By Roger Kim Early December 2nd, the Senate passed a Republican tax reform bill in a 51-49 vote with no Democratic support. It will go to conference, where House and Senate members will negotiate a combined bill. “Not a single member of …
Read More »Sleep In: Schools are Finally Starting Classes Later in the Day
By Krystal Yang We have all experienced this before—the horrid ringing of an alarm, the grogginess behind eyelids, yawns in class, and propping drowsy heads up against a backpack to stay awake in class. This anecdote is the unfortunate reality of …
Read More »Hurricane Harvey Aftermath: Kindness and Strength
By Yiming Amelia Wang From ABC News – Incredible acts of kindness in Hurricane Harvey’s wake Weeks have passed since hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, but the devastation remains. Thousands of homes were destroyed during the heavy rain and the death …
Read More »They See Me Mowing My Front Lawn
Submitted by: Lauren Watt Everyone has always seen that perfectly green and nicely cut grass, whether it be your neighbor’s lawn or a field you pass on a long road trip. But aside from admiring it and wishing your lawn looked like …
Read More »A New, Possibly Habitable, Planet
By David Zhang Ross 128 b is a planet found orbiting the red dwarf star Ross 128. The planet was discovered by a European telescope, using the radial velocity method, or using the wobble in stars caused by planets to deduce the …
Read More »A High School In China – Interview a Teacher in Beijing
By Muzhi Liu Compared to the many other Chinese middle schools, the high school affiliated to Renmin University in China (RDFZ), without a doubt, does a very good job in educating their students. RDFZ teachers have their own way of educating …
Read More »Preface of the Orchid Pavilion
By Brian Wu (吴睿博) Wang Xizhi (303-361), a well known calligrapher in Jin Dynasty of China and regarded as the Sage of Calligraphy, wrote the Preface of the Orchid Pavilion (or Lanting Xu as referred to by the Chinese). This work was …
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