MIT ‘Bans’ Student Over Essay - Sampan
Nov 22, 2024 · The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has banned a doctoral grad student from campus and is threatening to boot him from the university for an article he published …
‘Palestine Is the New Vietnam,’ Says MIT Linguistics Professor …
Dec 20, 2024 · MIT professor Michel Anne-Frederic DeGraff has a long history as an expert in linguistics. His study in the field has propelled his career in academia at one of the world’s …
Jon M. Chu’s ‘Wicked’ Is a Blockbuster Queer Romance Film for …
Dec 6, 2024 · “Wicked” is a blockbuster-bound love story for the ages in the grand style of Old Hollywood. This queer-coded romance tells the classic story of two enemies to lovers whose …
The Suppressed Speech of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James - sampan.org
Nov 22, 2024 · Editor’s note: The following is being reprinted with permission for two reasons. One, in honor of Native American Heritage Month, and, two, as a celebration of free speech …
Review: Haruki Murakami’s ‘The City and Its Uncertain Wall’ Lacks …
Dec 6, 2024 · Sometimes it’s difficult to witness the precipitous quality drop of a great writer. In the case of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, the drop in quality is less disastrous than it is …
Holistic Approach Needed to Heal: Refugee Trauma Doctor
Dec 20, 2024 · Dr. Lin Piwowarczyk, co-founder of the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, has been working with torture victims and refugees for over 30 years. …
Opinion/Review: Coates Summons Wisdom of Orwell and …
Dec 20, 2024 · The epigraph that Ta-Nehishi Coates chose to introduce The Message, his latest collection of linked essays, is a perfectly apt reflection of the writer as provocateur and didactic …
Korean Americans Celebrate Nobel Prize to Han Kang in Literature …
Oct 25, 2024 · Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024—the first writer from South Korea to be awarded this prize. Yet, she has “declined to hold a press conference, citing the …
Asian Community Fund Aims to Bridge Gaps for Region’s AAPI …
Jan 3, 2025 · When the Asian Community Fund (ACF) launched in 2020, it set out with a clear mission: to unify and empower the Asian American Pacific Islander community across …
Adoptees Torn Over China’s End to Overseas Adoptions
Oct 25, 2024 · When Emili Van Volkinburg learned in early September that China is ending international adoptions, she felt conflicted. Van Volkinburg, a 25-year-old Brighton resident, …