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Diversity&Spectrum

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B e l l T o w e r C O N T E N T SThe Bell Tower Team:

Editor in Chief: Sarah Choi (11), Daniel (Doh Hyoung) Kim (11)

Editorial: Kiran Dwivedi (11)

Design/Layout: Sarah Choi (11)

Daniel (Doh Hyoung) Kim (11)Claudia Huh (11)

Haeji Kim (11)Jennifer Rim (11)

Sponsor: Mr.Read, Mr.Schachner

Alex Kim (11)Bill Park (11)

Dohun Lee (11)Yerim Mo (11)

Alyssa Walker (9)Gyuri Kim (9)Aileen Min (9)Benny Joo (11)

Pedroh Kim (11)Nate Kim (10)

Daniel Lee (10)Jennifer Rim (11)

Brian Kim (9)Amber Song (9)Sean Choi (11)

John Lee (9)Susan Yang (9)

Hyeseong Yoon (11)Haeji Kim (11)

Graphic Designer: Emily Choi (9)

Special Contributors: Harry Oh (11)

Sangmin Lee (11)

FEATURE

Writers:

• pg. 1 TCKS: Diversity at CI ----- By Alex Kim • pg. 3 Songdo, A Multi-Cultural City ----- BY Alyssa Walker, Gyuri Kim, Aileen Min • pg. 13 FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER ----- BY DANIEL (DH) KIM• pg. 16 CREATIVE WORLD - DDP ----- BY JENNIFER RIM• pg. 20 WHAT TYPE OF HOUSE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN? ------ By Brian Kim, Patrick Suh• pg. 22 Korea’s Careers: the dark future of youths ------ By Amber Song• pg. 24 50 shades of justice ------ By Sean Choi• pg. 29 A Quick Message to Video Gamers: Why is the world so ...white? ------ By Gloria Noh • pg. 31 CaFETERIA FOOD: Is it better? ------ By John Lee, Susan Yang

------ By Haeji Kim

• pg. 34 We are one in front of the food ------ By Hyeseong Yoon • pg. 32 PRofile: Chibundu ONuzo - Perspective

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OpINION

entertainment• pg. 1 TCKS: Diversity at CI ----- By Alex Kim • pg. 3 Songdo, A Multi-Cultural City ----- BY Alyssa Walker, Gyuri Kim, Aileen Min • pg. 13 FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER ----- BY DANIEL (DH) KIM• pg. 16 CREATIVE WORLD - DDP ----- BY JENNIFER RIM• pg. 20 WHAT TYPE OF HOUSE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN? ------ By Brian Kim, Patrick Suh• pg. 22 Korea’s Careers: the dark future of youths ------ By Amber Song• pg. 24 50 shades of justice ------ By Sean Choi• pg. 29 A Quick Message to Video Gamers: Why is the world so ...white? ------ By Gloria Noh • pg. 31 CaFETERIA FOOD: Is it better? ------ By John Lee, Susan Yang

------ By Haeji Kim

• pg. 8 Do We value ParSIAN LIVES MORE THAN THOSE IN BEIRUT? ----- By BENNY JOO • pg. 10 DICTATORSHIP ON HISTORY CAUSING NATIONAL DIVISION ----- BY PEDROH KIM

• pg. 14 EDM: GETTING WILD 24/7 ----- By NATE KIM, DANIEL LEE• pg. 26 Cartoon: Racism? ------ By Emily Choi• pg. 35 Trend in K-Drama ------ By Yerim Mo • pg. 41 Metal Gear Solid 5 & Mad Max Released ------ By Bill Park, Dohun Lee • pg. 44 Special : Harry Oh’s Back! ----- By Harry Oh

EDITORIAL • pg. 0 ----- Letter From the Editor • pg. 32 We are one in front of the food ------ By Hyeseong Yoon • pg. 33 PRofile: Chibundu ONuzo - Perspective

Understanding Diversity, the first step to understand the world

letter from the

Friday, November 13th, 2015. What could have been simply a frivolous, superstitious day turned out to leave an indelible scar on the international society. Although this terrible trage-

dy can be seen from different points of view, we would like you to consider the meaning ‘diversity’ has in this incident. This event can be viewed upon as a ‘threat to diversity’, as the act of terrorism was part of the perpetrators’ plan to declare to the world that they will be merciless to anyone that opposes their ideals. On the other hand, the incident can also be interpreted as a strengthening of the bond between diverse cultures, as the entire world regardless of religion or boundary prayed for the victims and their families.

In 21st century, diversity is inevitable and ubiquitous. As we live in more culturally-rich society, religion also becomes diverse. In a healthy society, such different ideologies, opinions, and religion should be in consideration, and should coexist with each other. However, as soon as a few minori-ties end up in one of the extremes, claiming their religion as a ‘law’ in a diverse society and coerce others to believe in such a way, the peace of the society breaks.

Through social interactions using digital media, we began to absorb others’ culture and opinions more quickly, and deeply. Ironically, when we began to broaden our knowledge about the world, our understanding of other culture became more limited, ending up extreme.

Our winter edition,“Diversity and Spectrum”, uncovers underlying problems of diversity and provides pragmatic understanding to existing diversity in this world. You will encounter various articles such as Alex Kim’s interview of Third Cultural Kids (TCKs) in CI community, Benny Joo’s op-ed on Paris attack, and Pedroh Kim’s opinion piece on South Korea’s state-issued text book. As you read through the magazine, take a moment and contemplate about issues you did not pay attention to.

Hope you enjoy this edition.

Bell Tower Magazine Editors-in-Chief, Sarah Choi and Daniel (DH) Kim

editors

*Email us at: belltowermagazine@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments on the articles. Don’t hesitate to tell us what YOU want to see in YOUR Upper school magazine!

TCKS: DIVERSITY AT CIPresenting Melanie Mpanju, Yusuf Farag, Maya Choy and Kiran Dwivedi

TCKs, are kids who spend a signifi-cant amount of time outside of their home countries, and therefore have multi-cultural views. Due to their nomadic lifestyle, third culture kids often find themselves struggling with their own identities, the idea of “home”, and long distance relationships. However, they play a

“So, where EXACTLY are you from?” If your answer includes more than two countries, congratulations! You are most likely a third culture kid. Third culture kids, more commonly known as

crucial role in connecting the world. With their multiple cultures and experiences, TCKs will take the lead in diver-sity. Among the countless TCKs around the world, I found four in the CI community and asked them some questions regarding their life as “global nomads.”

MELANIE MPANJU (G11)Where are you from? Virginia, USACountries you have lived in? The US, China, and South KoreaHow did you end up at CI? Close to my mom’s office in Songdo, nice facilities and environmentCultural clashes? Chewing loudly when eating was a shock to me when I first moved to Asia. One cultural clash in Korea that I have experi-enced was the way Korean girls behave in public. They seem quite shy and reserved and like to cover their mouths while laughing. Whereas where I come from in the US, girls laugh loudly openly and don’t seem to care that much how they look when laughing.“+” aspects of TCKs: I feel I can relate to many different cultures and peo-ples.“-“ aspects of TCKs: “Where are you from?” becomes a difficult question. Any funny incident as a TCK? Posting a birthday post one day early because of the time difference.. (and my friend be like “Uhh... you’re kinda early but thanks lol”)Identity crisis? I went to camp over the summer and we had to go around the circle and say where we were from (where we lived), and so I said that I lived in Korea. Then this one kid was like “Wait, are you Korean? Are you mixed? You don’t look like a Korean..” And I was like “Uh you can live in Korea and not be Korean...” And yeah, it was weird. He was obviously ignorant to the fact that non-Koreans could live in Korea, despite the fact that there’s a huge U.S. Army presence in Korea.

MAYA CHOY (G11)Where are you from? California, USA. Mixed blood (Filipino, Korean and Chinese)Countries you have lived in? The US and South KoreaHow did you end up at CI? my mom’s work“+” aspects of TCKs: I am able to get the best of multiple worlds“-“ aspects of TCKs: Struggling with your own identityIdentity crisis? I feel strange looking asian/Korean in Korea but not fitting in because I’m from the US. But then in the US I’m categorized as Asian o_0. It’s ridiculous! My appearance doesn’t determine my culture and the way I’ve been raised!

By Alex Kim (11)

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KIRAN DWIVEDI (G11)Where are you from? Belgium but I was born in the UK and my dad is from India. Countries you have lived in? France, England, Switzerland, Germany and KoreaHow did you end up at CI? my dad’s work (UNFCCC)Cultural clashes? much more competitive and forward looking in terms of academics. In Europe, people tend to value school a little less than here. “+” aspects of TCKs: You can develop the way you think through diverse experiences. You can have the opportunity to see the best aspects of different ideologies and systems. “-“ aspects of TCKs: I’m not sure what my “home” is. It’s hard to make long term friends. Any funny incident as a TCK? People sometimes try to guess where I am from. It results in a hilarious conversa-tion and often times me being apologized to for unfounded assumptions. No one has guessed my nationality yet.

