2025 Issue 1

Stares, Street Food, and Subways: Malaysia/Singapore and South Korea

They say eyes are the window to the soul, but in Asia this summer, I realized they're more similar to X-ray machines. My Asian features seemed to give me temporary invisibility until I was joined by another person of a different ethnicity, turning us into a sidewalk...

Challenging the Equation

Thanks to the editor-in-chief Katie Jang, I had the lovely opportunity to sit down with Royce Olarte, a La Sierra University class of 2017 Honors graduate. We talked about the many twists and turns that landed him in a dual-emphasis mathematics education and cognitive...

Ripe: A Four-Year Reflection in One Word

“If you had to describe last year in one word, what would it be?” I asked my friends, feeling the nostalgic and reflective magnetism of New Year's. It was January 10, 2025, and my friends and I had just started a tradition of making and eating Friday morning breakfast...