Before the Flood and Q&A with Dr. Jess Adkins

Before the Flood and Q&A with Dr. Jess Adkins

  9:37 PM    Jlu17

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I had the opportunity to attend Poly's screening of the documentary Before the Flood and the Q&A session that followed. This documentary demonstrated different effects of climate change around the world and brought up actions our society could take to prevent the...

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Viet Thanh Nguyen and his analysis of the Vietnamese diaspora

Viet Thanh Nguyen and his analysis of the Vietnamese diaspora

  12:38 PM    Jlu17

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To kick off the theme of "Borders, Boundaries, and New Frontiers", the GIP hosted its first talk of the year with Viet Thanh Nguyen, who discussed the making of his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel The Sympathizer and the different problems that come with writing...

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Reading "One Child"

Reading "One Child"

  1:31 PM    Jlu17

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I spent most of my break writing college essays. During these writing marathons, I would have long periods of time where I physically could not look at my essays. So, I turned to my copy of "One Child" by Mei Fong. The GIP program had generally loaned me this book...

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