If you solely think about the concept of “third cul-ture kid,” Chadwick International is also a TCK: founded in the States, built in Songdo, Korea, and adopted the International Bacca-laureate (IB) program which orig-inated in the UK. Despite the fact that Chadwick International is a TCK, it is an undeniable fact that Chadwick International still lacks diversity in terms of both students’ ethnicity and school activities. So I asked myself: “What can Chad-wick International do to foster a more diverse environment?” Our global nomads suggested improve-ments that can potentially bring more diversity to our CI community.

YUSUF FARAG (G11)Where are you from? Egypt and Taiwan

Countries you have lived in? Egypt, Taiwan and South KoreaHow did you end up at CI? my mom found a job hereCultural clashes? not particularly because I am a rather flexible and easi-ly adapting person!“+” aspects of TCKs: I am able to understand and connect to multiple cultures. It’s easier to have a wider personal and cultural background. “-“ aspects of TCKs: I do not have a “true” home.

Identity crisis? I consider myself to be equally from Egypt and Taiwan, yet in both cases, I don’t feel “fully Egyptian” or “fully Taiwanese” because I am

an even combination of both. However, as previously stated, I wasn’t fully ac-cepted in either society, due to my subpar Arabic skills in Egypt, and the fact I

don’t look Taiwanese in Taiwan (This can sometimes make fitting in difficult).

#1. Introducing common tra-ditions from people of different backgrounds (ex. Pep rally dances, Spring Formals) #2. An exchange program may be a great idea! Send kinds abroad or invite some to CI :)#3. Make an international day#4. Make sure that English is the first language that everyone speaks!#5. Bring more international students #6. Include activities to cele-brate the cultures of different countries that are represented by the students of Chadwick

Linkage to Chadwick International ----

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Songdo, Songdo is a very beautiful, innovative and diverse new city in Korea! While creating Songdo, the hopes were to create a place for international business closer to the airport, since Seoul is at least an hour away. Many people would de-scribe Seoul as a diverse city, because of its various cultures, facilities and events. Songdo is starting to become more and more diverse in all of those aspects as well. A huge part of making up a diverse city is having people of different nation-alities. A huge part of making up a diverse city is having people of different nationalities. Just as International schools are composed of variety of people, so as Songdo community. Now that Songdo is successfully becoming an international place of business it is bringing more and more foreigners here and becoming culturally rich. Songdo as a community is expanding its diversity by offering jobs to foreigners, and representing different cultures through food and mutli-cul-tural events!

a Multi-cultural CityWhere to Go, What to Do

Photo Credit: Alyssa Walker (9)

By Alyssa Walker (9), Gyuri Kim (9), Aileen Min (9)

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#1. Breakfast European Bakery: J’s Recipes It is an original European style bakery located in The Sharp First World four-way stop. This is a great place to visit for people who need healthy bread to begin their day. J’s Recipe mainly bakes ciabatta, campagne, brioche, and pastry. This bakery does not use artificial flavoring, considering the health of the customers. Some steady selling menus are Squid Ink Baguette and Squid Ink bread with citron & cream cheese peeling. J’s Recipe also sells cakes and tarts, yet options are limited compared to bread.

*Tip: The bakery recommends that customers eat the bread right after pur-chasing since they dry and lose flavor quickly without preservation. If you want to keep bread longer than a day, freeze them in a refrigerator to maintain the moisture. Then, shortly bake them in an oven whenever you want to eat them.

#2. Lunch Italian restaurant: Chapter 1 It is an Italian restaurant located nearby the Central Park. The chef, Ingu Song, studied in Le Cordon Bleu, a famous baking school in France. Chapter 1 is his first restaurant, and its name indicates the beginning of his career as a chef. The food is cooked from fresh ingredients that are purchased every day, and the menu is constantly updated throughout the seasons to keep the visitors’ interest. In addition, it has a television that shows a live film of the chef cooking to entertain customers who are bored waiting for food.

*Tip: He recently opened a cooking class. If you are a big fan of Italian food and want to try cooking it at home, consider enrolling. He also runs a Naver blog to stay in contact with customers online. It includes information about new menus and cooking classes, so feel free to visit the link during your free time.

For more information, visit Chapter 1 Blog: http://blog.naver.com/6908sik

Food has been a crucial aspect of life since the existence of human species. There are many kinds of dishes around the world that represent distinctive cultures. For in-stance, kimchi is a food invented by Korean ancestors 1300 years ago. They had to find a way to preserve food since they could not harvest during winter. This situation inspired them to make kimchi, which remains an integral part of Korean food culture. Like kimchi, there are unique and diverse foods in other countries. Songdo International City is full of restaurants that represent different countries and grant op-portunities to explore various food. Here are some recommendations for people new to Songdo or those seeking new restaurants.

Photo Credit: http://blog.naver.com/ckrgkstjsdud/220483518656

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F O O D#2. Lunch Italian restaurant: Chapter 1 It is an Italian restaurant located nearby the Central Park. The chef, Ingu Song, studied in Le Cordon Bleu, a famous baking school in France. Chapter 1 is his first restaurant, and its name indicates the beginning of his career as a chef. The food is cooked from fresh ingredients that are purchased every day, and the menu is constantly updated throughout the seasons to keep the visitors’ interest. In addition, it has a television that shows a live film of the chef cooking to entertain customers who are bored waiting for food.

*Tip: He recently opened a cooking class. If you are a big fan of Italian food and want to try cooking it at home, consider enrolling. He also runs a Naver blog to stay in contact with customers online. It includes information about new menus and cooking classes, so feel free to visit the link during your free time.

For more information, visit Chapter 1 Blog: http://blog.naver.com/6908sik

#3. Dessert Tokyo Pangya: Japanese bakery It is a Japanese bakery next to Central Park, nearby the Chapter 1 restaurant. It is a franchise that is also located in Seoul. In contrast to J’s Recipe, this bakery specializes in desserts such as melon bread, custard cream filled bread, roll cakes, and cookies. Its signature menu, melon bread, has several flavors - plain, chocolate chips, and green tea. The stan-dard melon bread has crusty cooky dough on top and soft bread below. There are some tables inside the store so that you can enjoy the bread right after purchasing it. The best time to visit the store is before 5:00 p.m, since all bakers stop working after then.

*Tip: Tokyo Pangya mainly sells desserts, but also offers sandwiches and bread for meals. If you have a chance, why don’t you get some bread from this bakery and visit Central Park with family? It will be an easy picnic preparation.

Besides the restaurants introduced, there are other great restau-rants in Songdo that are not famous yet. Whenever you feel bored or stressed, try exploring Songdo to discover new cafes and restaurants for

Photo Credit: Gyuri Kim

Photo Credit: Gyuri Kim

By Gyuri Kim (9)

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E V E N T s If you had a closer look around Songdo, you might have noticed the huge development Songdo has gone through over the years. At the very beginning, Songdo was just an empty brand new city built on the inter-tidal mudflats of Incheon. However, Songdo nowadays is developing as a global city with captivating features including various international schools, re-nowned organizations, modern technology, and much more. One of the most interesting features of Songdo is its diverse events. As population in Songdo grows gradually, various events are being held in for citizens to enjoy. Let’s have a deeper look at what events were recently held in Songdo!

#1. Beer Culture Parade “Cheers!” The 5th annual Songdo Beer Culture Parade was held from August 28th to September 5th. This beer parade not only provided a variety of beer from countries all around the world, but also had concerts and dance performances. Everyday, singers performed different genres of music, such as rock, ballad, and even teuroteu, which is the oldest form of korean pop music. This allowed participants to enjoy the event regardless of their musical tastes. During the teuroteu performance, even the elderly citizens danced like young souls. Through this annual parade, Songdo was able to continue hav-ing cultural exchange with other countries, develop the econo-my, and provide an opportunity for citizens to enjoy together.

#2. Good Market On September 12th, three million Song-do citizens brought their belongings to the Good Market event. It was held in the Songdo Convensia outdoor exhibition area, and citizens sold various items such as clothing, shoes, accessories and even handmade goods. Most of the items were sold at cheap prices, under 2,000 won. During this event, citizens were able to get to know each other better and buy goods at reasonable prices. By following the theme ‘Conserve, Share, Exchange and Reuse’, Good Market taught citizens that some things that are use-less to oneself could benefit others, and that reusing and conserving is important.

