Ran Ito

Minutes ago, the teacher had instructed for us to begin the problems, and my heart pounded from the pressure and adrenaline. I ran down the list of problems, checking if I had made a careless error on any of the problems. As the time slipped away, the test was collected, and I pondered continuously about how well I did on the test. My love for math started from these competitions, testing my knowledge in an exciting, reward-based way. Math has always been a large part of my academic life, regardless of being in school or extracurricular. I believe math is important in everyday life, useful while getting into college, and getting a job, leading to a successful life. A couple hours later, at the awards ceremony, I heard the words “Third Place: Daniel Dai!” and walked up to receive my award for the work I had…

chance to compete in Orlando for the Music In the Parks festival, and that if we were interested, we should sign up. My sister and I both signed up, and within a couple weeks, six people from the Eureka group met up with a few people from the Mackinaw group, and a few from the Tremont group, and right away we started learning some new routines. There were ten of us in all, with ages ranging from six to seventeen, and we all had completely different heights and vocal abilities, so choreography…

Tulane University’s production of Storm Still, written in 2015 by Gabrielle Reisman, ran from Wednesday, November 9th through Sunday, November 13th. Directed by Jessica Podewell, the play offered a glimpse into the lives of three young women as they manage their father’s estate after his death. As the women sort through their father’s belongings, they remember that as children, they often acted out Shakespeare’s King Lear, and they decide to revisit the game. While the play is mainly a moment…

Although there is the slightest feeling of catharsis for Lear is Olivier’s film, it is not as evident as in J.E. Jones’ version. Similarly, catharsis also arises in Kurosawa’s “Ran”, because the bloodshed that occurs at the end of the story seems to be at the hands of Hidetora and Lear, subsequently it was in their decision to trust those who wished to hurt them, and banish who wished to respect them. Along with this, Hidetora was also a warrior, and he turns to violence when people disrespect…

Yuhao Zheng Northwest Corner Building The Northwest Corner building locates on 118 Broadway, northwest of Columbia University Morningside campus. The different scale and material of the building make it easy to identify and hard to forget, however, not every resident and critics have positive opinion of the building. The critic Mark Lamster says: “This is not the building most New Yorkers were expecting from either Moneo or Columbia. I think there was an expectation of something contextual,…

You find yourself surrounded by a horde of flesh-eating zombies. You only have time to save one of two people, one a snob, the other a nerd. You know that each have their strengths and weaknesses. So who do you pick and trust with your life? Both snobs and nerds are generally chastised by society. Snobs are hated for their ‘’I think I am better than you attitude’’, and nerds are hated for their inability to relate with ‘’normal people’’. I am of the persuasion that being a nerd is a better…

Discrimination has been an ongoing struggle as far back as history can recall, and it is unfortunate that it is still an issue today. We have made tremendous progress for women, African Americans, and other minorities, but we are still in the midst of full rights for the LGBT community. It would be unrealistic to say that this community now has complete equality, especially when states like North Carolina pass laws allowing discrimination and refusal of treatments to the LGBT community. It is…

taught and for cultural experiences to have a place to be shared. These religious works of architecture can be found all across Japan and are integrated into both natural environments and modern metropolises in order to be accessible to all the people who need their services. The two most popular religions in Japan are Shinto and Buddhism, which both have had a significant historical presence and role in the formation of modern day Japan (Religion 66). The two religions also have distinct…

Asahara began his organization out of the power vacuum left from the Japanese economic boom, promising a rebirth for young Japanese people who did not feel they fit into the rigid Japanese society (“Nerve Gas Attack on Tokyo Subway”). Their ideas were formed out of a combination of Buddhism, Christianity, Shamanism, and Hinduism (Olson 1999, 514). They believe that the cults’ founder, Shoko Asahara, is the first “enlightened one” after Buddha (Fletcher 2012) and that he is the reincarnated Jesus…

Rear-Admiral Ito The Japanese during World War Two believed that they were a divine race meant to rule over the rest of the world as shown by the quote from Admiral Ito, stating that Japan believed that there war was a righteous struggle and that the heavens would witness that there war was righteous. During World War Two Japans goal was to conquer all of the pacific because that was there holy mission, the only thing stopping them was America and the countries that were resisting Japans rule.…