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I have always been the type of person who likes to have a plan, and backup plans, and backups to those backup plans. My impending state of unemployment, that uncertain time between graduation and graduate school or employment, is bringing up overwhelming feelings of anxiety. It’s making it difficult
Column
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.12.18 20:03
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The Center for Ambitious Failure was established in June 2021, in line with President Kwang Hyung Lee’s initiative to establish a “failure laboratory” and to instill a culture of resilience and creativity in KAIST. The KAIST Herald interviewed Professor Junyong Noh, the director of the Center, to fi
Interview
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.12.18 20:03
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We have talked about social media before — how ubiquitous its presence is in our lives, how the rise of trolls and fake news warn us to be more careful, and how it is harming our society. With the release of the Facebook Papers and Frances Haugen’s testimony as a whistleblower, we now have concrete
Debate
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.11.21 21:18
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Google the word “self-care”, and you’ll most likely find articles about the five self-care habits you need, or how sleep and exercise are essential, or capitalist suggestions of buying “self-care kits”. Especially in the past year, more and more people are looking to self-care techniques to help cop
Column
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.11.21 21:18
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You have a deadline in two hours and an exam in two weeks. You haven’t started the deadline yet, nor have you started studying. Because whenever you try to, you feel anxious and judge yourself for not being able to do the homework perfectly or understand the exam contents. You always do this; you sh
Column
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.26 18:27
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Professor Kyung Ryul Park specializes in the intersection between digital technology and global development. He has the unique perspective of being in academia while being a development practitioner, with a background of working in the field of international development for seven years in Tanzania,
Feature
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.26 18:26
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Professor Grant Fisher is the head of the undergraduate minor program in Science and Technology Policy (STP). His research interests include history and philosophy of chemistry, the philosophy of scientific models and scientific practice, and philosophy of science policy. Why did you choose to study
Feature
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.26 18:26
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As of September 27, KAIST has recorded a total of 58 COVID-19 cases. In September, 13 new cases have been reported in the Daejeon campus. The 57th case marked the fifth case by chain transmission within the KAIST campus. The sudden rise in cases comes with the spread of the delta variant in Daejeon,
News
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.01 19:05
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The bio-cosmetics startup MODAMODA Inc. recently launched global sales of a “functional pro-change black shampoo”, which was jointly developed with Professor Haeshin Lee from the Department of Chemistry. The product of a seven-year research collaboration, it was first released on the crowdfunding pl
Research
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.01 19:05
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Exciting College Life (ECL) and Happy College Life (HCL): classes that no freshman knows about when they come to KAIST, and classes that upperclassmen say are misleading since they are neither happy nor exciting. Established in 2011, the goal of HCL and ECL classes is to help freshmen adjust to KAIS
Op-Ed
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.01 19:05
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Every journey begins with a single step. Mine began in a place probably familiar to most students: in the spring semester of 2021, the worst semester I’ve experienced so far. I was juggling being editor-in-chief, doing my graduation thesis, taking classes, feeling sad that I am yet again unable to g
Column
Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.01 19:05
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Dear Reader, As I write this last letter, I take in the view of the duck pond in the fading light, remembering how I struggled with my first letter as Editor-in-Chief in this very spot. It has become my habit to sit here after every publication, quietly congratulating myself and taking a moment to b
Letter
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.06.28 23:33
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Our generation has had almost our whole lives captured in photos, down to the mundane day-to-day activities. Dubbed the “selfie generation”, we have grown up with the modern technology that gave rise to the ubiquity of photographs. Although there is an argument for living in the moment versus obsess
Society
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.06.28 23:31
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Print Format
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.06.09 12:00
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The KAIST Herald interviewed KAIST international alumni about their experiences as students in KAIST and how these experiences have helped them in their current careers. This interview series was conducted in collaboration with International Scholar and Student Services (ISSS). Please introduce your
Feature
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.05.22 17:37
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The KAIST Herald interviewed KAIST international alumni about their experiences as students in KAIST and how these experiences have helped them in their current careers. This interview series was conducted in collaboration with International Scholar and Student Services (ISSS). Please introduce your
Feature
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.05.22 17:37
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Dear Reader,I am the editor of a campus newspaper, but ironically, I often dread reading the news. For the past two years, I’ve been keeping myself more updated about world news and global crises as part of the job description — and frankly, it’s been draining. Reading about the looming climate cata
Letter
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.05.22 17:36
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Print Format
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.05.19 22:18
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On April 1, the KAIST Task Force (TF) announced that another COVID-19-positive patient has been confirmed, marking the 8th case in KAIST. The Yuseong Health Center identified six close contacts, two of them testing positive on April 2. On the same day, two other people tested positive, one person id
News
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.04.28 18:25
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Dear Reader, These past few years, writing has been difficult for me. Knowing that people are reading these words fills me with anxiety, and so I place great expectations on each word and sentence before I even write them — which usually paralyzes me and leads to staring at a blank page the night be
Letter
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.04.14 17:35