Last November, I attended a panel discussion hosted by Princeton University’s James Madison program in American Ideals and Institutions. The three-hour-long panel featured a diverse group of experts, including college professors, legal scholars, and civil liberty experts, such as the former president of the American Civil Liberties Union. The panel focused on a critical issue …
By Owen Su (SAS ’24) NYT Editorial Honorable Mention Article For the last few years, #fat-acceptance, #body-positivity, and #self-love have been trending on Instagram, often paired with selfies of those who are overweight. As someone who has suffered from obesity, someone who had difficulty running, climbing stairs, and playing sports, someone who feigned confidence out …
Every year, hundreds of new non-profit organizations are created by high school students around the world with the ambitious goal of ‘making the world a better place.’ While the objective is admirable, if the primary motivation for starting a non-profit is to self-promote for college admissions, the authenticity and integrity of the endeavor may be …
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Written by Allan Zhang (SAS ’24) In 2019, a female adolescent was on the cover of the Times Magazine. She is standing on a rocky shoreline, staring at the heavens (Boucher). Relatively tiny comparing to the surrounding nature, her eyes, however, reflected both hope and desperation. Initially surprised at her age, I learned that this …
Bespectacled, fatigued, and gaunt. These are most likely the terms describing the average Chinese student in the eyes of just about anyone. While many perceive them as intelligent (Ruble and Zhang 205), the effects of Chinese schools’ substandard physical education program are harmful; and it is time to change that. Since the Chinese Economic Reform and …
