Growing up in an Asian household, sriracha was a given—we sometimes bought sriracha for home, but generally deemed it as “not spicy enough” for our tastes. But at Vietnamese restaurants, sometimes my brother and I would drench our pho in sriracha. Sriracha, in my mind, was not something that would become wildly popular in the United States—it was probably overly spicy and thick … [Read more...] about What’s Eatin’ You: The Cult of Rooster Sauce
What’s Eatin’ You: Grasping for Crumbs
Hello, Scribe readers! Last year, I wrote a blog called “One Nation Under Who”, which centered around Americans’ resentment towards government on both sides of the aisle. The blog originally began as a look at numbers and trying to objectively determine what may be driving greater dissatisfaction towards government. However, the blog morphed into an opinion-driven blog, where I … [Read more...] about What’s Eatin’ You: Grasping for Crumbs
What’s On the Screen (and Beyond): From Abstraction to Realism in Game Art
Nick Farmer is a junior studying Interactive Entertainment and Theatrical Scenic Design at the University of Southern California. He is an aspiring professional insomniac and production designer who spends his free time preoccupied with his two greatest loves: cooking and Disney theme park expansion rumors. Outside of living in a holodeck, where a player acts out an … [Read more...] about What’s On the Screen (and Beyond): From Abstraction to Realism in Game Art
One Nation Under Who: The Youth Vote
Akon came to my IR 210 class this week, to hear our presentations on possible social media compaigns for the ONE Campaign. His closing statement, after hearing all of our presentation, was that our generation was the future--we were the next leaders, politicians, business leaders, and entrepeneurs of the world. And for seniors about to graduate, they will be repeatedly told … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: The Youth Vote
One Nation Under Who: NSA or Google?
One of the first things that I talked about in One Nation Under Who was Edward Snowden. It has been almost a year since the Guardian began to write about what Edward Snowden had leaked. Recently, the Washington Post and the Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize of Public Service, one of journalism's highest honors. Edward Snowden saw the prize as "vindication" of sorts. He still … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: NSA or Google?