Lark Yan

Columnist Lark Yan writes about cooking, a habit she developed in the wake of COVID-19. She describes the excitement, friendships, and joy that resulted from her pandemic-inspired time in the kitchen. 

Columnist Lark Yan argues that the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which seeks to curtail anti-Asian violence, does little to address the systemic racism that many in the AAPI community regularly face.

This Friday marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, an important annual celebration in many Asian cultures. However, it denies the diversity of these cultures if all of these celebrations are called the Chinese New Year.

Since incoming college first years are at a key transition stage of their lives, they should highly consider taking a gap semester given their inability to receive a complete college experience under present circumstances.

Penn is prioritizing the health of its community by announcing stringent tracking and tracing measures, following the example of other nations who have effectively curbed the rampant spread of the virus by implementing such digital systems.

Asian Americans and Christians are part of a unique niche in American society that seems to tell us it’s best we stay out of the fight.

Rather than disparaging Asian nations, President Trump should instead start to learn from their responses to the disease.

As the ones paying the bill, it seems only right that students receive at least more information and price transparency on how and why these decisions were made.

As we celebrate this historic win for “Parasite,” let’s not forget about the fight of those yet to receive their rightful equality and recognition. 

The coronavirus is a serious health crisis, but we can’t use it to drive us towards hatred and fear.