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ARTS / FILM By Global Times Published: Apr 08, 2021 07:24 PM Cho's coversation with the writer online. Photo: Courtesy for Cho"We can combine your request with our team's freely imagined ideas," reads a reply from a "creative script writing" service to Cho, a Jackson Yee fan who was unhappy with the ending the idol's character received in the popular film Better Days. With a payment from Cho, the service would provide her with a new "personalized" ending to the film.  Cho is not the only fan requesting an alternative ending to their favorite movies or TV shows. In fact, such re-writing s...

Leave it to a hurricane You are here April 8, 2021 I was working in an air-conditioned fish lab late one afternoon, under bright fluorescent lights, the acrid smell of newly preserved specimens in the air. During that 1979 spring semester, I was a graduate student at Corpus Christi State University (CCSU) in Texas, and I was taking an ichthyology class for my anticipated research project on coral reef fish off Veracruz, Mexico. My lab partner told me he was just rejected by the Peace Corps for a job setting up a marine park in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, he did not have two ...

Meet the driving force behind Adopt a Black Peace Corps Volunteer You are here Feb. 25, 2021 Clintandra Thompson attended Howard University and was a Community Economic Development (CED) Volunteer in Senegal from 2012 – 2014. After her returning from service, she founded Adopt a Black Peace Corps Volunteer, through which Black returned Peace Corps Volunteers support Black Volunteers during their service by sending cards, care packages, text messages, and more. We caught up with her over Zoom to learn about her Peace Corps experience, how it has impacted her life after servic...

Mother, daughter share Peace Corps connection to the Dominican Republic You are here Feb. 18, 2021 There are many families with a tradition of Peace Corps service. It’s not hard to find generations of mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, and siblings who have all volunteered. It's rare, though, to connect with a mother and daughter who served on the same island nearly 30 years apart. One held onto the idea of Peace Corps service for decades, and the other wasn’t sure it was part of her plan. In the end, both served and both have unique experiences to share. Ella Cheri Bennet...

4 Ways All Veterans Can Get Used to Transitioning Henry Chong, a recruiter with U.S. Customs and Border Protection speaks with military job seekers about career opportunities with his department. (U.S. Army/Christine Cabalo) I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your transition from the military to the civilian sector is not a date, an event or single occurrence. It's a process -- laborious and challenging, enlightening and wonderful, that will happen over and over throughout your next career. As adults, we transition in our jobs, relationship status (spouse, parent, child, sibling, ex-par...