Photo Credit: official Songdo Beer Parade Website Photo Credit: Songdo IFEZ Facebook page

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E V E N T s#3. President’s Cup Opening Ceremony “The Time Has Come...” for the 11th Presidents Cup in Songdo! First of all, what is the Presidents Cup anyway? The Presidents Cup is a men’s golf tournament between the United States team and the International team. It was established to promote friendly rela-tions, cross-cultural exchange, and sportsmanship. The Presidents Cup was first held in 1994 in the United States, and in the 1998, the matches were first held in a country other than the United States. This year, the Presidents Cup was held in Songdo, marking the first time this competition was hosted by an Asian country. The opening ceremony was held in Convensia hall on October 7th. Over 40 students from Chad-wick International had a great opportunity to watch the opening ceremony and help guide visitors. The ceremony started with a Korean traditional orchestra playing old folk songs. A traditional drum performance was held as well. Then the national anthems of several countries were played for golf players, reminding them that they are the representatives of their countries. Jack Nicklaus, the former U.S. team captain, gave a speech to congratulate all of the players and to express his pride in the Presidents Cup’s development. He mentioned how Songdo and the Presidents Cup developed similarly, achieving a huge change in a short time. The ceremony ended with a warm welcom-ing speech from Korea’s president Park Geun Hye. This huge international golf tournament was held from October 6th to October 11th. It was indeed one of the most memorable weeks in Songdo.

By Aileen Min (9)

1. Audience View of the Presidents Cup Open-ing Cere-

mony ---→

Photo Credit:

Sarah Choi (11)

2. Presi-dent’s cup Opening

Ceremony

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Aileen Min (9)

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Op-ED: Do we value Parisian lives more than those in Beirut?By Benny Joo (11) All around the world, people seem to think that the lives lost in the Paris terror attacks are more valuable than those lost in the terror in Beirut. On November 14th 2015, there was an appall-ing terror attack in the Bataclan Concert Hall in Paris that resulted in the death of 132 people. The internet was bombarded with thousands of articles about the incident right away, and this informed millions of people of the tragedy. It makes perfect sense that all the media out-lets reported the events in Paris because terrorism is not an event that people can overlook. The media did its job because it is crucial to raise awareness of all the casualties and fatalities from the terrorist attack. I, however, am trying to question why the attack that took place in Beirut, Lebanon on November 12th did not grab the world’s attention as much as the terror attack in Paris did. The terrorism in Beirut was also dreadful.

Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Beirut, leading to 239 injured and 43 dead. This act of terrorism was also committed by IS, the assailants of the terror in Paris. Both terrorist attacks caused a great number of casualties and were committed by the same group. How-ever, it is very difficult to find anyone who knows about or shows condolences toward the terror attack in Beirut. Most Instagram users are appending “#PrayforParis” on their posts and Facebook users are adding a transpar-ent picture of the French flag onto their profile pictures. However, why was the world unable to think of mak-ing “#PrayforBeirut” a trend or inserting a transparent picture of the Lebanese flag into the profile pictures in Facebook? I believe the cause of this is the mindset of peo-ple. Two reasons that could possibly explain this is the frequency of terrorism in the Middle East, and the sym bolism of Paris.

A man crying after Paris terror incident // Photo Credit: www.thetakeaway.org

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Op-ED: Do we value Parisian lives more than those in Beirut?

In my personal opinion, the world’s reaction to the terror in Paris was greater than the reaction to the terror in Beirut as it is not a usual incident in Paris, a city closely linked to freedom and peace. Instead of solely focusing on Paris, we should try to share our attention with other countries suffering from terrorism such as Beirut. Ignorance of ter-rorism in the Middle Eastern countries cannot be justified. Rather than being blindly swayed by mass movements on social media, I believe we must pray for all victims of terrorist attacks and pay closer attention to injustices in the global society.

A man crying after Paris terror incident // Photo Credit: www.thetakeaway.org

Beirut // Photo Credit: counterjihadreport.com

First, terrorism in countries, such as Leba-non, Palestine, or Egypt, is more prevalent than in Europe. Therefore, the world tends to give less atten-tion to terrorist attacks in places in which terrorism is a frequent occurrence. People no longer get sur-prised when Messi scores since he frequently scores goals. Yet, his fans become more astonished when Messi makes mistakes in matches because it rarely happens. In the same way, people always respond more to uncanny events. Imagine if IS bombed Paris once a year. Fewer people would be surprised by it, and the general public would regard such incidents as natural. Secondly, because Paris is such a strong symbol of freedom and democracy, nobody would imagine Paris being bombed. In contrast, there is a militaristic connotation connected to Middle East-ern countries like Lebanon and Palestine. Therefore, people tend to be easily shocked by the fact that a relatively peaceful city like France was attacked by jihadists.

“#PrayforParis” “#PrayforBeirut”

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OPINION: Dictatorship on History Causing National Division

“History education shouldn’t divide students and citizens because of political strife and ideologi-cal conflict. It’s our inevitable mission to help the next generation have a correct view of the history as citizens of Republic of Korea.” This is a statement made by the President of Republic of Korea, Geun Hye Park, during the chief secretary meeting on October 14, 2015. Fur-thermore, on November 3th, the government declared that it will create a state-issued history textbook that will be distributed to all schools nationwide. According to the Korean government, the state-issued textbook will help create nationwide integration. However, we need to question whether it would divide or integrate the nation. If it fosters national division, the state-issued textbook should not be created. Currently, 9 different middle school history textbooks and 8 different high school Korean history textbooks are being published by private publications. These textbooks go through an authorized approval process governed by the Ministry of Education, which means that the Korean government has to ultimately approve the content of the textbooks for them to be used in public middle school and high school. However, the

Ministry of Education declared that a single state-issued history textbook will be used from March 2017. The government decided to create the state-is-sued textbook because it believes current history text-books create ideological conflict and view history in a biased way. The government and governmental party are claiming that current history textbooks are mostly narrating negative aspects of Korean history and are leaning toward the left-wing in the ideological spectrum. Moreover, the Ministry of Education asserted that it is crucial to have a history textbook that helps students to establish a correct view of history. However, the state-ment made by the Ministry of Education seems to be ironic. On January 2014, the Ministry of Education stated through a press release that the 8 different high school Korean history textbooks that had been approved by the government would help students have a correct view toward Korean history. After one and a half years, the government overturned its stance by saying that the approved and authorized textbooks are biased. The reason the government changed its stance remains an unresolved question, which makes the public doubt the reason for creating a state-issued history textbook.

By Pedroh Kim (11)

Photo Credit: http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0923285164&code=11122000&sid1=pol

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Currently, this issue is the most controversial among matters related to Korean Politics. The Saenuri party, the conservative governmental party, agrees with the creation of a state-issued history textbook. However, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), the largest social-liberal opposition party, strongly disagrees with this issue. For example, the Saenuri Party created a banner that reads, “We should correct history textbooks that gainsay Korean history.” On the other hand, a banner created by NPAD reads, “A good president creates his-tory, and a bad president changes the history textbook.” Also, the leader of the Saenuri Party, Moo Sung Kim, stated that over 90% of historians in Korea lean toward the left-wing, and are teaching wrong history.” Neverthe-less, the leader of NPAD, Jae In Moon, stated that this decision is a worldwide shame and will remain a disgrace in Korean history.” Both political parties are appealing to public sentiment in order to make people feel positive or negative towards the issue, which escalates ideological conflict among the public and fosters national division. Despite the government’s claims that the state-issued textbook will integrate the nation, the results of recent public opinion surveys show a strong disapproval of the government’s claim. According to the Gallup survey on the first week of November, 36% of people agreed and 53% of the people disagreed with the

Also, 65% of the Saenuri party’s supporters agreed and 85% of the NPAD supporters disagreed on the issue. In addition, over half of people aged 20~50 disagreed, but over half of people aged 50~70 agreed on this issue. Regionally, except for Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, which are the regions that strongly support the current governmental party and the President, oppose the creation of a state-issued textbook. Based on the result of the poll, it is clear that the creation of a state-issued history textbook is creating national division among age groups, political parties, and different regions, which clearly goes against nation-al integration, the government’s goal.

First Week of November Gallup Survey

creation of a state-issued history textbook. The result of the polls conducted from the second week of October to the first week of November show that opposition against the state-issued history textbook is increasing over time.

People are actively projecting their opinions through means such as gatherings and demonstrations. A lot of conservative associations, such as the Korean National Police Veteran Association, had gatherings in order to support the creation of the state-issued history textbook. On the other hand, 28 history societies and 382 Seoul National University Professors issued a statement that shows their disapproval of the state-issued history text-book. Also, 200 high school students and 800 college students from 26 colleges had a demonstration in order to stop the creation of the state-issued history textbook. Based on this evidence, it can be concluded that the state-is-sued history textbook fails to create national integration, fostering national division instead.

