During my freshman year , I worked at a call center at the ASU Foundation, raising money for student scholarships. My job was to reach out to alumni and community members and build a connection with them in the hopes of facilitating a donation going back to the school. While the job was often difficult,…
Kung fu is (literally)… Chinese: 功夫 (gong1 fu4) 功 = power, merit, achievement, service, labor. 夫 = husband, manual labor. When together, it means art, skill, or effort. So kung fu is not: Chinese martial arts (that’s wushu). But it does refer to a skill that a person has achieved through hard work or time.…
In his song “Love Yourz”, hip-hop artist and rapper Jermaine Cole examines how materialism has negatively impacted society’s understanding of happiness and of what it means to be successful in the 21st century. Cole, who is better known by his stage name, J. Cole, uses the lyrics of this song to express his displeasure with…
Throughout time, leaders who have exhibited the proper kind of custodianship—leaders who have sought service over self-interest—have been held in high regard. We gladly look to them for direction and guidance in times of indecision, turmoil and trouble. One such custodian stood out in the Fifth century BC. The Roman army was surrounded. The country…
Every individual will have to stop working at some point or the other, and the timing of this depends on each individual. Some cannot wait until they hit the age of 65, so that they can retire and start doing all of the items on their bucket list that they have been meaning to do.…
I have heard other students talk about how they wake up early and have found many positives from it. This semester, my classes have been later than past semesters, and I have found that I have a harder time getting up as early as I used to. Now, no matter when I have class I…
According to a recent New York Times article, people all across the globe share the same aspiration: to be happy. This can be found even in the opening of Beyoncé’s song Pretty Hurts. She states to a reporter who questions her on her aspiration in life, “Oh well my aspiration in life would be… to…
The Key to Criticism
This is a world where secrets are easy to come by but harder too keep. This world where social media is king we take our private lives and make them public. Putting ourselves out there completely, begging for honesty from others but swiftly shutting down whenever their honesty is colored with criticism and personal bias.…
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