Six-time title-holder Takeru Kobayashi fell short of his seventh title after guzzling down 64 soaked hot dogs this Saturday. Since first ousting Kobayashi from the hot dog throne in 2007, Joey Chestnut of San Jose, CA set a world record for 68 hot dogs this July 4th at Nathan’s world famous hot dog eating contest. …
There’s something going on with this summer’s lineup. This summer perhaps features the most Asian American actors and characters from any lineup before. Pixar’s Up, Terminator Salvation, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek, and G.I. Joe to name a few – each feature Asian American actors in some kind of featured supporting role.
On January 21, two years after Seung-Hui Cho’s Virginia Tech shooting rampage left 32 dead and more injured, the agriculture-focused school suffered yet another gruesome incident. This time, when police first responders arrived at an off-campus student housing diner, police found doctoral candidate Haiyang Zhu, a Chinese national, holding a kitchen knife in one hand …
Like any Communist country, capitalist innovations tend to have a 30-year delay before reaching the reds. The last time I visited China in 2000, Michael Jackson and Boys II Men were still the premier American pop stars. Inn reality, China today is as capitalist as anyone and North Korea’s not exactly following the guidance of …
Socrates knew that he was the wisest man alive. Why? For he knew one thing, that he knew nothing. I’m not so bold as to make such a statement, but I will say one thing, and that is I know NOTHING about Asian pop, hip hop, and pretty much any contemporary music from the far …
Right after Tuesday’s historic inauguration, I crossed one item off my list of things I never expected to see in my life. As our 44th US President Barack Obama took office, hope began to muster behind the possibility of a racially harmonious America. Sadly, as an Asian American guy, I crossed “black president” off my …
If my Asian NFL Football Players post wasn’t enough to convince you that race accounts for little to no reason for the minuscule number of Asian American Athletes, Jeremy Lin serves as yet another example against our stereotype to be physically inept for sports. The Harvard Crimson, a team that hardly offers athletic scholarships except …
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