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Lastly, according to Public Office Election Law in South Korea, government officials should remain neutral in the course of election. However, making a state-issued histo-ry textbook might violate this law. On April 2016, Korea will have a general election to select 300 national assembly mem-bers. According to the law, the president is a government official who needs to be neutral about the election. However, the creation of a state-issued textbook seems to be a strategy to rally conservative supporters for the next election. If that is the actual intention of the president and the government, then it is a clear violation against public office election law.

“History education shouldn’t divide students and

citizens because of political strife and ideological conflict. It’s our

inevitable mission to help the next generation have a correct

view of the history as citizens of Republic of Korea.”

Therefore, the state-issued textbook both fosters national division and violates national law. In 2004, when President Park was the mem-ber of the National Assembly, she said “history should be evaluated by historians and citizens.” The state-issued history textbook should not be created by the government because it will not incorporate the diverse evaluations of history by historians and citizens. In conclusion, the Korean government must halt the creation of the state-issued textbook in order to stop national division.

Second Week of October to First Week of Novem-ber Gallip Survey

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from one language to anotherBy Daniel (Dohyung) Kim (11)

Ever wondered about the process of translating a book? You may imagine the entire process is simply characterized by translators typing away

on their computers, but that is only a small piece of the entire puzzle. Especially when translating famous books into other languages, there is an immense number of legal agreements that have to be made before the trans-lated version of the book is published. To provide more information on this matter, Ms. Michelle Nam, Contract Manager for Minumsa, a Korean literary agency, visited Chadwick International School and gave a short lecture to the journalism students. Before starting her lecture, Nam mentioned the three legal steps that have to be taken to protect un-published books: Non-Disclosure Agreement, Author Protection, and Publication Protection. In particular, she focused on the importance of the Non-Disclosure Agree-ment (NDA) in publishing translated works. To give a basic explanation, the NDA is a confidentiality agree-ment between translators and the literary agency that holds the copyright to the original work. The purpose of the agreement is to prevent the content of the original work from being revealed to the public, and it can be made before or after the translation contract. The NDA is mostly used when publishers intend to release a book on the same day in different languages.

This way, the content of the book can be kept secret until the day of its official release in different coun-tries. To help illustrate the NDA, Nam gave a specific example of a renowned literary work that Minumsa translated for sale in the Korean market: The biography of Steve Jobs. After her company made the contract with the publishers and made the NDA, the translator was sent into a room with no windows or internet con-nection. Nam explained that for books that are highly anticipated by consumers in the world, the NDA is kept under extremely strict conditions. The original manu-script is kept in a safe after the translator completes his/her work for the day. Moreover, the translator has to be closely monitored by an official from the company that holds copyright of the original publication. Nam explained that in the confidentiality agreement there is a section that describes injunctive relief, which is a measure that can be taken to enforce the terms of the agreement so that people are restrained from invading the legal right of the publisher. Despite the fact that Nam was unable to cover legal matters in publication in a more comprehensive manner due to lack of time, her lecture gave a general idea of what literary agencies have to keep in mind when translating books.

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EDM : Getting Wild 24/714

EDM : Getting Wild 24/7

Exhilarating listeners with the sound of heavy base and exciting every nerve with dynamic mo-ments of scratches and melodies, EDM (Electronic Dance Music) is no longer simply party music. Instead, it offers a new form of art and expresses contemporary messages of artists known as DJs. EDM emerged in the 70s and made some progress around the 80s. Because of its close association with drugs and notorious reputation for being involved with a variety of incidents, EDM was in a hard situation. One lucid example is frequent restriction of DJ performances. In certain cities, a DJ could get fined for performing in the house. Radio stations did not prefer electronic dance music unless it sounded similar to pop music at that time. By the 90s, EDM started to develop rapidly, which eventually led to the huge popularity of EDM in the 21st century. New DJs often step into the music industry through social media. They share their works through Twitter, Facebook, websites, or Soundcloud. Sometimes, new artists perform in clubs or small stages in the background of clubs. As EDM became more widespread, DJs needed more opportunities like this. Huge changes came in 2010 when the Electronic Daisy Carnival which began in 1997 started to gain popularity. It promoted beneficial implications to EDM and similar festivals such as UMF, TomorrowLand, Global Gathering began launching. Currently, the EDM-listening audience is growing faster than ever. For example, you may be influenced by your close friends to listen to EDM if they share their favorite dance songs with you. Even if electronic dance is not your favorite genre of music, going to a dance party or an EDM festival may persuade you to become a fan of it. From its humble beginnings as a musical genre enjoyed by a few to its mass appeal today, EDM has travelled a long way, creating an international culture and enhancing diversity in music.

By Nate Kim (10) and Daniel Lee (10)

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CREATIVe World-ddp

Jennifer Rim(11)

South Korea is a country with divergent art, culture and food for citizens to enjoy. In the field of art, Dongdaemun Design Plaza

(DDP) plays an important role in promoting diversity. DDP was established in 2014 with the slogan ‘dream’, ‘design’ and ‘play.’ The purpose of its establishment is to give people

Dream, Design, & Play

an opportunity to experience a different art ex-hibition that is easily accessible from the young to adults. DDP holds a lot of art exhibitions such as the Andy Warhol exhibition and Kan-song museum exhibition that feature the works of both foreign and Korean designers.

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Andy Warhol is one of the most famous pop artists, and his drawing shows his own cultural identity. In his exhibition, there was an Andy Warhol art shop, where consumers could buy products with Warhol’s designs. Also, there were several photo zones where viewers could take photos and interact with his art. Even Andy Warhol’s wig was prepared for viewers so that they could take photos pretending to be Andy Warhol. By creating photo zones and an art shop, the exhibition showed visitors that art can be easily ac-cessible and gives them a chance to experience the pop art form. Interviews with visitors of the Andy Warhol exhibition showed their satisfaction with the exhibi-tion and its contribution to growth in art. Bang-eun kim, the owner of gallery, stated that “the Andy Warhol exhibition displayed various artworks of Andy Warhol and showed the life story and cultural background of the artist. Also, as a lot of people with different nations viewed the exhibition, it evidenced the growth of cul-ture in South Korea.”

foreign visitors could learn about Korean perspectives

on art. The Kansong exhibition expressed the ethnic beauty and appeal of Korean art. A lot of displayed art works reflected the events and cultural elements during the time period in which they were created. There are great distinctions between Korean and western art work, but looking at the artwork pro-vided an opportunity for visitors to indirectly experi-ence different cultures.

Several Korean artist exhibitions are held in the Kansong museum. The museum held a Korean artist exhibition during the same period as the Andy Warhol exhibition, so visitors could enjoy two different art exhibitions showing cultur-al diversity. Kansong museum held an exhibition related to flowers that were drawn using Korean ar-tistic styles. This exhibition showed unique kinds of traditional beauty that ancient Koreans valued. By representing Korean ethnic views of art and beauty,

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“LIVE ART” in DDP

Korean visitors and foreign visitors can engage in such exhibitions by viewing art forms of different countries.

Moreover, DDP holds Seoul Fashion Week once a year to create an event for people from different countries to participate in. A lot of young designers in various countries participate in this event to represent the fashion trends and ideas from their own countries. DDP became a place where the interaction of multi cultural people occurs and where people could share their ideas with others.

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Dongdaemun Design Plaza became a place in which diverse people can communicate and collaborate through art. Both foreigners and Koreans can interact with various art forms through many exhibitions that are held in DDP, which provides an unforgettable experience to visitors and enhances the variety in Korean culture.

