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Editorial: Stop Politicizing the Virus

Editorial: Stop Politicizing the Virus

Editors in Chief | Sep 22, 2020

Stop politicizing the virus. COVID-19 is no longer just a health pandemic, but a haphazard mess of dirty politics. In times of vulnerability, our lives are at stake, and so is the very basis of democracies....

Editorial: In Retrospect

Editorial: In Retrospect

Eju Ro | May 10, 2020

With only very little time remaining before the school year ends, we seniors are tasked with bidding farewell to SIS virtually and impersonally. In spite of this anticlimactic culmination to our four years...

Editorial: Diseases do not discriminate

Editorial: Diseases do not discriminate

Eju Ro | Mar 18, 2020

The Coronavirus, above all, is a scathing exposé. The xenophobia and misguided panic permeating many Western nations reveal the tendency of believing whatever is comfortable to believe....

Editorial: Examining beauty standards

Editorial: Examining beauty standards

Eju Ro | Feb 27, 2020

Like in any other microcosm of society, SIS seems to have its own set of beauty standards, especially for girls. It’s not just about having glowy make-up or being stick-thin or dressing a certain way....

Editorial: Diversify the English curriculum

Editorial: Diversify the English curriculum

Eju Ro | Dec 6, 2019

In recent years, there have been various controversies regarding English curricula in high schools across the US. Some schools have debated dropping To Kill a Mockingbird for its glorification of the “white...

Editorial: Rethinking the SIS student stereotype

Editorial: Rethinking the “SIS student” stereotype

Jenny Seo | Oct 11, 2019

As seniors wade through the thick of college apps season, and classes are now multiplying in workload, discourse surrounding “the SIS student” is resurfacing. The SIS student, according to commonly...

Editorial: Why read the news?

Editorial: Why read the news?

Jenny Seo | Sep 5, 2019

New coaches, teachers, and facility renovations. Fluctuating Japan-Korea relations. More of Trump’s racist rhetoric.  When put in such bite-sized statement forms, current events read like distant...

What for?

What for?

Hannah Kim | Apr 24, 2019

Spring in Korea is a time marked by the steady blooming of cherry blossoms: signaling both the end of winter blues and the beginning of a new chapter of life. Endowed with a sense of renewal and commencement,...

What change means to us

Jenny Seo | Mar 22, 2019

From new couches to club funding, SIS has been on a valiant mission to engage with students in ways long overdue. While any change faces its fair share of backlash and complaint, the recent modifications...

Editorial: Caught between success and enjoyment

Editorial: Caught between success and enjoyment

Hannah Kim | Feb 15, 2019

It is often assumed among the students of SIS that high school is a time to compromise enjoyment and personal preference for academic success and building accomplishments. Any action that goes against...

[Editorial] Kavanaugh: A dangerous political game

[Editorial] Kavanaugh: A dangerous political game

Jenny Seo | Oct 19, 2018

On Oct. 1, Saturday Night Live (SNL), a show renowned for its harsh satirization of many political issues, uploaded a parody of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation for a vacant position in the Supreme Court....

Editorial: What it means to be in high school

Editorial: What it means to be in high school

Hannah Kim | Sep 14, 2018

By Hannah Kim and Junie Kah Time is a valuable resource. This notion is the cornerstone of the thought process of most students, SIS and elsewhere. While at many times it is important to ensure that...