Maren J Lee

As the world slowly emerge into one global village, I've had the privileges to be a part of several different cultures with different races of people. It had always been an interest of mine to learn from each unique group of people. We should always be thinking of others' perspective and treat each individuals with respect and keep an open mind toward anyone. Despite the color of the skin and the thickness of their wallet, human beings share this world together and we should try to help one and another. The way to change the world starts with the small adjustment everyone makes and it will eventually leads to a new way of thinking. If we can see things through other's perspective then we may learn the hardship they have gone through and realize why the situation is as severe as today, then finally find a way to make the situation better. My first step would be encouraging all my friends to think before they place their judgments.

As the NBA regular season comes to the end, I wonder if the Eastern Conference just as weak as the previous last 5 years? NBA superstar, LeBron James is not just getting better, but instead he is getting smarter. After 14 years in the league, LeBron is still at the top of his game, going back to the Finals 6 years in a roll. Every year around the playoff season, LeBron wakes up and transform into the machine that carries the team over any obstacle and find a way to win most series. As he is preparing for the 7th consecutive final appearances, the Eastern Conference seems to be weaker than ever.  The number one seed of the Eastern Conference, Toronto Raptors, may appear to be a strong candidates to play against the Cavs, yet any basketball fan would remember how the Raptors operate in playoff games, Choking.. The number two seeds, Boston Celtics, lost their starting shooting guard at the very beginning of the season due to a gruesome injury and they just lost the starting point g...

Rebalance of the society's attribution goes hand in hand with the distribution of wealth. Chuck Collins made some excellent arguments about the transition of society's wealth to build a better and more equal world. Chuck's ideology required the wealthy to step up and make action to change the society. As part of the top 1%, when chuck received his inheritance at the age of 26, he decided to donate most of his possession and dedicated his time to work on the unequal problems. I really admire Chuck's dedication toward solving the problem. According to him, the world would not change for the better, if the riches wouldn't share their wealth with the society. I didn't finish the book, but I agree with all Chuck said in the book so far. This book may be the key to encourage the wealthy to support others and get involve with the transition.

I've always wanted to be a Trojan. Everyday I have to see all my roommates go onto campus, and leave me at home. When I wake up every morning, my only goal is get out of the house and go to school with my friends. I'll wake up, eat my breakfast, and go to the bathroom in the front yard. Next, I beg my friends to take me with them to school. But it never happens. So I wait.. until everyone gets home, then I try again the next day, and the next day. However, today was different, I opened my eyes and I see my roommate packing up his stuff, I wonder if today is going to be the day I finally get to go to school. As usual, he puts on his backpack and walks toward the door, then something magical happened. He grabbed my leash and petted me on the head, then he said "Come on!" I can't believe this is happening, we are actually walking away from our usual route. I have no idea what is about to come, but I am very excited about this adventure. So, we continued on our ...

Pro Tips to a Better Festival Experience By Maren J. Lee Can you recall the excitement and overwhelming feeling right before a music festival? Well, I can still clearly remember my first festival. Not knowing what I signed up for, my friends persuaded me to purchase a last minute ticket and off I went to a 3 days festival at San Bernardino. As a festival virgin,  I did not know what to expect or what to bring to the event. All I had packed in my duffle  bag were three outfits and my toothbrush. Although I was extremely underprepared, I still fell in love with the beauty of festival. The beauty of escaping reality fascinated my imagination. I started to wonder if there are better ways to enjoy the festivities…   As festival becomes more popular among the millennials generation, more and more people are attending the festivity for the first time. This articles will provide a few ways to improve the overall experience through these three categories:  Pre...

Overall this book was a pretty interesting read. Even though I do not see my future to have anything to do with agriculture, I still see the relevant of our daily life with a small town farm. Timmermestier continued to include all his past experience as examples of different challenges he had failed, learned and overcame. He stumble into the life of a farmer and slowly grows into a full-time, professional farmer. I particularly liked the fowl chapter. I grew up in Taiwan, and there are always lots of chicken around, so I am pretty familiar with the animal. However, this chapter continue to surprises me with different facts of a chicken. For example, the social ranking of different batches of chickens will cause them to peak each other to death was pretty interesting. I didn't know that chickens would shut down after sundown and become absolutely incoherent with its environment.