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Your choice: the “beefy” problem of meat

Your choice: the “beefy” problem of meat

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Mar 24, 2022

From ham sandwiches at picnics, beef patties in school lunches, to hotdogs at sporting events, meat is everywhere. Recently, the rise in global meat consumption dramatically rose, increasing over 58 percent...

Academic Anecdotes: Week of hell

Academic Anecdotes: Week of hell

Joseph Chun, Design & Production Editor | Mar 4, 2022

Sunday. I started with a strong resolve to ace every test that week—my week of hell.  My misery kicked off with an AP Biology and Algebra II test on Monday, a Chinese test on Tuesday, then a life-defining...

Graphic by Minjae Chun

Changing the feedback culture, Part 2: Teachers have it tough too

Jordan Kim, Co-Editor-in-Chief | Feb 18, 2022

In our strange vernacular, the “nice” teachers are not kind in the conventional sense. More often than not, being “nice” is a compliment directed at a teacher’s generous grading style rather...

Your choice: human-caused mass extinction

Your choice: human-caused mass extinction

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Feb 17, 2022

Countless birds fly out of the woods as a fire rages in the middle of the Amazon, destroying hundreds of acres of trees and burning up all life in its path. A few months later, a plain of grass and a herd...

Changing the feedback culture, Part 1: Teachers, hear us out

Changing the feedback culture, Part 1: Teachers, hear us out

Jordan Kim, Co-Editor-in-Chief | Dec 10, 2021

Having slain the final boss, the glorious hero returns, flaunting his victory to the others. The marveled achievement is none other than a raised grade after a tough but successful debate with a teacher...

From the Sidelines: Jonathan Taylor’s ascension to NFL superstardom

From the Sidelines: Jonathan Taylor’s ascension to NFL superstardom

Woojune Kim, Co-Editor-in-Chief | Dec 7, 2021

Every year, some players take that fabled “leap” into superstardom by dramatically surpassing all expectations and dominating the field. This year, one of those players has been Jonathan Taylor, running...

What if: global temperatures continue to rise?

What if: global temperatures continue to rise?

Daniel Shin, Editor-In-Chief | Nov 18, 2021

The world watched as over 100 heads of state converged in Glasgow, Scotland ahead of the largest annual climate change conference to discuss the most pressing environmental issue today—global warming....

From the Sidelines: Houston Astros achieve redemption

From the Sidelines: Houston Astros achieve redemption

Woojune Kim, Co-Editor-in-Chief | Nov 8, 2021

The Houston Astros have reached the World Series for the third time in the past five years, the most by any team in that span. However, they leave a complicated legacy due to their cheating scandal in...

From the Sidelines: King returns to Old Trafford

From the Sidelines: King returns to Old Trafford

Jordan Kim and Woojune Kim | Oct 3, 2021

Manchester United Fans still reminisce about the glorious days of Ronaldo wearing number seven in their red and white, awing everyone in the stands of Old Trafford. Since his departure in 2009, the club...

What if: 9/11 never happened?

What if: 9/11 never happened?

Daniel Shin, Editor-In-Chief | Sep 30, 2021

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, 19 al Qaeda militants did the unthinkable, hijacking four American passenger airliners and carrying out the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil. Within minutes after...

Escaping the Rat Race: High school dropout becomes billionaire

Escaping the Rat Race: High school dropout becomes billionaire

Jennifer Kwon, Reporter | Sep 12, 2021

Richard Branson was the one who everyone thought was going to fail miserably in life. Receiving an F in class, hanging with the “wrong crowd”, and smoking his problems away—it seemed all too obvious...

By Daniel Shin

What if COVID-19 exists forever?

Daniel Shin, Editor-In-Chief | Sep 12, 2021

From the bustling city of New York to the quiet savannahs in Africa, surveillance footage of animals roaming empty territories amidst COVID-19 lockdowns flooded social media outlets, including Tiktok,...