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What type of house do you want to live in?By Brian Kim (9) and Patrick Suh (10)

What kind of house do you live in? Do you live in a house that is small, or do you live in a house that is underground? There are a lot of types of houses in the world, but this article will mainly discuss three certainly different types of houses. An igloo, hanok, and a type of house that most of you live in: the apartment building. Igloo means ‘house made out of any mate-rial’ in Inuit language. It is widely used as a shelter in cold regions such as the North and South Pole. There are various sizes of igloos that Inuits use: small, medium, and large. First of all, the smallest igloos are used as temporary shelters for hunters who leave the group for long-term hunting. However, it is not durable enough to withstand large storms, and also lacks space. Therefore, it is used only for a day or two. The second one is the medium sized igloo. It is also known as a semi-permanent shelter. This shelter is strong and large enough for one or two families to live in. There is a fire hut, which can be used to warm up the interior and cook food. There is also enough space for people to relax and sleep nicely in. The last one is the largest igloo. Unlike other igloos, it is not used as a household. It is used for feasts and special events. This igloo is massive, having five to six separate rooms so that at least five

families can fit in. Now let’s move on to how these igloos are built. Inuits usually use whale bones that they collected by hunting because wood is not only rare in cold regions, but is also not durable enough to sustain heavy ice blocks in such cold temperature. Once all ice blocks have been stocked up, Inuits use snow to attach ice blocks. The snow melts due to body heat and leaks in between ice blocks, holding them tight once they freeze again. On the surface, an igloo looks like nothing more than a simple ice hut. However there are some in-teresting scientific concepts involved. The ice blocks are stacked in a peculiar ‘catenoid’ shape. There is a specific reason that inuits decided to build igloos in this manner. It is to prevent ice blocks from cracking and buckling. Ice blocks are not as hard as concrete or steel blocks. Therefore, when they are stacked up in a perpendicular way from the ground, they tend to crack because they have to withstand too much weight. Therefore, Inuits use the catenoid method to make ice blocks lean against each other and reduce the amount of pressure applied on the blocks at the bottom. People may have wondered how Inuits managed to survive in ice huts, relying on a single fireplace. It is because there is a terrace constructed inside the ig-loo. Cold air tends to go down, while hot air tends to 20

go up. Inuits built a stair shaped ter-race to keep all hot air at the highest points of the terrace and send all cold air down to the bottom where fireplaces are. This technique is quite unique, as no other tribe has ever used it before. There are some advan-tages of the igloo. First of all, the igloo is easy to build compared to other huts. The igloo is built in cold regions, and therefore it does not require special reinforcement procedures because the cold tem-perature would eventually freeze and reinforce the house. Also, when tribes decide to leave the igloo, no destruction process is required. In case of apartments, they are made out of concrete and will eventually release toxic chemicals if they are abandoned for a long time. How-ever because igloos are completely made out of ice and snow, which are natural materials, they can be aban-doned without special destruction processes. Hanoks are great for people that like to live in harmony with na-ture, since they are made of natural materials. It is made out of rocks, wood, dirt and a Korean traditional paper called Hanji. It is made out of natural materials because the Kore-ans in the past wanted to control the humidity and the temperature natu-rally so that it is cool in summer and warm in the winter. The hanok also has a unique heating system that you cannot find in modern house: it automatically warms up while people cook in the kitchen. To put in simple terms, the floor of the ha-nok is made of a giant rock and the fireplace in the kitchen is under the rock. Because the fireplace is right under the rock, the rock gets hotter while people cook in the kitchen. People can save a lot of energy, as the hanok allows them to do two separate jobs at once. However, if the rock gets too hot the room will be too hot to stay in, so if you stay in a hanok, be careful not to make the room so hot by using the kitchen for too long.

Hanoks also have negative aspects. Since they are made of natural materials, they are inhabit-ed by bugs. Hanoks also need to be repaired frequently, as their struc-ture is weak. The wall could crack because it’s made out of dirt and the roof could also collapse if there is a lot of snow piled on top. Final-ly, they are not soundproof at all, which may frustrate those who want privacy. Finally, let’s talk about the most common type of house in Ko-rea, the apartment. An apartment is a suite of rooms forming one resi-dence, typically in a building. There are many types of apartments such as studio apartments, garden apart-ments, secondary suites, two story flats, and communal apartments. Apartments are built us-ing concrete and steel. In the past, people used wood to build apart-ments. However, the apartment was not strong enough to last through harsh weather conditions. Therefore, by using concrete and steel, people were able to build apartments easily and even build high skyscrapers. The greatest positive of an apartment is that it can withstand harsh weather. Even in earth-quakes it will be stable. In the past all apartments would all fall down to the ground if there is an earth-quake. However, in the 21st century, apartments are built using a seismic design so that they are not suscepti-ble to earthquakes. However, there certainly are negative aspects as well. People have less space to live in compared to other houses, which often include front yards. Moreover, people living in apartments get easily frustrated by noise since the houses are or-ganized in a compact manner. So, the choice is yours; you could live in an igloo that doesn’t cost much, an eco-friendly hanok, or a mod-ern apartment. They all have their positives and negatives, so choose accordingly to your preferences and needs!

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Chances are, this particular question is not your favorite subject to think about—especially when you also realize that the average student’s chances of getting a well-paid job is pretty slim in today’s harsh, compet-itive society. According to data collected in 2015, 500 of Korea’s most prominent companies now employ approximately 127 people per year, which seems like a minuscule number when compared to the average num-ber of applications a company receives in a year: 1,856.

It does not help that Korea is not the most welcoming place for the seemingly endless hordes of job-seekers that are the majority of Korea’s contempo-rary youth; with standards and ever-lengthening list of requirements for a decently-paying job, many strain to fit into the painfully narrow range of the companies’ ex pectancies and ideologies. Perfect grades that trump the

average, good TOEFL scores, extracurricular activities and experiences are just a few items on the lengthy list of requirements expected of these unfortunate job-seek-ers. About 1,000,000 young men and women of ages ranging from 21 to 28 are estimated to be unemployed, despite their continuous effort to escape their unfortu-nate status. In the best-case scenario, one would get the well-paying, stable job that he or she had been vying for all the time. However, here is the problem in Korea: As most youths choose to only seek out jobs that ensure a good, steady pay, some careers are drying up altogether. With a grand total of a whopping 31.8% of female and 34.1% of male high school students in Seoul wanting to become teachers, judicial officers, office-workers or doc-tors, there is little room left for other careers to occupy society.

korea’s careers:

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Here’s one question bound to have crossed your mind since you entered Upper School: What am I going to do after I graduate?

By Amber Song (9)

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Other than the previously mentioned reasons, there is another cause of the lack of diversity in Korea’s careers: society’s disinterest. As our society has evolved, the needs and interests of citizens have changed drastically. One prime example is the publishing industry: sales of books, newspapers and magazines have been gradual-ly decreasing recently in Korea. Since not many people are still willing to sacrifice their time to read, publish-ing agencies are suffering greatly; less readers mean less profit, which will soon come to threaten the publications’ very existence, should this trend continue. However, the problem does not end there. It is quite common to see workplaces dominated by men, with females facing unfair treatment. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as the ‘Glass ceiling’, a barrier of discrimination that keeps minorities and women from climbing the corporate ladder even if they are qualified to do so. The not-so-subtle layer of Confucianism that persists in Korea is thought to be the main cause of this phenomenon, as the Confucian school of thought em-phasizes female subordination. This leads many to think that women should not be in a position of power, or that they are undeserving of the same rewards that their male counterparts receive for the same work. What is signifi-cant is that South Korea has the biggest wage gap between men and women among the developed nations, with a not-so-impressive 36.6% average difference between the wages of

male and female workers. Many complain that wom-en are not welcomed in Korea as equal members of society alongside men. “I’m planning on going to a foreign universi-ty-- preferably one that’ll help me pursue my passion in the arts. Though, I’m not quite sure if that’ll get me the stability and the steady income that my parents want. I mean, foreign universities aren’t cheap. And, it’s not like artists have the most stable careers in the world..” said Gloria Noh, a freshman and an aspiring artist. “But the thing is, Korea’s not the most welcome place for people like me.” After talking to a considerable number of stu-dents, an obvious trend began to surface: Korea’s careers weren’t the most diverse ones in the world, nor were they willing to allow more variety. While many arguments and opinions continue to clash, Korea’s grim and materialistic future continues to trudge on. Diversity is an important aspect in all of our lives, as different talents coexist. With standards of employment climbing higher than ever and possibilities shutting doors in people’s faces every year, one question persists: Will this continue? To chip in my two cents, I think that Korea definitely has some room for improve-ment — during recent years, many young Koreans have turned their eyes to private businesses and other ways to make use of their talents. If South Korea can draw out the brilliance of these young minds, I think that it might stand a chance against a dark future.

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50 Shades of Justice

Crime itself is a manmade concept that is dependent on laws that man also creates. Laws are created with the intention of

protecting the majority of society through the credibility of a punishment; in other words justice. But what happens when “justice” becomes cruel and unproportional to a crime? This article will analyze the implied legal consequences of the crime of theft in South Korea, USA, Saudi Arabia, China, and India. Due to the dif-ferent degrees and subtle variations of theft, the hy-pothetical crime will be a case in which a first-time offender successfully steals something of relative value (below $50 USD) in public without using any physical violence. Each country’s maximum legisla-tive punishment of a successful prosecution will be analyzed.

CASE 1. A man steals a bag from a woman and in Seoul, South Korea and is caught later that day. By South Korean law, he would be punished for larceny and face up to 6 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to 10 million won ($8564.60 USD) by Article 329 of the Criminal Act (1).

CASE 2. A man steals a bag from a woman in San Francisco, USA and is caught later that day. By California law, he would be punished for theft and larceny and face a fine of up to $1000 USD, a term of imprisonment lasting up to six months, or both by §490 of the California Penal Code (2).

