Word on the Street
What Holi Taught Me About Home
How attending my first Penn Holi experience brought me back to my roots.
Playing Offsides: A Korean American Soccer Experience
Seeking out what my immigrant mother saw in the perilous fields of girls soccer in America.
Reaching for Repose
On cookies, comfort, and small pleasures that we don't let ourselves have.
Authenticity and the Art of Letting Go
To stay true to myself, I am learning to release opportunities that no longer feel right for me.
Cooking Basics for College Students
How to find cheap, easy and quick dinner recipes.
Life After Undergrad
I decided to attend grad school in the United States. Here's what I've learned from my journey.
Down the Digital Rabbit Hole
Social media, pseudo–identities, and saying goodbye to things in small doses.
Putting the Pieces Together
How I developed a puzzling hobby to get through panic and anxiety.
The Birds and the Bees: For Brown People
How surveying South Asian American communities at Penn helped me understand culturally defined gaps in sex education.
Hey Batter Batter, Swing
A baseball game is always being played, somewhere.
Three Maybes and a Definitely
Our friendship persists across 869 miles. I doubt his beat–up car can travel that far, but our love certainly does.
Significant Others: The Evolutionary Impact of Friendships
How the often–underestimated power of platonic love makes us who we are today.
Premier League Matches and Perfect Daughters
My struggle with meeting my mom’s hopes for a feminine daughter.
Decolonizing My Dress Code
My journey to realizing that my clothes do not define me.
Reconnecting with My Roots
Facing graduation, memories of making applesauce as a child make me wonder if I should give up the city for a rural life.
On Gap Years and Growth
My year off led me to dream up a version of Penn that the school could never live up to.
On Grieving Unevenly During the Pandemic
How the COVID–19 pandemic caused grief for so many yet prevented us from mourning properly.
