Coke Ad Shows True Beauty of the United States

This column originally appears in St. Cloud Times, Monday, February 10, 2014.  If you watched the Super Bowl commercials, you should be aware of the controversy Coca-Cola stirred up with its new ad titled “It’s Beautiful.” The 60-second ad featured “America, the Beautiful,” sung in seven languages during scenes of Americans of different ethnicities spending time … Continue reading Coke Ad Shows True Beauty of the United States

Dong Dong Chiang: Tips for Surviving this Lunar New Year

The Chinese/Lunar New Year, or CNY as how the texting-generation likes to call it, is a month-long festivity celebrated at the beginning of a new lunisolar calendar. Also known as the Spring Festival, this festivity marks one of the major - if not the most important - celebrations throughout the year. Though I have not been … Continue reading Dong Dong Chiang: Tips for Surviving this Lunar New Year