While I’ve lived in American suburbs my whole life, my parents grew up in rural parts of the Zhejiang province in China. My dad’s father was a government employee and worked in the next town over.
Although Taiwan is 7500 miles from Columbia, today Zoey Chen will bring Taiwanese culture to RBHS. RBHS’ International Cultural Organization (ICO) will bring in a Taiwanese speaker after school today...
ELL students overcome cultural and language barriers to find community in foreign environments. They face racism, unfamiliar slang and unrealistic expectations, yet despite these challenges they persist and achieve long-term, lasting success.
Senior Jeffrey Mullen’s morning routine entails a shower, breakfast and a vest shaking him for half an hour to loosen the mucus in his lungs.
This is just one of the many treatments necessary to treat...
Hundreds of students visit each booth in the hallways during Global Village. Booths often offer food, beverages, souvenirs and information about each country represented.
Seniors Alec Monte (left) and...
Freshman Bailey Stover struts her stuff on the catwalk wearing a yellow and white traditional Mexican dress complete with a flower in her hair
Sophomore Cameron Thompson holds a traditional Chinese umbrella...
The opening scene of ‘Behemoth’ depicts a colossal explosion, with swelling plumes of smoke painting the sky dark. That, unfortunately, marks the most interesting part of the next hour. For a film...
On Sept. 25, 1980, China’s then-ruler, Deng Xiaoping, changed China’s history.
Xiaoping introduced China’s infamous “one-child policy” on that day in order to support the country’s economy...
While Columbia is known for its wide assortment of cultural differences and diversity, something else adds spark and variance to the everyday life of the working white man. Foreigners not only bring their...
There is a certain flavor to Beijing, China, a taste in the air, that is wrought with age. Granted, it’s also wrought with smog and cigarette smoke — smoking is far more common in China than here,...