By Jenny Jisoo Mok, Episcopal High School, Grade 9 June 6, 2011 Hundreds and thousands of children in orphanages are waiting to be picked up by a happy family. Some of them, if their luck runs out, have to stay there for the rest of their lives. It sounds like a grim fate, but they…
By Eunice Kim, Arnold O. Beckman High School, Grade 9 May 31, 2011 Earlier this month, the Archives of General Psychiatry published an analysis of the largest and most comprehensive study of teen eating disorders in the United States. The researchers surveyed 10,123 teenagers and found that “teens suffering from anorexia, bulimia and other eating…
By Julie Kim, Korea Kent Foreign School, Grade 10 May 31, 2011 In a world where society is entirely more concerned with the future than the past, history seems like the least important issue in our lives. However, it isn’t to the “halmonis” in the House of Sharing. A group of students from Gwangju High…
By Jamie Jung, John Marshall High School, Grade 11 May 31, 2011 Created in 2009, Let’s Erase The Stigma (LETS) has made its way into society as a unique organization. Apart from the universal idea of being ‘environment-friendly’, LETS was created to erase the stigma of mental illnesses. JSRHi. The JSR program coordinator manages this…
By Jung-Ju Lee, Mill Creek High School, Grade 11 May 23, 2011 In February of 2011, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi resorted to military coercion and the dissolution of human rights in response to a series of peaceful demonstrations advocating democratic elections, which were threatening his 40-year regime. The protests immediately evolved into a full-scale armed…
By Eunice Kim, Arnold O. Beckman High School, Grade 9 March 21, 2011 On Thursday night, March 11, 2011, a catastrophic disaster of epic proportions struck the city of Honshu, Japan. While the local residents braced themselves for aftershocks and tsunami threats, the rest of the world was left in shock and awe. It didn’t…
By Matthew Kim, Great Oak High School, Grade 12 March 21, 2011 To say the Middle East is in turmoil would be an understatement. Over the past few weeks, an unprecedented number of anti-government revolts, protests, and mass gatherings occurred, leaving the futures of several key Middle Eastern countries in question. But what exactly catalyzed…
By Jung-Ju Lee, Mill Creek High School, Grade 11 March 7, 2011 Recently, a heated debate over the controversial House Bill 87, or “Illegal Immigration Reform Enforcement Act of 2011,” proposed by State Representative Matt Ramsey of Peachtree City in January, has divided the state of Georgia– home to the nation’s seventh largest undocumented immigrant…
By Ann Kim, West High School, Grade 10 June 16, 2011 Even with the low 9.6% admission rate, Adrian Kimmok, a senior at West High School in Torrance, California, has been accepted to Yale University. His dedication and motivation, in combination with his optimistic views on life, have enabled him to succeed and stay focused…
By Angela Kim, Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, Grade 10 June 6, 2011 Bryan Erickson, a senior at Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) was accepted into many prestigious colleges, which were Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. However, he was wait-listed at UC San Diego. Erickson’s academics and…
