Author: Charles Yang

  • Got Milk?

    American versus Japanese Got Milk Commercial In this Got Milk commercial, Dwayne’s family runs out of milk in the morning. The girls are disappointed and Dwayne frantically chase after the milk truck. The background music becomes intense and fast paced to intensifies this situation. Furthermore, to emphasis the priority and importance of milk, Dwayne encounters…

  • Data Innovation

    Before the art exhibition presentation and interview I have always thought modern art as drawing squares and circles. However, I was totally wrong as Luke Dubois collects everyday data through computer programming and visualizes it. Moreover, through the visualization data it raises awareness of the technological and physical realm we coexist in. For example, Dubois visualization…

  • Politician Apology

     Trump surprised Bush did not push harder for apology to wife Trump in a immigration debate went too far into suggesting that Bush’s view on immigration is influenced by his Mexican born wife.  “If my wife were from Mexico, I would have a soft spot for Mexico.”  However, when Bush asked Trump to directly apologizes…

  • Are you Americanized?

    When I first arrived Bucknell I was excited because everyone else was excited. Upperclass men wearing orange t-shirts jumping up and down, while screaming “Charles Yang from California is here!”  A new environment, new people,traditions and rules, I have to adapt to. The oriental assistants guided us through the overwhelming campus, uncovered the unfamiliar faces,…

  • The Fashion Trend Of Words

    The words Bucknell and students are dominant that represent the framework of this institution. The subordinates are programs, learning, diverse, intellectual , residential and liberal. The mission statement of Bucknell emphasizes the invaluable education the student will receive through learning in a diverse, intellectual, and liberal environment. Therefore, the expectation of the academic experience at…

  • An Insight Into Conceptual Metaphor

      A peak into common conceptual metaphor that every Chinese knows! 不要在一棵树上吊死  Don’t hang on one tree. The traditional Chinese saying “Don’t hang one one tree” is a common metaphor that describes the human nature of stubbornness and the act of limiting one-self. Therefore, the man hangs him-self, unwilling to change and disregards the landscape around him. It…

  • ANPAN! ANPAN! ANPAN! ANPAN!

    ANPAN IS DELICIOUS. EAT ANPAN AT COMMON HOUR.