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Spotlight Commentary: TikTok

Spotlight Commentary: TikTok

Jenny Seo | Sep 25, 2020

Another day, another video. At least, that is the mindset millions of TikTok users have around the world, in order to receive attention or “clout” and hopefully become the next teenager to shoot to...

What comes first: safety, education, or both?

What comes first: safety, education, or both?

Katherine Suk, Video Production Director | Sep 25, 2020

Ever since the beginning of the new school year, there has been an ongoing debate among the students and the parents on whether the school should follow a completely digital curriculum or continue to...

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....

Voting-by-Mail saves the upcoming 2020 election from the coronavirus pandemic

Voting-by-Mail saves the upcoming 2020 election from the coronavirus pandemic

Jennifer You | Jun 1, 2020

The novel coronavirus has affected Americans not just on the surface, but on a deeper level. With the continuation of the 2020 state primary and caucus events, it became clearly apparent that public safety...

COVID-19 drives need for America’s universal health care

COVID-19 drives need for America’s universal health care

Sarah Baek | Jun 1, 2020

The US is the only one of 33 developed countries that do not have a system of universal health care. Unlike the UK, Canada, South Korea, and Singapore, where the government provides public health care...

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...

Korean government becomes an envy of the world during COVID-19 pandemic

Korean government becomes an envy of the world during COVID-19 pandemic

Sarah Baek | Apr 20, 2020

On Jan. 20, the first national case of the coronavirus was found in the US and South Korea. On Feb. 7, both the US and Korea began to develop a test kit to diagnose coronavirus cases. From that point on,...

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....

The Electoral College: A Threat to Democracy

The Electoral College: A Threat to Democracy

Emily Oh | Mar 18, 2020

With the 2020 US presidential election coming up in a few months, voters may find it hard to find comfort in the oddness and unfairness of the Electoral College. Although countless bills have been proposed...

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....

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Bong Joon-ho holds the Oscars for best original screenplay, best international feature film, best directing, and best picture for Parasite at the Governors Ball after the Oscars, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles
92nd Academy Awards - Governors Ball, Los Angeles, USA - 09 Feb 2020

“Parasite” wins best-film at the Oscars: What this means for Hollywood

Andie Kim | Feb 27, 2020

On Feb. 10, Bong Joon-ho’s highly-acclaimed thriller film “Parasite” took the spotlight at the 92nd Academy Awards. By honoring a foreign-language film with an all-Korean cast six nominations and...

Understanding the implications of celebrities’ public political voices

Understanding the implications of celebrities’ public political voices

Sally Lee | Jan 26, 2020

On Jan. 5, the 77th annual Golden Globes Award ceremony was held in Beverly Hills to recognize the excellence of various media productions and actors from the past year. Ricky Gervais, an English comedian,...

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