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Mark Allen Cu’s Journalist Portfolio

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Cu | Stanford, where's the rest of Asia?

Cu | Stanford, where's the rest of Asia?

The Stanford Daily — Cu argues that Stanford's courses and research interests focus on East Asia, leaving other regions of the continent underrepresented.

Cu | Stanford must rename the Asia-Pacific Research Center

Cu | Stanford must rename the Asia-Pacific Research Center

The Stanford Daily — "When I heard that the namesake of the Center helped gentrify and destroy San Francisco's Manilatown, I was heartbroken," writes Mark Allen Cu.

Filipino Americans facing 'different realities' as old and young clash on political activism - Lo...

Filipino Americans facing 'different realities' as old and young clash on political activism - Lo...

Local News Matters — Outside of a Seafood City Supermarket in Milpitas, a crowd of young Filipino Americans gathered recently to commemorate the 36 th anniversary of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) revolution, a march conducted to end the dictatorship of then-President Ferdinand Marcos. The Feb.

Scores of Stanford students used ChatGPT on final exams

Scores of Stanford students used ChatGPT on final exams

The Stanford Daily — Stanford students and professors alike are grappling with the rise of ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, and the technology's implications for education.

Stanford intentionally limited Jewish student enrollment in 1950s

Stanford intentionally limited Jewish student enrollment in 1950s

The Stanford Daily — University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne apologized on behalf of Stanford for these actions, and he pledged to take steps to "enhance Jewish life on campus."...

California’s Outsize Gun Sales Help Fund the Firearms Industry and Its Lobbying

California’s Outsize Gun Sales Help Fund the Firearms Industry and Its Lobbying

Times of San Diego

San Diego teens are working less. Why?

San Diego teens are working less. Why?

San Diego Downtown News — Statistics show that high school workforce participation in San Diego is decreasing, students share their perspectives on working while in school.

How to keep Roe v. Wade in place

How to keep Roe v. Wade in place

CALmatters — The way to keep abortion rights in California lies in a legal concept that many Democrats often deride - states' rights. Republicans often invoke the legal argument to challenge federal policies they say encroach on protected rights of states to make their own rules.

Will Chula Vista students ever give up their masks?

Will Chula Vista students ever give up their masks?

San Diego Reader — I asked fifteen teenagers at school and virtually from schools across Chula Vista to share some reasons why they are choosing to wear masks. At Mater Dei, Haylee, 18, said she is "absolutely terrified of getting Covid-19... what terrifies me most is having it and spreading it to others without knowing."

Opinion: San Diego Uniquely Challenged by Growing Homeless, Both Here and Seeking Asylum

Opinion: San Diego Uniquely Challenged by Growing Homeless, Both Here and Seeking Asylum

Times of San Diego — Last week students from Mater Dei Catholic High School and Juan Diego Academy gathered in the Kassebaum Theater to participate in the campus's fifth annual "Night For the Homeless." Participants began by learning more about this year's theme of refugees from a panel of speakers and ending the night by packing hygiene bags for local charities.

Opinion: With California's high cost of living, expect more worker strikes

Opinion: With California's high cost of living, expect more worker strikes

The San Diego Union-Tribune — Cu is a student worker and an intern at BKJ Visa Law, and lives in Chula Vista. Amid the holiday rush that consumes every See's Candies store in the heart of December, piles of cardboard and landfill garbage towered over me in the Otay Ranch Town Center's shared dumpsters.

Opinion: President Biden has kept several Trump-era immigration policies in full effect

Opinion: President Biden has kept several Trump-era immigration policies in full effect

The San Diego Union-Tribune — Cu is an intern at BKJ Visa Law, and lives in Chula Vista. Vice President Kamala Harris' words in Guatemala are often repeated as jokes by my teenage friends in the same way we lampooned another politician in 2015.