CASE 3. A man steals a bag from a woman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and is caught later that day. By Shari’ah Law (Islamic law), his right hand could be amputated as punishment (3).

CASE 4. A man steals a bag from a woman in Beijing, China and is caught later that day. By Chi-nese law, he would most likely face about 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 yuan ($3148 USD) (4).

CASE 5. A man steals a bag from a woman in Mumbai, India and is caught later that day. By Indian law, he would face up to 10 years of imprisonment, pay a fine, or punished with both according to the Indian Penal Code, 1860: §379 (5).

With the same crime committed, how can such an obvious spectrum of judgement exist? The societal value of justice is that it should promote peace and equality in the world. From an analytical standpoint, different cultural/religious values often overlap with a country’s legislative actions. A country’s cultural values are often a reflection of its history. By taking into ac-count both cultural and historical factors, a country’s legal system can be understood better. South Korea’s culture is characterized as rapidly growing and defending the country against its rowdy northern counterpart, North Korea. In such a tightly knit national community, serious crime is naturally taboo to the average person.

By Sean Choi (11)

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Accordingly, the South Korean government issues a serious punishment of 6 years for petty theft. The same crime committed across the world in San Francisco could land the offender a period of imprisonment for up to 6 months in addition to a $1000 fine. Historically, the US is a nation founded on inde-pendence and virtues that the founding fathers heroically fought for. One of the most significant themes of this historical event was the empowerment to the people over the government. As a result, all offenders are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law (presump-tion of innocence). Yet, the same crime committed in Saudi Arabia could potentially result in the amputation of the offender’s right hand. Shari’ah Law is the basis of Islamic legislative systems. Ironically, the term “Shari’ah” originates from the Arabic language, meaning a group of moral and religious laws that comes from religious prophecy as opposed to human legislation. The irony is that human judgment is inevitable for governments and judicial branches to func-tion successfully. China, currently 1.4 billion people strong, did not

always experience the benefits of a confucianism-based le-gal system, a system founded on the belief that all humans are inherently good. As the population grew exponentially, a stricter form of law known as “legalism” emerged. In contrast to confucianism, people are not assumed to be good and strict. Therefore, strict laws accompanying harsh punishments are fully utilized, leading to the legal struc-ture of present-day China. Although there isn’t an ultimate truth, one can see that Justice becomes alarmingly contradictory in the event that a punishment heavily outweighs a crime to a degree that a second chance isn’t feasible to those pun-ished. Where does this all point to? Mercy. In the words of

Martin Luther King, Jr., “Darkness can-not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate can-not drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Illustration by Emily Choi (9)

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CARTOON: racism?By Emily Choi (9)

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A Quick Message to Video gamers:why is the world so...

Assassin’s creed, League of Legends, Tekken, these are all games that have hit massive success and is currently loved by almost all gamers. However, it is surely interesting how most of these games only cast men as their main characters. EEDAR, a video game research firm, found that of 669 games that had protagonists with recognizable genders, 24 had only female protagonists. That is 3% out of the whole games that has a gender. Furthermore, based on whatculture.com, out of 30 of the most famous, world-wide games, only 5 contained main characters that were female. Out of the whole game spectrum, it was only 15% out of all existing games that contained female main char-acters. Gaming industries primarily got away with this issue of less female and more male by claiming that the majority of gamers were men. This is true; many people claim they rarely encounter a woman player. They say they lacked the amount of female gamers to actually put female game characters to use. However,

remarkably on 2013, women have succeeded to make up to almost half of the gaming audience. The gam-ing industry, on the other hand only put around 5% of games’ protagonists (40% being genderless games) being female, leaving the rest to be all male. Now that’s not fair, is it? The second reason why we don’t have that many women characters is because we don’t want it. To understand this, let’s discuss about stereotypes with gender. We have to notice that we’ve been pumping the fuel for the common idea we have of both sexes, with our own hands! What we typically think is: Males are strong, powerful, filled with courage and leadership, always ready for a good adventure. For women, they areportrayed as feminine, weak, delicate, shy and more stay-home-and-netflix than running around with a sword in their hands. And so, our entertain-ment industry— who wants us to be interested in whatever they may be producing— matches their casts and what they portray based on our ideal. It’s just a

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vicious cycle. We create norms about gender, then en-tertainment soaks it right up, affecting those watching whatever they come up with. This in turn influences the audience, making them think the norm should be blindly accepted. Now, gender is not the only problem that should hit the spot light. In real life, Asian people practically rule the whole Earth by its massive population of a massive 60%(no offense for other races!). But for some reason, video games seems to be overloaded with pale-skinned people, wherever the games may be set. A whopping of 80% of the male game characters (ruling the game world by it’s 85.2% population of males) are white. Black peo-ple are 11% as Hispanics while Asians are almost 2.6%. In 2008, there were roughly 190 million whites, 38 million blacks, and 48 million Hispanic/Latino(a)s playing video games. Percentage wise, it would be that 67% of gamers were white, 13% were black, and 20% being Hispanic/Latino(a) out of male gamers only. According to these data, gamers of races other than white were under repre-sented within video games. At first, at the very least, African Americans proved to be and exception of this, given a respectively high representation among video game characters com-pared to video game developers. However, such rates existed only within the boundaries of virtual athletes in sports games, with many remaining characters represent-ing gangsters and street people in games such as “Grand Theft Auto” and “50 Cent Bulletproof.” Dmitri Williams, a communications researcher at the University of South-ern California said, “If I was African American, I’d be displeased with the poor quality of my portrayals. If I was Hispanic, I’d be displeased with my lack of portrayal.” What is causing all this though? I mean, all those ideas and stock images we have in our brain must have

originated from somewhere, no? In fact, these are all due to stereotypes that were built throughout history. Blackpeople have been branded as irresponsible, lazy people whoare often addicted to drugs. White people have been usuallyviewed as a proper, having a sense of entitlement, being the symbol of power, and Stuck up. Asians at a glance are usually perceived as Chinese, Karate masters, have conservative parents, are Math-whizzles, and very terrible at English. Latino and Hispanic people are considered to be either construction workers, or gang members, very family-oriented, and dangerous! Some games certainly made a big step to make characters more representative of the real world. But then again—just like gender issues— what society had told us affected to what we want and what we think is the norm; the bestselling games turned out as those with the most imbalanced portrayals. Even minority kids may prefer creating idealized characters which resemble the mainstream of American society. Besides, the stunning lack of both children and elderly people in video games also hints at a preference for characters in the prime of their lives. “The more player control there is, the more likely people will make characters that look like them — or that they want to look like,” Williams said. A Chadwick student also claims she has felt the same way when she was playing games. “I was playing Infamous: Second Son with my friends, and I noticed most of the characters there were white. Imagine my disappointment.” In a world of color, there is just no excuse to the fact that different races are underrepresented within video games, a worldwide culture that most everyone loves. However, if we are not even able to control racism and sexism within virtual reality, how are we supposed to do the same in real life?

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cafeteria food: is it better?By John Lee (9) and Susan Yang (9)

“So fresh, so cool!” These are some of the words that students and staff used to describe the new cafeteria of CI. This year, “Ourhome” newly took charge of the CI cafeteria, replacing J&J catering, which had been serving the Chadwickians since the opening of the school. Despite initial concerning voices against the alteration, since the transition, both the quality and variety have been reported to have improved to the satis-faction of returning students and staff. In order to analyze the factors that enabled such improvements and discover spaces for further improvements, two CI journalists interviewed students and teachers on campus.

When Yubin, a 9th-grade student, was asked about the differences made to the cafeteria, he said, “I love this new company overall! I just love it.” You may wonder how a person can get so emphatic talking about a school cafeteria. However, it turns out that he is not the only big fan of Ourhome. According to the interviews conducted with students and staff, the added variety of food and improved quality of the salad bar significantly contributed to Ourhome’s success at CI.

Mr. Dalais said, “Along with general improve-ments in the food quality, I love the increased menu choices of the salad bar.” Similarly, Ms. Long, who has been part of CI from the opening of the school, ex-pressed her deep affection towards the new salad bar, which now has a variety of fruits, and quality deserts (such as everyone’s favorite, mango jelly). In addition, she mentioned that noodle, Korean, and BBQ menus have risen as “the three superior lunch menus” at CI, mentioning that, “the noodle menu is always prepared with fresh vegetables, and the Korean menu has been just perfect.”

Despite all the compliments, a few individuals still suggest possible grounds for improvement. For example, a 9th grade English teacher Ms. Thomas commented that a greater attention to the details is needed saying, “Foods like olives must be placed on top of the dish so that people can make it topping for salads.”

