The plastic straw ban has been a hot topic for the past few years as San Francisco joined the many other California cities to ban the plastic straw for the benefit of the environment. The first plastic straw ban happened in Seattle, in 2008, and many other US cities are following through. Although a…
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[Editor’s Column] Koreatown Fights Back
This past summer, the whole of Koreatown faced what any location in existence fears most – disappearance. Koreatown, after establishing its existence almost an entire century ago, was faced with a big challenge this past summer. Bangladeshis wanted to expand their community and, like Koreatown, be able to have a designated area for…
Microplastics in the Ocean
Plastic is one of the most common and well used materials in the world, but much of it ends up in our oceans as microplastics, or tiny pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters in length. With plastic production consistently rising every year, plastic pollution has reached a global scale of concern for…
Congo’s Refugee Crisis as Political Instability Worsens
In 2008, Reuters reported on Congo’s war-driven crisis: “War, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), which carried out the study with Australia’s Burnet…
Controversial Homeless Shelter in Koreatown
Koreatown. It is a town in Los Angeles where many Koreans began immigrating to in the 1960s. Many have immigrated to find a new job and have a fresh start. These past decades, many Koreans have brought their culture and traditions to America which ultimately formed Koreatown. This town would not exist today…
Prescribing Antidepressants to Children Isn’t Treatment; It’s a problem
There is no denial. Recently, there has been a rise in numbers of children being prescribed with antidepressants. According to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, there are a total of 7,213,599 children ranging from the range of 0 to 17 years old. And to many, this is considered a medical milestone….
Do Smartphones Sever Relationships?
With constant developments of technology, people fall into their own little world within their phones. Even at social gatherings, there often is a person who is always on their phone without socializing with others. Especially for introverts, when they have a difficult time interacting with people, they tend to go on their phones….
The Rise of Korean Culture
K-culture, K-beauty, K-dramas, K-fashion, K-food, K-pop. Korean culture and trends are becoming a huge influence to people all around the world. In America, Korean pop has become a big influence. For example, a boy group, BTS, became a big hit and eventually won awards at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards….
Summertime Misery
It’s summertime, meaning students have been looking forward to hanging out with friends and being free from homework assignments, tests, and projects. Students have been anticipating the last day of school, on the last minute of the last hour, so that they can sleep in without any alarms waking them. But for…
[Editor’s Column]Follow the Water
“Follow the water” has always been the maxim for the plethora of hopeful astrobiologists around the globe searching for life in the universe. So when Italian scientists found evidence of a large body of liquid water on Mars, the space community had every right to be excited. “Water is there……