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Dear Reader,I brew a warm cup of hand-dripped coffee. I open the window wide to let the late-summer breeze in. I turn on lofi hip hop music and stretch my arms. I am ready to go. I open a document, type “Dear Reader”, and tap on the Enter key twice. I got this.Three hours pass and the whiteness of t
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Jisun Lee Editor-in-Chief
2021.09.27 22:07
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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
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.06.28 23:33
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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
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.05.22 17:36
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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
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.04.14 17:35
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Dear Reader, I have always loved words and appreciated the power they hold. When I was younger, I’d look for invented words that capture the elusive feelings of fleeting moments — sonder, for the realization that every person you pass has a life as complex as your own; onism, the awareness that you’
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.03.28 16:33
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Dear Reader, One of the most vivid memories that I associate with December is the sight of potted poinsettia flowers on my grandmother’s terrace. Lined up in a row with their bright red leaves, they signaled the beginning of the Christmas season for me growing up. Towards the end of last month, I bo
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2020.12.14 13:56
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It’s the third time I’ve slept at 4 a.m. this week, and it’s only Tuesday. This is the reality of November for most KAIST students. As we inch towards the end of the semester, most days are like fighting the Hydra — finish one homework, and two more appear in its place. The cycle of projects, presen
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2020.11.20 22:35
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Dear Reader, The October chill is upon us once again. Although the changing of seasons is a yearly occurrence, I am always surprised when the leaves start falling and the days grow shorter and colder. It’s a startling reminder of the imminent end to a year that has been full of unrealized potential
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2020.10.14 19:33
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Dear Reader, To me, writing requires some degree of introspection. It has become my excuse to force the worries of the world to fall away — and so, I find myself writing this letter on a bench by the duck pond, allowing myself the rare opportunity to just let my mind wander. Granted, this method is
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Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2020.09.23 21:25
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The KAIST Herald is the official English newspaper of KAIST, responsible for reporting the most important news on campus, as well as representing the diverse international community of KAIST. Every month, we publish in-depth coverage of the current events and issues of KAIST, cultural activities aro
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The KAIST Herald
2020.08.22 21:01
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Dear Readers, There have been many moments over the past two years of my editorship in which I have struggled. In fact, perhaps it would be better to describe my time as predominantly chaotic, punctuated by brief periods of calm or — even more rarely — certainty, rather than the other way around. Bu
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2020.06.23 01:47
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Dear Readers, As the official English newspaper of KAIST, The KAIST Herald unequivocally supports the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and around the world. It is our duty as a school newspaper to serve and inform our community, providing a platform for expression and education. It i
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KAIST Herald
2020.06.09 16:01
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Dear Readers, It has come to my attention that my time is running out. Not only as Editor of the Herald, but also at KAIST, and along with that, in Korea. It might seem an inconsistent conclusion; after all, this nation’s borders are far broader than the limits of our campus, so why should graduatio
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2020.05.26 21:58
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Dear Readers, Look at the sky. Don’t just glance upwards, really look. Lie down and let your mind float up into the clouds. Feel the breeze on your skin and bathe in the warmth of the sun. Become engulfed in the blue expanse so peacefully hung with fluffy clouds, and just … breathe.Everything is the
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2020.04.30 21:49
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Dear Readers, So much has changed since I last wrote a letter, so full of hope for the new decade. Many of you are far from KAIST, far from your friends, and in a situation far from what you were expecting. This global crisis has put a stop to many of the regular fixtures of life. But, as you can se
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2020.04.02 21:35
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Dear Readers, The twenty-tens draw to a close. A few short weeks remain of the decade that has guided our generation to adulthood. Take a moment to think back to where you were at the beginning of 2010; I’m sure that many of us here in KAIST now could never have imagined then that this is how our li
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2019.12.20 22:56
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Dear Readers, Have you found yourself tired of young people’s complaining about the current social atmosphere? Do you struggle to understand the millennial obsession with avocado toast? Are you a member of the generation born between 1946 and 1964? Ok, boomer. Perhaps more likely, given the youth of
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2019.11.27 17:13
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Dear Readers, One evening a couple of weeks ago I was sitting in my dorm room, aimlessly staring at my phone, pondering all the assignments I should be completing. A quiet knock at my door broke the reverie, and I was grateful to escape the mind-numbing insta-scroll to determine whether this was a k
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2019.11.20 22:23
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Dear Readers, This summer I visited twelve cities I had never been to before. In a whirlwind I traveled through eight countries in Europe, and — via a twenty-minute ferry across the Bosphorus — into Asia. After such experiences, I wanted to write this letter with some great message of enlightenment,
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Ada Carpenter Editor-in-Chief
2019.11.18 12:53
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Have you ever written something under a time limit? That is obviously a rhetorical question since as KAIST students, I am sure that all of us have at some point typed away like a madman in order to press that KLMS submit button before the bell hit midnight, as though we were the academic Cinderella whose magic of caffeine wore away when the new day begins.
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Juhoon Lee Editor-in-Chief
2019.05.24 23:16