Between wrapping up my breathtaking summer at Startup UCLA and the launch of SelfWe, moving, and diving into the deep end of the LSAT pool, it’s been a while. For that I am sorry. But while I was away, I did not stop eating ramen. After all, ramen…
With the success of The Avengers, media consumers like myself can’t help but look to the future and think, “What next?” Well, what’s next is Iron Man 3. But now I’m wondering, what does the comic book industry have anything to do with Asian Americans? Unfortunately, it has everything to do…
When Gunnery Sergeant Hartman said, “There is no racial bigotry here,” I knew that Full Metal Jacketwould make me want to throw up in disgust. The film did not disappoint. Released in 1987, Full Metal Jacket can most easily be described in two parts. In the first half of the…
When Gunnery Sergeant Hartman said, “There is no racial bigotry here,” I knew that Full Metal Jacket would make me want to throw up in disgust. The film did not disappoint.
Note: This quarter, Pacific Ties will be publishing online rather than in a print issue. We decided to focus our articles around war and violence in the API community. This article was written in response to The Hunger Games movie casting choices. Although the casting choices do not…
BY CAROL LEE As an avid reader and loyal fan of all literature captivating and unique, I immediately jumped on The Hunger Games bandwagon at my friends’ and even my 14 year old sister’s insistence. I found Collins’ ideas incredibly fresh and her characters poignant, especially Katniss who…