Youth

Noah Kurima “What are you?” It is such a straightforward question. But for many Japanese Americans in my generation, the…

Andrew Gruhn This year’s JACL National Convention in Salt Lake City was a wonderful way for me to learn more…

Tomi Eijima Why would Japanese Americans be punished for something they couldn’t control? What was life in “camp” like for…

By Kenji Kuramitsu, JACL NY/SC Representative I recently returned from the JACL’s fall National Board meeting, held in our San…

By Matthew Ormseth The longer I work in journalism, the more I respect people of action who are less inclined…

By Matthew Ormseth At the paper where I just started working, it’s something of an intern initiatory rite to cover…

By Matthew Ormseth It was graduation weekend and campus was swarming with misty-eyed alums, and in their eyes and even…

By Matthew Ormseth I was nearly bowled over with giddy relief when an alum, visiting the office of the campus…

By Matthew Ormseth I graduate in four weeks; on the far side of commencement waits adulthood, responsibilities and the very…

By Matthew Ormseth Americans have dug in along partisan lines, and the American university is no different. Higher education has…