By Lily
About this time last year, students at Harvard University were meeting late at night, as were students from Oxford, Toronto, Paris, and South Africa. In fact, in 53 countries covering four continents around the globe, students were gathering for one purpose and one only—the establishment of a revolutionary online newspaper: The International.
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By Jononbayar
One of the biggest issues in our society today is the weight problem. Weight problems are not just about how we look, but also about our health. Most people, who are overweight, have some kind of related problems such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer or hypertension. Is it a good idea to live unhealthily and suffer from these problems? What most people don’t realize is that it would take only half an hour of their day to be healthier and stay in good shape. By Diana Tsai
Have you ever been curious about why women spend so much time selecting their bras? Do you know that some women leave messages on their bras for their men? Do you think that a woman should wear bras in public? Conversely, can a man wear bras as well? No matter which gender you are, everyone should be able to decode the secret of the brassiere. BY BICKEY CHANG
“He’s having trouble breathing. Somebody. Do something. Quickly. Quickly…” The voice came from a middle-aged woman, positively freaking out. By her side was an old man sitting in a wheelchair, panting weakly. The nurse barely turned, for the man’s condition did not seem very serious, and she was accustomed to screaming people. She was already busy questioning another patient about his condition and taking down his blood pressure. The woman was puzzled by the nurse’s signal for her to calm down. Well, she didn’t even know the old man whom she’d met on the street and brought here, but couldn’t someone do something for him? The nurse was concentrating on the other patient. And, without warning, the man stopped breathing. By Maggie Wang
Yes indeed, is the response to the title—but only in terms of commercial service, for life itself involves more than what the Internet can provide. But, there’s no way to deny that nowadays Internet plays quite a huge role in our daily lives. Is the rain outside holding you back from enjoying a shopping spree in a retail store? That problem doesn’t seem to exist any more, since more people are choosing to stay right where they are and, with access to the Internet, and buy commodities with a simple click. LYLA XUAN HUANG
Famous for his beamy grin and passion for teaching, Dr. Bennett Yu-Hsiang Fu, who, however, “hates any kind of titles,” has just received his second Excellent Teaching Award and is expected to be promoted to Associate Professor this year – and this is merely his fourth year at NTU. With his already abundant academic achievements, he is currently working on two book projects, one on Chinese Canadian women’s writing and the other on the dialogue between Taiwan literature and Canadian literature. Apart from the two monographs, he is conducting research on his NSC projects and writing many other journal articles on new subjects. In this interview Bennett talks about how his extensive life experiences have influenced his outlook, the way he perceives himself both in the Canadian and the Taiwanese contexts, along with his expectations both as a scholar and an educator. by Erik Leu
We NTU students have been living in Taipei city, where NTU is located, for at least a while. For sure, it’s hard to disregard the convenience of finding tasty foods and appealing entertainment. In Taipei, meals or snacks can be found around the clock and convenience stores can be reached every hundred meters. However, we seem to need a little more than that. By Cindy
Summer! Craving for the beach? Or simply looking forward to a touch of sun on your skin? Whether you’re in your minis or shorts, with sunglasses or not, the most indispensable item for the season is a pair of trendy flip flops. Slip them on and, voila! Your vacation begins with your very first step. by Willy Leung
Many of you have probably never had a Holy Week, and some of you might not even know anything about it, because in Asia, Holy Week is not considered a national holiday. But what is Holy Week exactly? In the Christian tradition, it (also known as “Semana Santa” in Spanish) is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday, and lasts from Palm Sunday (or in the East, Lazarus Saturday) until, but not including, Easter Sunday, since Easter Sunday is the first day of the new season of The Great Fifty Days. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ, which begins with his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. By Linda Wan-hsiang Hsu
Diaries, photos, film clips—people once stored up these so-called “private” things, but now everything is not as personal as it may seem. Diaries with a lock have become a once-were. As blogs and Facebook popped up, things people once kept to themselves go public, even intimate photos made public are not uncommon at all. Sharing is good, but when sharing overkills, it becomes “oversharing”—a term that refers to people who don’t know how to put their brakes on. Webster’s New World Dictionary selected “overshare” as the word of the year in 2008, meaning TMI (too much information)—to divulge excessive personal information, as in a blog, broadcast interview, or a slip of tongue in public. The newly coined word reflects the current trend in public communications and personal sharing of information, especially with blogs and Facebook prevailing. Some people are prone to overshare by default, but technology further enables oversharing, and elevates it to another level. |
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