Although I spent the first eight years of my life in China, I realized that I could no longer find things to talk about with my grandmother as I adjusted to living in the U.S. It was due to both my deteriorating...

“I’m going to learn Chinese.”  I stood up, crossed the room to my computer and clicked “Chinese 1” under the electives tab on my course selection form. My mom looked at me, and I could see...

https://soundcloud.com/suhana-mahabal/culture-through-language?si=f4588b5f9bfc4e9e9061a10be7dbfc11&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Sophomore Ronith Vinod...

Growing up, sophomore Ekundayo Davies often heard his father using the word “woke.” Although he had never been sure about its origin, to him, the term commended awareness of social issues. “It’s...

Whenever I go to visit my grandma on the East Coast, our conversations in English are often stilted and filled with pauses and grammar mistakes. My dad and my grandma, however, communicate in Taiwanese...