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Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin Chun | Nov 9, 2016

By Soomin Chun & Soomin Lee Soomin2 has good and bad news for you. The bad news is that, unfortunately, SIS does not have any breaks until the end of November, though the great majority of our...

Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin Chun | Oct 21, 2016

By Soomin Lee & Soomin Chun As the Chuseok holiday comes to an end and leaves start to fall, you envy the kindergarteners who jump into colorful leaf piles right outside your window while you frantically...

Soomin^2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin^2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin Chun | Jun 7, 2016

By Soomin Chun & Soomin Lee For most, May is the month of longer days, greener trees, and beautiful picnics in the park. For students, however, it is the month of books and papers stacking up miles...

“Prez” Obama displays pop culture awareness at White House dinner

Soomin Chun | Jun 7, 2016

As 2017 nears, US President Barack Obama’s final term is also coming to an end. Though exiting political office, Obama showed at the President’s last White House Correspondents’ Association dinner...

Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin Chun | Apr 29, 2016

By Soomin Chun & Soomin Lee March is the month of new beginnings. The bone-chilling wind finally drifts away and the warm beams of sunlight wave hello. The blue sky holds the perfect number of cotton...

Shkreli fails in attempt to buy Kanye West’s new album

Soomin Chun | Apr 29, 2016

Titled "most hated man in America" by the BBC after raising the price of HIV drug: Daraprim, by 5,556 percent, Martin Shkreli reappeared on the news for attempting to buy the copyright to Kanye West’s...

Dangerous implications of duct tape challenge cannot be ignored

Soomin Chun | Mar 25, 2016

14-year-old Skylar Fish was severely hurt while taking part in the popular internet challenge, “the duct tape challenge.” Fish smashed his face against a window frame and wall, crushing his left eye...

Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin2: The Search for Stars!

Soomin Chun | Mar 25, 2016

By Soomin Chun & Soomin Lee Welcome to Soomin2: The Search for Stars! It’s February: the month when snow begins to thaw and when relationships start to blossom. Reflective of the month of...

Soomin2: Search for Stars!

Soomin2: Search for Stars!

Soomin Chun | Feb 5, 2016

By Soomin Chun & Soomin Lee Welcome to Soomin2: The Search for Stars! Every issue, we bring to you three special songs that we believe are worthy of your attention: songs that range in genre...

“Comfort women” now deserve their own comfort of mind

Soomin Chun | Feb 5, 2016

For as long as my mother, my grandmother, and I have been alive, Korea has always maintained a rather tense relationship with Japan. One of the biggest causes of the conflict lies in Japan’s reluctance...

AP Capstone program to be offered at SIS

AP Capstone program to be offered at SIS

Soomin Chun | Dec 4, 2015

From the upcoming school year, rising juniors and sophomores will have the opportunity to enroll in two new AP courses—AP Seminar and AP Research—aimed to help students cultivate independent research...

Gender Imbalance in the Classroom

Gender Imbalance in the Classroom

Soomin Chun | Dec 4, 2015

“Women belong in the kitchen.” Traditional norms have assigned the genders appropriate roles and characteristics in the past: education was no exception. Traditionally, males have been expected...