By Nadya Agrawal – UCLA   I am currently looking for a summer job. This is the first time I have wanted to do so but I had no idea what I was getting into.  I have been looking for a job so long that I have to actually keep myself from getting down on my knees to beg the manager to let me...

by Sneha Goud According to a 2009 study from the University of Washington, 16 percent of Asian American women have contemplated suicide in their lifetimes, compared to 13 percent of all American women. The term “Asian American” can refer to 16 ethnic and 30 language groups. But until recently, studies...

by Aditi Mehta – Houston, TX – Managing Director Due to my current unemployed state, I had promised myself to start reading a lot more now that I have extra time on my hands. Also, as funds are a little short, I told myself that I would use the public library more rather than my monthly...

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By Trisha Sakhuja - Stony Brook University The world has being hit with all sorts of calamities and dangers during the first three months of the New Year, but how much of it affects the average college student? Not much.  We live in a bubble of ignorance, where Thursday night plans and midterms seem...

by Aditi Mehta – Houston, TX As a testament for the phrase “You go girl!”, Pakistani actress Veena Malik, shows incredible poise, intelligence, and guts in order to stand up for herself against a mullah that feels Malik has brought shame upon the country of Pakistan and Islam. Malik...

by Komal Thakkar – George Washington University – Star Contributor   I believe that when dancers are young, their movement is pretty. As a dancer ages, their movement and their stage presence become beautiful. Madhavi Mudgal and Alarmel Valli, who took to the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower...

by Roshni Mulchandani – Bay Area Aruna Shanbaug was just your average nurse. She loved her job. Amidst the patient caring, the nurse was aware of her duties. Known at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, India for being a loving but strict nurse, she was in charge of instructing her subordinates...

This is the second post from a series of posts by Simerjeet called “The Sahota Project” by Simerjeet Sahota – Ohio State University – Star Contributor   For my first interview, I didn’t go too far out of my comfort zone.  Really, I called my cousin.  But I have a...

by Shritin Patel – Houston Baptist University   “Indian people are not gay,” a relative retorted in the heat of a continuous and fruitless debate at my house. I stood baffled with my jaw hanging wide open allowing rogue bugs to explore my molars whilst trying to force my brain to understand...