Valentine’s Day is the day of love, when lovers shower each other with affection in the forms of cheesy confessions and gifts, most notably red roses and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. However, Valentine’s Day wasn’t always like that, and it has come a long way to become the holiday that we celebrate today. …
Author: Noorim Oh
Striking Against LAUSD
The strike officially began on Monday, January 14, when United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) called for teachers to not go to their schools in order to fight for not only higher pay but also for the improvement of the quality of students’ education and learning environments: smaller class sizes, more nurses, more…
PeaceJam is Now Coming to Southern California!
On Saturday, November 24, PeaceJam Northwest Regional Affiliate Director Darren Reiley came from Oregon to meet with high school students at Gateway Los Angeles to teach them about PeaceJam, an international organization with a special mission. While explaining the purpose of PeaceJam, he engaged the students into various, physical activities to demonstrate the importance…
Camp Cardiac in Los Angeles
Camp Cardiac is a week long day program with the “primary focus on care and maintenance of the heart,” run by local medical students across the nation, and it “serves as an ideal introduction for any high school student interested in exploring a career in medicine.” Students are provided with the opportunity to learn…
Summer SAT Boot Camp
The SAT is a standardized test by College Board used for college admissions in the United States. Boot camp, often associated with the military, is an intensive and rigorous course of training. Together, one might say that the SAT Boot Camp is a living hell for students. Every summer since 2011, Gateway…
Remembering the Armenian Genocide
On April 24, 1915, the Armenian Genocide began. On that day and henceforth, several hundred Armenians were forcefully deported and later executed by the Turkish government. That was only the beginning to the genocide that would reduce the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire (1299-1922) from two million to 388,000 in the span of seven…
Who’s that Hot Asian Guy?
The 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards took place in London on November 12. Many famous celebrities attended, such as Rita Ora as the host, Shawn Mendes, and Eminem. But specifically one idol stood out among the many faces. Referred to as “that hot Asian guy next to Liam Payne”, was Jackson Wang from K-pop boy…
To Navajo We Go
On the last week of June, I went on a mission trip with my church to Arizona. Ever since 2015, our church has been going every summer to the Navajo Reservation, where we became acquainted with the Ranch Church. This year, however, was our first time going by car to Arizona, rather than by a…