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Jocelyn Chin is a Trinity junior and an opinion managing editor of The Chronicle's 118th volume.
American Sign Language should be formally taught at Duke because it is practical, increases accessibility, and contains a rich history and diverse community that students would benefit to learn from.
I wonder if I have problems prioritizing as I balance on scales, watch my weight drop, know it’s the cost of saving each HEERF fund, stimulus check, meal stipend, the cost of piling books on my windowsill instead.
I wonder at my worries over subconscious thoughts of Asian American authors as they write sex scenes.
Part of me hopes that our generation has yet to (and will not) fulfill these authors’ prophecies.
Two specific paintings in the entire Frick Madison spoke with the loudest voices.
Reading brings up a step closer to freedom from ourselves, from our daily walks as citizens, from the thoughts of our own time.
BIPOC TCK are out here creating entire worlds of thinking within themselves.
For no immediately obvious reason, an entire third of Duke in New York students this year have visible tattoos.
Likewise, in New York, those who do not know nor wish to know the experiences of Chinese in America are the ones who will stride right past its doors on Centre Street.
I, too, am seeing the city now. I see its wide streets, hear its wild voices, feel its wet heartbeat on a Saturday night. May I recognize the hidden and historical heartaches as well.