After all, what is the meaning of life in the absence of good food? Just last year, a great deal of students complained about the types of food served by the cafeteria vendor. Ourhome, however, with its utmost effort to improve the quality, touched every-one’s heart and reversed the situation. Although some people are indifferent to or not completely satisfied with the changes, it is clear that Ourhome’s service is greatly appreciated by the majority of the students and faculty members. The CI community is looking forward to more progress in the further improvement of cafeteria food throughout the year.

““I love this new company in overall! I just love it.”

“Along with general im-provements in the food quality, I love the increased menu choices of the salad bar.”

“The noodle menu is always prepared with fresh vegeta-bles, and the Korean menu has been just perfect.”

“Foods like olives must be placed on top of the dish so that people can make it topping for salads.”

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Chibundu

With a hearty laugh and a charming smile, Chibundu Onuzo entered Chadwick International. Coming all the way from London to Incheon, South Korea, Onuzo finally arrived in CI to share her remarkable story and invaluable experience as a journalist and writer. Onuzo has been working on articles, blogs, has published a novel, The Spider’s King’s daughter, and is one of the rising stars in the field of journalism. A woman of clear convic-tions who values her own thoughts and perspectives toward different global issues, Onuzo has written multiple opinion articles, blogs and a novel to evince her notions and ideas to the public. On September 21st during journalism plus period, the students got time to interact and hear about her thoughts. With us, she shared the experiences that she had had as a young journalist and the perspectives that she has developed through those experiences. Her story inspired, motivated and even gave some a moment of epiphany. “I guess it’s good to be writing” said Onuzo. She writes for many reasons. She gets asked to write about a certain issue, sometimes she does it to earn money, and sometimes to share her views to bring awareness to the issue. “I usually write opinion articles because I can tell strong views of mine. However, sometimes I need to be very careful of what I’m writing because people see everything that I post in public.” said Onuzo. While we were making small talk, listening to her anecdotes and other delightfully funny stories, a serious question arose. “Since you also write about Nigeria, your own country, how do you feel when Nigeria is viewed as a place of corruption and economic inequality?” said Daniel (Doh Hyoung) Kim. The disappointment appeared on her face as she was talking about how upsetting it was that Nigeria is only seen as a place of depravity. She did her best to present a fairer view of Nigeria by showing the diverse sides of her own country. While most of the students view Nigeria as a place where human-trafficking, corruption and wealth inequality was occurring,Ms. Onuzo thought a little differently.

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“What spoke to me was her disappointment of people only focusing on the neg-ative aspects of Nigeria. She wants people to be interested in the overall and positive side of her country. This made me to look at the diverse aspects and come up with a more positive outlook.” said Daniel, (Doh Hyoung) Kim. Chibundu Onuzo has no doubt made a big impact on our students and influ-enced us to look at the world with a broader perspective. What really makes her different from other authors is that she accepts and embraces different perspectives to create her own idiosyncratic view of the world. Having demonstrated how accepting different views can change how she perceives things by integrating with her own view, Onuzo, for sure incul-cated this paramount idea about perspective.

Perspective is a very important matter which determines how we look and thin about a certain subject. Through her interview, Onuzo demonstrated how perspectives should be based on open mindedness, but also held with boldness.

People tend to look and view a certain thing with a focus on one as-pect. Be cause they are trapped in a cage of stereotypes and have fixed mind-sets, it is always difficult for them to look at different points of view and devi-ate from their norms. In a locked up cage full of stereotypes and orthodoxy, Onuzo had discovered the key to unlocking perspectives. “As a young journalist, I admit that I need to learn and discover more about the world. However, one of the things that I can definitely say about how I was able to gain a more diverse perspective is because of my own expe-riences.” said Onuzo. The key was her experience. “The greatest inspiration I had through talking with her was due to her expe-riences. I strongly agree with the idea of watching, and experiencing, because I believe that it is the easiest way to understand about the world. With this in mind, I decided to have more experience and watch more news” said Benny (Hanbyeol) Joo.

Onuzo

Even though writing about her arguments and perspective required a bit of courage and critical thinking, this allowed her to pursue great journalism and write articles which make the audience think and reflect on themselves and the world that surrounds them. She has taken advantage of her experience to do something difficult: To broaden her view of the world. This is what makes her stand out as a writer. When Chibundu Onuzo left CI, she did not just leave her valuable life experiences as a journalist. She left our school leaving a very important lesson: how we can become considerate of a certain subject just by opening up our minds by listening to unfamiliar yet unique perspectives.

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Nowadays, people can easily travel to other countries due to the

development of airlines. Every year, the percentage of the foreigners

in Korea is increasing. Some of them are tourists who are staying for a

short time, and others are immigrants who decided to stay in Korea for

their career, love, or other reasons. As the immigrants have their own

cultural backgrounds, their cultures slowly mix with the Korean culture,

enriching the diversity of culture in different aspects. Especially, diversi-

ty in food can be easily found in our daily lives. There are a lot of Chinese people in Korea, and there

is a significant number of Koreans who love Chinese

food. In Korea, about 65% of the total population likes to eat black soy noodles. On average, Koreans

eat black soy noodles twice a month (Cho, pg.54). Based on these datas, it seems like Chinese food has become an integral part of Korean food culture.

However, the black soy noodles in Korea are very different from the original.

Chinese black soy noodles are eaten with yellow bean

paste instead of black soy sauce, and only pork is added

to the sauce. Also, cucumber, bean sprouts or other fresh

vegetables are added, cooling the temperature of the noo-

dles. On the other hand, Korean black soy noodles are

served with black bean paste, which is fried in the pan

with pork and other vegetables such as beans or onions.

It is a hot dish, and sometimes has cucumber or corn at

the top for decoration. It is also served with yellow radish

pickles. What happened to the black soy noodles? How did they establish themselves as a pop-ular food in Korea? Back in the 1950‘s, there were a lot of Chinese workers in the Incheon port, and a Chinese restaurant named “Gong hwa chun” modified the noodles to attract the workers in the area. Later on, the black soy noodles became very popular all over the peninsula, and it is still one of the most loved delivery foods in Korea.

We Are One In front of the food

Curry is a dish that is frequently served in Korean cafeterias. There are several reasons why curry is favored by public catering services. It is tasty, easy to consume left over ingredients, and easy to make. Many people tend to think that the curry Koreans usually eat is a modified version of Indian curry. However, curry in Korea is a variation of Japanese curry, which was introduced to Korea during Japanese occupation. Korean curry has a thinner texture compared to Indian curry, and is usually served as a soup or stew, not as a sauce. There are some differences between Japanese curry and Korean curry. Korean curry tends to be more yellow than the Japanese one because more turmeric is used. Also, while Korean curry is served with a sauce that is cooked with vegetables, meat and other ingredients, Japanese curry is served with a topping like pork cutlet or sausages on a sauce that is cooked without much added ingredients. Although the two types of curry may seem similar in that they are usually eaten with rice, there are some big differences which show that the two countries have different appetites.

The culture is easily found in the clothing, trends,

media, and food. The food people eat have close rela-

tionships with their culture and identity. As different

cultures coexist in Korea, there are foods which origi-

nated from other countries, but settled down as parts

of the local culture. The diversity of food shows that

Korea is now accepting and integrating other cultures

to establish a unique global identity.

By: Hyeseong Yoon (11)

http://www.humanistbooks.com/book/bookView.aspx?bookcode=NC000280&btype=author Sen, Colleen. A Global History of : Curry. 2009. Print.http://cliparts.co/clipart/2316291

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By Yerim Mo (11)

Time Capsule & Description

Trend IN

K-DramaKorean drama has always been the ‘Hot Issue’ because it is a great entertainment to people all around the world. As time passes, technological advancement and content improvement is being made. As these improvements are made, more and more people are falling in love with Korean drama which is making it increasingly popular all over the world. Popular Korean dramas such as : Full House, Boys Over Flowers, The Heirs and My Love from the Star have been translated in various languages because it was not only loved in Korea but also in a plethora of different countries. As winter comes, a myriad of people are looking for Korean dramas to watch in their homes drinking a cup of hot chocolate. Here is a recap of popular Korean dramas from 2002 to 2015.

2002The Winter Poem A story about Eugene when she is about to get married but meets Minhyoung, who looks exactly like Eugene’s first love.

2003DaeJangGeum A story about how a girl called JangGeum goes into the palace and becomes the greatest doctor.

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Full House A story about Jieun’s life after she was swindled and gives her house to Youngjae

The Couple of Prague A special love story between a honest diplomat and a brave investigator.

2005

2004

2006 HwangJinYi A story of a girl named Hwangjinyi, a female entertainer in Chosun.

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Jumong A story of Jumong’s life from the fall of Gochosun to the rise of Goguryeo.

