There was immediate backlash on Thursday as popular social networking site Twitter announced that it would be refining its technology to adopt a policy to censor tweets by country. Sally (Won Kyung) OhSally is a returning JSR editor and Executive Editor of Irvine High School’s student newspaper,…
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Korean Lunar New Year Festival
On January 20, 2012, the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) held the 2nd annual Korean Lunar New Year Festival in the auditorium. With the motive to represent the Korean culture and traditions to the school, the LACES Korean Parent Organization (KPO), Ms. Kim, the LACES Korean Teacher, and the students, organized this particular…
Dumbing Down of Students
With the advancements in technology, especially the internet, questions have popped up considering if it is actually beneficial or hurtful towards our world intelligence. Eliot KimMore Posts
Invisible Cloak Comes True
The “invisibility cloak,” something that we thought can only happen in a movie such as Harry Potter has come true. John YeoMore Posts
Naver Becomes Safer
On January 6th, the NHN announced that a major reform was carried out. It decided not to keep its users’ social security numbers when they sign up for Naver, one of the biggest Korean portal sites. John YeoMore Posts
The US Education’s Sensation
After earning degrees from MIT and Harvard, Mr. Salmon Khan began tutoring his cousins by using Yahoo!’s Doodle notepad. As his popularity grew, Mr. Khan decided to work full-time on distributing his tutoring videos through YouTube and founded the Khan Academy. John YeoMore Posts
Fans Await “The Hunger Games”
Dubbed as one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2012 by Yahoo! Movies, “The Hunger Games” has garnered great attention from the public. Nina JangMore Posts
TAKE ON THE DEVIL WITH “THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA”
Sure, “The Devil Wears Prada,” was released quite a while ago, but its message is one we can all keep in mind as we venture into yet another new year. YouRim Christina KoI’m a fourth-time JSR student editor and the Front Page and News Editor of The Northwood Howler. I love writing! I’ve attended various…
Students Respond to Recent Events in North Korea
The death of North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il and subsequent actions taken by the isolationist state’s government have left students with conflicting positions on the situation. YouRim Christina KoI’m a fourth-time JSR student editor and the Front Page and News Editor of The Northwood Howler. I love writing! I’ve attended various camps like…
The Amazing Youth
The Amazing Youth With the recent inundation of bleak news- the crippled American economy, our faltering education system, and the rise of the “Occupy” movements- many may feel as if society is taking a wrong turn, leaving the progeny to flounder on its own. Despite the series of unfortunate events,however, we can turn to the…