Canada
Winter Olympics’ Variety Leads To Unexpected Entertainment
Last Saturday evening, as I sat down to eat dinner at a restaurant in the Village, I looked up at the television and was confused. I asked my friend why NBC would show what I believed to be competitive speed skating on a random Saturday night past their prime