2007

2008YiSan The life of the 22nd king of Chosun, Jeongjo and his love with Seong Songyeon.

2009Boys Over Flowers A love story of a poor but a bright girl called Jandi and Joonpyo, the son of from a very rich family but with bad personalities.

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2010 Secret Garden A love story that happens when the spirits of a stunt woman, Gil Lime and Kim Juwon, an owner of a department store are exchanged.

Dongyi A story of a girl named Dongyi, who was the lowest level in the castle becomes the wife of Sukjong (19th king of Choson) and the

mother of Yeongjo (21st king of Choson).

Master of Study A story of high school troublemakers who later studies hard to go to famous universities.

The Princess' Man A forbidden love story of Se leoung and Seungyou, whose families are enemies of each other.

2011

Dream High A story of teenagers who want to be celebrities, coming together to Kirin Arts High school and trying to achieve their goals.

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2012Moon Embracing the Sun Love story between a fictional Chosun king called Lee Hwon and sorceress called Huh Yeonu.

Reply 1997 Story of 5 teenagers growing up together showing friendship and love in the late 1990s.

2013I Can Hear Your Voice A story that happens after a lawyer called Jang Hyeseong, a teenager high school boy called Park Sooha and another lawyer called Cha Gwanu meets.

Master's Sun A horror and a love story between Joo Joongwon, a greedy rich owner of an enormous department store called Kingdom, and Tae Gongshil, an employee in Kingdom who can see ghosts.

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2014My Love from the Star A love story of a human-like alien who came from another planet 400 years ago called Do Minjoon and a top actress called Chun Songyi.

Discovery of Love The story happens after Yeoleum and Taeha breaks up and Yeoleum starts dating Hajin but, then 4 years after Yeoleum and Taeha break up, they become business partners and Taeha starts to have feelings towards Yeolum again.

She was Pretty Haejin and Seongjoon were friends since elementary school. But, Seongjoon leaves the country to go the U.S. After, both of them becomes adults, they work as employee and employer. When Seongjoon returns, he doesn’t notice Haejin because she has changed so much. But throughout the story Haejin becomes so beautiful and finds her true love with Seongjoon.

2015

Who Are You: School 2015 A story that happens after the lives of twin sisters have been switched and includes high school students dealing with friendship, love, academic stress and family problems.

Oh My Ghostess A story that happens after a ghost called Soonae enters into Bongson’s body and falls in love with Sunwoo.

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METAL GEAR SOLID 5 & MAD MAX RELEASEDBy Dohun Lee (11), Bill Park (11)

METAL GEAR SOLID 5 REVIEW

September 1, 2015 was a great day for gamers. Not only did a game that was announced all the way back in 2012 come out, a game tied to Mad Max: Fury Road also came out. The former being Metal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain, the latter being Mad Max. Let’s start with the Metal Gear Series. The first Metal Gear game came out all the way back in 1995 and it was very well received, many describ-ing it as a great stealth game with a great story. For the next 28 years, the series evolved, all the way up until the latest installment, Metal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain came out. Although Metal Gear wasn’t the first game to use stealth, its great story set it apart from other games in its genre. However, the most popular in the series, Metal Gear Solid, one of the first great 3D games for Playstation 3, displaying Hideo Kojima’s (creator of the metal gear series) talent and creativity. However, if you ask people what the best game in the series is, most of them are going to say that Metal Gear Solid 3 : Snake Eater is the best in the whole series. Set during the cold war, it follows

the story of Big Boss/Naked Snake on his way to becoming a hero. It wasn’t a generic game where the character kills everything in its path to become a hero. Instead, it had one of the most emotional plots in recent videogame history and in almost every video talking about the best video game endings, this game will be mentioned.

email dlee2017@chadwickschool.org the secret word in this article to get Call of Duty : Ghosts for FREE! (only in digital version) one person will be randomly selected to receive the game.

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Finally, let’s talk about Metal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain. MGSV : TPP is an open world game set in Africa and Afghanistan in 1984. It follows the story of Big Boss Ahab and his vengeance for what happened 7 years ago. This game’s gameplay was amongst the best I’ve played this year. Among the countless abilities, you can interrogate enemy soldiers for information, make your horse defecate to make enemy cars lose control and much more unique stuff. Also, the game has a dynamic day and night system which makes it possible for different ways to approach a mission during the day and throughout the night. During the day, enemy soldiers will be walking around the base and there will be more soldiers. However, it is easier to notice and evade the enemies from far away as well. During the night, however, some soldiers will be sleeping and there will be less enemies overall but their enemies will be holding flashlights which can make you get detected very easily. Another feature of the game is its dynamic weather system. So, in Afghanistan, there will be a sandstorm from time to time. During this time, it is almost impossible to spot an enemy but the enemy will also have a hard time finding you. Unfortunately, I felt the story is somewhat lacking. Chapter 1 - Revenge - follows Big Boss as he seeks revenge on XOF (a terrorist cell) for destroying their base 7 years prior. This chapter has a complex story with interesting missions and villians. However, chapter 2 is when things start to get dodgy.

Some characters don’t even have an ending to their story and the collector’s edition includes a cut scene for what looks like a mission which made people to wonder if the game was unfinished. This prompted an official statement by the developer claiming the game was released unfinished. Most users don’t blame the developer but the company instead. While the game was being developed, there were rumors that Konami fired Hideo Kojima. More and more evidence started appearing when studio Kojima’s logo disappeared from the game’s box art. In addition, Konami announced that there will be no more Metal Gear games from now on. Some die hard fans are still fuming at Konami for doing these things to their beloved series. In conclusion, Metal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain is a great ending to a series that has excited and delighted for more than 20 years. Al-though it lacks in its story, it has some of the BEST gameplay mechanics ever. Also, Hideo Kojima’s new approach to open world gaming has been successful with outposts to be conquered all over the two distinctively different maps and a day and night system to diversify the gameplay. I would give this game a 9/10 and recommend it to anyone seeking an enjoyable gaming experience.

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Ever since the huge success of “Mad Max : Fury Road”, people wanted more Mad Max. That’s when Ava-lanche studio announced that they were making a brand new Mad Max game. When Mad Max the game was shown at e3 2015, gamers got a glimpse of the amazing car combat & customization that this game offered. This got gamers excited. So excited that this game became one of the most anticipated games of 2015. When the game was released, however, both professional reviewers and users were disappointed with the game. One of the most credible gaming sites “Gamespot” gave Mad Max a 6/10 saying “Mad Max offers great car combat and some gorgeous scenery, but with simplistic fighting mechanics and tedious activ-ities, it quickly loses its luster.” However, users had a different opinion about the game’s fighting mechanic. Mad Max followed the fighting mechanics from the Batman Arkham series which was praised for its spot on accurate controls. So, users loved the gameplay. However, professional reviewers didn’t like the combat because there was no freshness to the mechanic. Middle Earth : Shadow of Mordor, another game that had the same gameplay mechanics was praised for the mechanic because it added fresh mechanics to the already great mechanic such as strength & weakness or bow attacks. One thing both reviewers and users agreed that Mad Max did right was the car combat. The multitude of things you could customize was unreal. You could add boosters, harpoons, spikes and many more to en-hance your vehicle on your way to building the Mag-num Opus (car) to kill Immortan Joe’s (a vile dictator) third son.

Every upgrade has its perks too. Spikes actually stop enemies from climbing on your car and boosters give you a huge boost on a car chase. These awesome perks, coupled with one of the larger open world maps created by Avalanche creates a unique gaming experi-ence for everyone playing the game. Mad Max the game is a game which follows the film protagonist Max. Max embarks on a perilous jour-ney to reclaim his legendary vehicle. His car was stolen by the thrid son of Immortan, Scrotus. To find his car and get his revenge on Scrotus, Max joins forces with ChumBucket, an “idiot savant sidekick”, and comman-deers an all-new vehicle capable of heavy customiza-tion - the “Magnum Opus”. Fighting his way toward his vehicle, Max will encounter many others throughout the outback, both friend and foe. Ultimately, Max’s quest leads him to finding the “Plains of Silence”, a fabled land where he might find solace from his mad-ness. Avalanche studios had big pressure not only be-cause they released their game on the same day as Met-al Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain, but also because the movie “Mad Max :Fury Road” had a box office record of $400 million dollars. In addition to that, Av-alanche Studio was making another game called “Just Cause 3” a series made by the studio. Personally, when I played the game, I had fun for the first 5 hours of game play, but after a certain point through the game, it seemed the game was just repeating itself. Therefore, because of the decent but quickly repetitive gameplay I would give this game a 6.5/10, similar to the Gamespot review.

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