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Internationally, “open access” has been a hot keyword in the past month, as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation declared that all research projects funded by the organization must enable open access to their papers immediately upon publication, and the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announced that they would be making all their articles freely available online. In other news, the Euro
Policies Today
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 05:30
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In a few weeks, I will finally be done with college. Though I am unsure what to do next, one thing is for certain – it will not be laboratory research. I didn’t always have this mindset. I initially enjoyed laboratory research, and thought it was much preferable to having a desk job. At the my first biology lab, I had an amazing mentor who gave me tasks that helped me better understand conce
Column
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:18
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Internationally, some significant policy news in the past month included the appointment of the first female director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), a climate deal made by European Union (EU) leaders, the United States (US) government’s temporary ban on gain-of-function research, and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) plans to produce millions of Ebola vac
Policies Today
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 23:36
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A performance art project by Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz has recently garnered a lot of attention. For her senior thesis, Sulkowicz is carrying her 50-pound dorm room mattress everywhere until she graduates, unless the university expels her alleged rapist. Sulkowicz claims she was raped two years ago by a male student in her dorm, but was too scared to file a complaint until meeting
Column
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:38
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The course waiver exam exists for a reason – to enable students to forgo sitting through lectures on material they have already learned. A significant number of class hours is involved in receiving credit for a course; however, if students are already familiar with the course material, these classes can be a very repetitious and tedious ordeal. Thus, if students demonstrate that they are alr
Debate
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:20
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Internationally, the United Nations Climate Summit convened recently in New York, on September 23. Attendees included world leaders, celebrities, businesses, and activists who expressed their devotion to the cause and declared visions and plans to curb emissions. Many leaders advocated a timeline in which greenhouse gas emissions would reach a peak before 2020, then decline to a level of climate n
International
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:13
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The ASPIRE E-Olympics was held at KAIST last summer from August 7 to 9, marking the first time students from ASPIRE's five member universities were brought together to participate in an intercollegiate athletic event. The KAIST Herald met with three student organizers to hear more about the E-Olympics and its purpose.Can you briefly introduce yourselves?Kim: My name is Yoseup Kim. I am a student
Society
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.01.18 11:46
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South Korea has the highest suicide rate in the OECD and second highest worldwide, according to statistics gathered in 2012. The general public tends to attribute Korea's high suicide rate to the hypercompetitive environment in the classroom and workplace. Stories of young people taking their own lives after failing to meet social expectations, most notably those related to poor performances on u
Column
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.01.18 00:47
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The KAIST Graduate School Association 1cm+ is currently in the process of drafting a bill of rights that outlines the rights and responsibilities of graduate students. On September 17, 1cm+ held a public hearing on the most recent version of the bill of rights to gather the opinions of the KAIST community and take suggestions for further improvement. A number of graduate students, undergraduate st
News
Jiwon Lee Staff Reporter
2015.01.17 17:51