Baseball is dying. A sport whose fanbase is predominantly middle-aged is slowly ceding ground to action-packed sports like basketball and football, which continue to attract America’s youth in spades. The glory days of America’s pastime are long gone, and the sport is struggling to deal with it. Much of the…
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Korea Reveals the Dark Side of Kpop
Recently, there has been a huge scandal going around in the Korean music industry. On March 12, Seungri a member of the influential Korean boy group, Big Bang, became a very hot topic to people all around the world. This member, Seungri, was accused of drug distributions, bringing prostitutes to VIP customers at…
Coffee is Good for You
Coffee is a beverage that almost 107 million people drink in the United States alone. And, 450 million cups are consumed every day in the United States. Many Americans think that coffee is good for you but many also think that this beverage can be dangerous to your health. There are many benefits…
The Undeniable Power of Social Media
By now, you must have heard about the egg being the most liked photo on Instagram, surpassing the previous world record of 18 million likes on Kylie Jenner’s post. On the 4th of January 2019, a picture of an egg was posted on Instagram claiming the goal of breaking the world record of most-liked…
[JJSR Highlights]South Korea’s Pursuit of Gold in the AFC Asian Cup
It has been nearly 60 years since Korea has won the AFC Asian Cup. The 2019 Asian Cup is taking place in the United Arab Emirates from January 5th to February 1st. The Asian Cup is an international football tournament held every four years in select Asian countries. It is the second oldest continental…
[Editor’s Column]The Internet’s Opposition to Alex Jones
It all started with Apple eliminating the entire library of InfoWars podcasts on iTunes and Podcast apps. Then came YouTube and Facebook, both restricting the access to any of Alex Jones’ uploaded content through channels/pages. Recently, Spotify did the same thing. What these five major social media platforms have in common…
[JJSR Highlights]Movie Review: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Mostly everyone has dreamt of having superpowers at least once in their lifetime. One of the characters that inspires young children and teenagers these days is Spiderman. Students who have never seen Spiderman have started to enjoy and cherish Spiderman through the new Spiderman movie that was first released on December 14, 2018. Like…
Rapper San E Releases Controversial Songs about Feminism
On August 6 of 2015, a group of feminist users of DC Inside created the highly controversial South Korean radical feminist website Megalia. Following the false rumor that two Korean women who had contracted MERS had refused quarantine to go on a shopping trip, sexist comments were harshly thrown around on DC Inside. This controversy…
A Reflection on the Dodgers’ 2018 Season
The best part of the 2018 Dodgers’ season took place on October 27, 12:29 AM. Game 3 of the World Series. Max Muncy – the 28 year old utility man who was almost out of baseball prior to the 2018 season – strode to the plate, fresh off of a 35 homer campaign…
[Editor’s Column]Crazy Rich Asians and Representation
When considering Crazy Rich Asians without any knowledge in the history of race relations, or how racial representations work and why they matter, then Crazy Rich Asians is a typical rom-com with typical rom-com tropes: the matriarch, the sassy best friend, the over-the-top cousin, and a collection of flamboyant characters. There are…