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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...

“She Was Pretty” earns popularity through unique approach

Grace Yang | Dec 4, 2015

Romantic comedy dramas rarely deviate from a formula now too familiar for the general audience: twisted love lines, spiced up reality, and the “oh-I-found-true-love” moments. Yet a seemingly typical...

Television Therapy: “The Big Bang Theory”: the therapy that should not be your only therapy

Television Therapy: “The Big Bang Theory”: the therapy that should not be your only therapy

TTAdmin | Dec 4, 2015

When schoolwork feels difficult and none of your problems seem to work out, it is tempting to sink into hours of guilty pleasure. To that end, American sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” is a perfect refuge...

Residual effects of gun policy demand social, legal change

Residual effects of gun policy demand social, legal change

TTAdmin | Oct 30, 2015

There are many contradictions in the society we live in today. As highlighted in a recent comment circulated on social media, while women who seek abortion must seek counseling and go through several rigorous...

Stuff Seniors Say During College App Season

Stuff Seniors Say During College App Season

TTAdmin | Oct 30, 2015

Snobby senior (ooh alliteration!): Why is he/she applying to MY school? He/she’s not even qualified! Look at him/her, then look at ME: look at all of MY accomplishments! You see? You see?! Wow really...

A little more than “finishing-the-race”

A little more than “finishing-the-race”

Grace Yang | Oct 30, 2015

Keeping a steady pace, Jiwon Chung (10) glances back to spot another pair of runners fiercely trying to close the gap. Has it been five minutes? Perhaps seven? Coming to a halt, she breathes in deeply...

Yesterdays with Yeena: Introduction

Yesterdays with Yeena: Introduction

TTAdmin | Oct 30, 2015

Dear reader, It was a tattered Coffee-Bean receipt abandoned on a Monday, how the flier, painted in the familiar hues of uncaring footsteps, gently rode the Thursday breeze. It was the way a Saturday...

US airstrike on Afghan hospital instigates controversy

Jenny Seo | Oct 30, 2015

On Oct. 3, the US Air Force bombarded a field hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a nonprofit humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected...

Yesterdays with Yeena: One

Yesterdays with Yeena: One

TTAdmin | Oct 30, 2015

  Sleeping Beauty Five years ago, the pills had chased away the voices, the noises, that kept twirling drunk, then bouncing off the walls; feeding on the brightness of her sleepless nights, bloodshot...

October News Briefs

Soomin Chun | Oct 30, 2015

Food Allergy Awareness Due to incidences of allergic reactions by student consumers, JJ’s has kept track of potential allergy-inducing ingredients to ensure safety for its consumers. The most recent...

Shows to look out for in the fall of 2015

Shows to look out for in the fall of 2015

TTAdmin | Oct 30, 2015

Now that seniors are just beginning to finish their college applications, and as other students enter the most stressful periods of their academic careers yet, the perfect way to relieve stress is to dive...

Brave New World of Science Fiction

Brave New World of Science Fiction

TTAdmin | Oct 30, 2015

Science fiction is not what it used to be. Aficionados of the genre today have certainly heard this statement before: “Science fiction is less about humanity now than it was twenty years ago. It is more...