R’Perspective: How proactivity and humility determine what true success is
As graduation draws near and senioritis kicks in, I have realized that being proactive is perhaps the most important trait to gain from college....
Personal accountability facilitates strong employer and employee relationships
From my experience as a writing tutor at UCR's Academic Resource Center for the past three years, I've noticed how students constantly struggle to...
R’Perspective: The positive returns of being active in college
With the majority of my peers in high school relocating to the midwest or east coast after graduation, I felt ashamed to admit that...
R’Perspective: A year singing the trap house blues
It took coming home from school one Monday night to find two of my housemates sifting through a pure block of cocaine for me...
R’Perspective: The horrors of Facebook, one year later
This May 8 marks a day that will live in infamy for me — the one year anniversary of the day I joined Facebook.
Facebook,...
R’Perspective: What is an Asian person supposed to do as a humanities major?
“Aren’t all Asians supposed to be good at math and science?” As an Asian-American myself, the number of times that I have been asked...
R’Perspective: Trying out a New Year’s revolution
If somebody asked me about good places to eat in my hometown, I would be able to give that person a list of options...
R’Perspective: From humble beginnings to new challenges — reflecting on my college career
College is the best way to humble someone. I found that out the hard way upon my arrival. I wasn’t dripping in arrogance or...
R’Perspective: 2016 was a much better year than you thought
These past couple of years, and in particular, 2016, taught me that we Americans are lucky because we’re at a period in which most...
R’Perspective: Fireworks, smoke and family
During our New Year’s Eve party in 2014, my father announced that we were going to move from San Francisco to Sacramento in the...