Editors Question: Is a college education necessary for future success?

Fraternities have been around since the establishment of universities in Europe. Many of these fraternities were groups of university intellectuals who shared similarities. Today, fraternities and sororities (the female counterpart) number in the thousands around the world. Though the concept of the fraternity has changed dramatically over time, there are so many out there with so many different purposes that there is something for everyone.

It’s been about ten years since the last time I went to the Korean Street Festival in Chicago and not much has changed since then. It’s still small, noisy and dirty. All of the booths seem to have been thrown together pretty haphazardly. Aside from the exhibitions that are scattered throughout the weekend there really isn’t a large display of Korean culture; unless you count the various array of food stalls that make up the majority of the booths lining the street.

Interview and Concert Review

I sat down for a telephone interview with David Yoo, the author of Girls for Breakfast, on a Monday evening.

In today’s media, Asian-American’s lack a voice, leaders, and top celebrities. Asians in America comprise approximately 4.2% (11.9 million) (US Census 2000) of the US and in my estimation, that’s a large enough number to show the media that there’s actual reason to involve this section of the population.

Nick Park is your average teenaged boy. He plays sports, goes to school and is obsessed with girls. David Yoo’s debut, Girls for Breakfast, tells the life of a Korean-American boy stuck in the white suburban hell of Connecticut. At first reading, Nick appears to be nothing more than a colossal pervert with a preternatural precocity for female breasts.

On June of this year, a month short of my second anniversary with the company, I resigned from my job. The pay was good, the benefits were more than any employee could ask for, and the co-workers were not only friendly but brilliant at what they did. It was the perfect office setup and, in these uncertain times where jobs are scarce, I gave it all up.

Four years ago this month, the tragic events of 9/11 unfolded to the world. Many spectators watched in horror as the planes, piloted by suicidal terrorists flew straight into the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the Twin Towers to collapse. Thousands of people died and tens of thousands of people mourned for their loved ones who passed away.

Just a few days before the September edition of Halfway Magazine goes online, a cousin of mine will have attended her first day of school as a freshman at a large public university in a neighboring state.