Opinion

As a self-proclaimed Mahjong pro, if you will, it’s not an understatement to say that the game has changed my life. It is the reason I am as close to my extended family as I am now and one of the ways I’ve been able to connect to my culture. 

While I am just a beginner in the investment process, I am excited to play the game of watching where my money will go. Hopefully, over time, I will be able to grow my knowledge — and my bank account — through this process.

Other universities have recognized the importance of maintaining alumni email accounts. But, currently without any solution, campus has seemed to disregard the value berkeley.edu inboxes deliver and the opportunities to open doors for students long after they have graduated.

If you’re an introvert like me, you might relate to my embrace of loneliness. Even still, the social pressures of college make it difficult to accept our evening rituals of eating dinner, reading a book and watching Netflix alone.

Until substantive legislative and regulatory changes are made, patients will continue to face  harmful delays, increased out-of-pocket costs and time wasted by navigating complex insurance and PBM policies.

It is also almost impossible to hide what you really look like from your significant other. At some point, you hang out with them so much that they see your bed head, smell your morning breath and choose to kiss you good morning regardless. 

We live in a world where beauty is seen as intrinsic to a woman’s self-worth and her ability to gain respect. But because these beauty standards often specifically exclude women of color, they send the message that we are not of any value if we don’t change ourselves to look “white enough.”

The obsession with “gains” coupled with an unfounded opposition to makeup reveals a deeper cultural issue in the way we segregate genders.

Somewhere along the line, as I matured, I slowly began to realize that there are no “guidelines” as to how to be Asian.

From getting turned away all around Berkeley, I have learned that rejection truly is redirection, and there is a lot of value in being turned down.