The latest controversy over Facebook runs deeper than superficial complaints of “a need for a dislike button” or “pre-Timeline Facebook.” Facebook crashes on the public markets, in a move that runs deep to investors and to the average person.
Author: Keren Yi
Hi! My name is Keren Yi, and I'm currently a junior at LACES high school.
I'm an editor for the Fall 2012 session of JSR; I've been with the program as a writer since Fall 2011. I have a passion for reading, and I enjoy writing and sketching in my spare time.
Lolita
Lolita is an age-old young adult classic – for good reason. The story follows the misled and delusional Humbert Humbert, as he struggles with his desires for Dolores, a child he calls “Lolita.”
Pride and Prejudice Book Review
Known as one of the greatest books of our time, “Pride and Prejudice” epitomizes the constrains of society and the remarkable potential all of us have, when we discard our pride and prejudices, if you will, and open ourselves up to change.
Changing the AP Exams = What New To Expect
A number of AP Exams are undergoing drastic changes in the following 2012-2013 school year, with entire new course material and exam focus material.
LAUSD RIFs: A “Pink Slip” Dilemna
On March 14, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) sent out Reduction-In-Force (RIF), better known as “pink slips,” notices to teachers, to a quarter of all staff members in the district. The RIF notices, postponed after a United Teachers of LA (UTLA) conference in protest of the RIFs, were sent out later this year,…
“The Hunger Games” Book Review: The Dystopian World of Panem
Blink and you’ll miss it. It’s a world of immediacy and surprise, with murder for entertainment and cruelty for superiority. Author Suzanne Collins depicts a futuristic dystopia in “The Hunger Games,” a trilogy which has attracted a strong following among teenage readers. With a movie edition debuting in theatres March 23, the series’ popularity has…
A Long Tradition of AcaDeca
It’s Saturday at Roybal Learning Center, and the school is packed with kids swarming about in business suits, decked out in dress shoes, dark slacks and ties. On the open, unassuming campus, students swarm before classroom doors, mill about the cafeteria and recite speeches over the greenery. This is an annual tradition for Academic Decathlon,…
Stranger in a Strange Land Book Review
“We grok god.” And so the fascinating story of Valentine M. Smith unravels in Stranger in a Strange Land, beloved science fiction classic authored by Robert A. Heinlein, renowned giant in the world of science fiction. Keren YiHi! My name is Keren Yi, and I’m currently a junior at LACES high school. I’m an editor…
LAUSD Cafeterias, 2011-2012
LAUSD has, as of the 2011-2012 school year, made sweeping policy reforms towards its cafeterias to ensure that students are given a healthier diet to sustain them in school. Keren YiHi! My name is Keren Yi, and I’m currently a junior at LACES high school. I’m an editor for the Fall 2012 session of JSR;…
Greece and the Eurozone
The words are printed in headlines across the world, in fresh black ink: Greece’s Economy Collapsing, Fears of Euro Zone Collapse Mount. Since the economic crash in 2008 in America, we’ve come to be intimately familiar with these words and their heavy implications. But perhaps we don’t understand the full import of these words: not…