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Mu Alpha Theta hosts Pi Day

Mu Alpha Theta hosts Pi Day

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Mar 22, 2023

On March 14, to celebrate the mathematical constant ?, which is approximately 3.14, Mu Alpha Theta held a pie eating contest in the atrium during office hours. There were seven contestants: Nathan Warkentin,...

Mitchell (45) shoots against Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic (9).

What’s driving the NBA scoring boom?

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Mar 13, 2023

Even by the NBA’s standards, Donovan Mitchell’s 71-point game against the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 2 was a rarity. No NBA player had scored more than 70 points since Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game in 2006...

Don’t trip, give us grade-level trips

Don’t trip, give us grade-level trips

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Mar 13, 2023

Busan, Tokyo, Bangkok, Dubai, London, New York… There are limitless possibilities of cities that we could travel to if we had grade-level trips. In each city, students can make unforgettable memories...

Meta lifts ban on Trump

Meta lifts ban on Trump

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Mar 13, 2023

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, stated on Jan. 25 that former president Donald Trump’s social media accounts will be reinstated. Meta has not released an exact date, but said that...

SIS tigers pose with their awards.

SIS swimmers come on top in AISA tournament

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Mar 13, 2023

The SIS varsity swim team flew to Jeju island on Feb. 2 to take part in the AISA swimming tournament for the first time in six years. The Tigers competed against teams from Korea International School (KIS),...

Wongyeom Yang (10) runs at track and field practice.

Track and field becomes a varsity sport

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Feb 15, 2023

On Jan. 31, Jonathan Ames, athletics and activities director, announced that track and field is officially a varsity sport. From 2017 to 2022, track and field was just a club. Athletes who did not make...

B1 Chinese students cook fried rice.

Chinese III students cook traditional dishes

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Dec 5, 2022

On Nov. 29-30, Chinese III students took part in a culture exposure activity, cooking Chinese dishes in class. The A1 class made tanghulu and pork bean stir fry; A2 class made malatang, pork buns, and...

YIC hosts relay race

YIC hosts relay race

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Nov 29, 2022

On Nov 17, Youtube Influencers Club (YIC) hosted a relay race in TG1. Each team had four members who were tasked with running a full lap around TG1. A total of eight students participated in this event,...

Migos rapper Takeoff has been shot dead at 28.

Gone too early

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Nov 29, 2022

Earlier this month, Takeoff, a rapper part of popular group Migos, was shot and killed outside a bowling alley in Houston. He was only 28. Takeoff is just one young rapper that have died due to drug overdose...

Seniors Sean Choi, Bryan Lee, and Andrew Ham are studying in the senior lounge.

Which grade has it the toughest?

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Nov 29, 2022

High school is not easy. Each year is a new journey, but with each passing year, new difficulties arise and new challenges are encountered. When the student body was asked which grade was the toughest,...

Search boats roam around the site of the incident to look for survivors.

137-year-old Indian bridge collapses

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Nov 9, 2022

On Oct 30, 2022, the Machchu river foot bridge collapsed, killing 135 people, 54 of whom were children. An estimated 500 people were on the bridge at the time of the collapse. The 230-meter-long ‘jhulto...

Sean Kim (10) looks over the problem set for the day.

MAΘ holds first competition team practice

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Oct 24, 2022

On Oct. 14, Mu Alpha Theta club held the first practice for its competition team, a selective group of students who will represent SIS in math tournaments throughout the year. The members were determined...