Lucy Hu

I will always have to choose between pursuing my passions in the United States of America and being with my family. If I choose one, I can’t have the other.

Putting yourself ahead — whether through bribing coaches, doctoring resumes, or using unethical means to get extra time on exam — is destructive.

History had a reason to fear foreign tyranny. But history has also shown what makes America great — a nation built by immigrants where all Americans are treated equally.

But when I peeled back the layers of historical extravagance, I realized that while the Ivy League evokes less Harry Potter imagery than Cambridge or Oxford, the actual learning experience may be more worth the prestige than the English schools.

We live in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the world’s oldest democracy.

It’s time to take off our red hats and blue pins and give each candidate a fair shot.

Public opinion evolves with current events, but Washington legislators’ motives do not.

The opinion pages should help us understand and make sense of the world, and it is my duty to do the investigations so readers don’t have to.

Are our consulting clubs so important that we don’t have time to help a middle-schooler learn how to read?

Columnist Lucy Hu takes to Locust Walk to get students' opinions on legacy admissions in the second installment of her video series, "Locust Talk."