campus culture
What’s currently blaring through the outdoor PA system here at Shanghai University’s Yan Chang Lu Campus? You guessed it: “Up Where We Belong” by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. Further proof that it’s currently 1982 here in Shanghai.
In other campus culture news …
One of my students has taken to calling me “bro.”
Another likes to greet me with “How you doin’?,” which he picked up from watching Joey Tribbianni on Friends.
Should I be worried?
03.03.2003, 12:35 PM · School · Comments (3)
fact checker
If you happened to catch the feature story about me in today’s Shanghai Daily, please take a moment to read this. While I was flattered to be the interviewee and not the interviewer for once, I think it’s necessary for me to set the record straight on several things. If I don’t, people might assume I’m wandering Shanghai like a stereotypical Southern redneck — with missing teeth, overalls and a fishing pole … wondering, “Why ain’t all these dadgum Chinese hollerin’ back when I say, ‘Hey y’all’?”
03.03.2003, 12:29 PM · About Dan · Comments (5)