This summer, 53 high school students from the greater Los Angeles area, Northern California region, and a couple students from other states gathered at University of California, Los Angeles. Part of an outreach program led by the Henry Samueli School of Engineer of UCLA called High School Summer Research Program (HSSRP) that runs for eight…
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LA’s Natural History Museum Unveils New Dinosaur Hall
On July 16, 2011, after five years of continuous work, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) has finally revealed its new, cutting-edge Dinosaur Hall to the public. With 300 fossils and 20 complete dinosaur and ancient sea creature specimens—many of them never before displayed—the collection is one of the most comprehensive in…
New student reporters orientation!
On July 29, 2010 student reporters gathered at The Korea Daily’s Los Angeles bureau to be welcomed by the editor-in-chief and president to kick off the beginning of a new six-month session. Student reporters will have the opportunity to report on issues and events in their schools, communities and generation, and see their stories published…
Election Day: 2011-12 Cerritos High ASB Cabinet
During the month of May, elections were held for Cerritos High School’s ASB cabinet. Equipped with posters, signs, and pickets, for two weeks nominees campaigned in order to win the favor of voters. Sarah KimHello, I am Sarah Kim, and I have been in JSR since my freshman year (so around 5-6 sessions), and this…
Eddo Kim calls out to Youth to be The Supply
Eddo Kim is the founder and executive director of The Supply Education Group, a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to “empower and transform communities through education.” Unsatisfied with his Bachelor of Arts Degree in American History from the University of Pennsylvania and Master of Arts in Education Policy at Columbia University, Kim is currently…
Reading Losing Ground With Students
Reading is no longer a joy for students. Rather than picking up their summer book, students prefer reading the summary of Spark Notes. “Why would I spend my time reading the entire book, when Spark Notes can provide a detailed summary of the theme, characters and plot?” asked a Webb student. Studies show that students…
Temporary agreement for Kosovo border
Officials from Kosovo and Serbia came to terms on August 5th about the violence that occurred at the end of July on the northern Kosovo border, including the death of a Kosovo policeman and the firebombing of a customs post.
Students Measure Impact of Human Influence on the Los Angeles River
Students spent a week at different spots of the LA River during Heal the Bay’s Creek Week measuring different chemical properties of the water and making a count of bugs in the water. They visited places including Big Tujunga Creek and Compton Creek, two of the Los Angeles River’s tributaries. The first day involved learning…
Got ‘Swag’?
Every decade or so, teenagers invent new definitions for particular words. In the twenty-tens, that word is swag. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the original definition of swag is “goods that have been stolen” or “a pack of things tied or wrapped together and carried by a traveler.” But to the teens of 2011, the…
Student Leaders Plan for Next School Year
There exists a common misconception that student government is merely a collection of the “cool kids,” and therefore other students cannot contribute their voices to the decisions of the organization. Santa Margarita Catholic High School broke this misguided belief through its annual ASB Leadership Camp. From July 13th to 15th 2011, Santa Margarita High School…