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The level of political involvement of the tech companies in the 2016 US presidential election was higher than ever, with over 57 million USD (over 98 percent of which went in support to the Democratic Party) donated to the elections. Back in July, over a hundred major tech companies signed an open letter against Donald Trump, calling him a “disaster for innovation”. The only high profi
Aspects of Society
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 13:02
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I thought adults loved apples when I was young. I remember a movie where a police officer spends years to find a criminal but lets the criminal escape after receiving an apple box as a gift. I asked my parents how the police officer could give up his work for just a box of apples. My parents told me adults cannot live without apples. Now I know what these “apples” were, and my parents
Column
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 13:00
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With the United States government deciding to back the self-driving car movement through federal auto safety regulators on September 19, the autonomous car industry has started to grow. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has been focusing on creating the core software and systems. Tesla has been testing its self-driving vehicles for recent months. Uber is preparing to pick up passengers in se
Aspects of Society
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 12:56
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KAIST has decided to remodel the Main Library, which was built in 1990, starting from March 2017 until March 2018. The school will be expanding its size by building and connecting the Academic and Cultural Creativity Building to the Main Library. The renewal is looking forward to providing up-to-date services for using the library. “Information Commons” will be placed on the first floo
Debate
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 12:53
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The basilisk of lore is a fearsome creature. Her fangs are but twelve-fingers long, and her venom “withers all living plants in her wake.” Her gaze is enough to kill as Mourning Myrtle found out in JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Only the crowing of a cock has the potential to kill her, but it didn’t work with this basilisk. Despite being rigged out, her an
Column
Agar Omondi
2016.11.24 13:13
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Campus police are an organization employed by the school to protectthe students, faculty and memberson campus. With a vast majority of itsconstituents living in dorms or spendingnight shifts performing research inlaboratories, the campus police at KAISThave especially a lot on their shoulders.Even an interview time was hard toarrange, with constant work shifts and anemergency dispatch to the Depar
Interview
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 00:33
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Without the cause of death being given, itwas reported that Edward Franklin AlbeeIII, the prominent US playwright and three-times winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, has left thestage on September 16 at Montauk, New York. Sincethe emergence of American theater into worldwideprominence after World War II through the writingsof Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, EdwardAlbee was one who had fo
Obituary
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 00:25
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Returning students at KAISTwould all have experienced thesame feeling when they accessedthe school website to scavenge for humanities courses:shocked at the lack of empty spots to register for.The reason for this sudden disappearance of possibleclasses to take was due to a reduction of Korean-taughthumanities classes by the School of Humanities andSocial Sciences. Perhaps this issue would not have
Debate
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 00:00
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One night, mostcertainly on one ofthe paved asphaltroads of Korea, the inevitablehappened. A scream, a tear,and I was unconscious on the ground. Myfriends hurried next to me and I was carriedinto my dorm room.Next morning, I was dizzy on my bed. Ayawn rendered all other tests unnecessary.Alcohol. A lot of alcohol and dizziness. Self-deprecating acts of the night had given birth toa late sun and I
Column
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.23 23:52
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The expectations for the Galaxy Note 7 were extremely high. Many tech reviewers had praised the Galaxy Note 7 for it featured a glorious dual curved-edge display, an excellent battery life, and one of the best camera resolutions in the smartphone market. Samsung even had to postpone the release of the Note 7 in some markets as the production was not able to meet the demand of the new phone. Howeve
Aspects of Society
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.23 19:38
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The School of Humanities and Social Sciences recently announced a major policy change that will effectively reduce the number of lectures taught in Korean. This comes as an unwelcome surprise for many students as it not only reduces the total number of available classes, making it much more difficult to sign up for a humanities course, but it also exacerbates KAIST’s existing problem of the lack o
Interview
Yehhyun Jo Staff Reporter
2016.11.16 23:51
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Learn to Say Hello I read an interesting article the other day about Nashville’s educational reforms. It was interesting for two reasons. First, it had been a while since I read an article about Nashville, Tennessee of all places, especially with news headlines being dominated by an orange presidential election. Second, it was a policy change that surprisingly seemed to be a step in the righ
Aspects of Society
Yehhyun Jo Staff Reporter
2016.11.16 23:46
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Putang ina were the two Tagalog words that Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines, used in a statement addressed to US President Barack Obama. The phrase, which roughly translates to “son of a whore”, came at the end of a nationally broadcasted speech in which Duterte firmly warned the United States from questioning the surge of extrajudicial killings since his appointment to of
Column
Tae Soo Kim Staff Reporter
2016.11.16 23:45
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Just as the guitar of the credit theme started to strum in full power, I abruptly silenced it with a click over the pause button. Like it happened at the end of each of the last few episodes, I could not immediately start the next episode, as is Netflix binge-watching tradition. First, I had to cool down the blood boiling under my skin. The series I was watching: “Making a Murderer”. State and Med
Aspects of Society
Tae Soo Kim Staff Reporter
2016.11.16 23:41
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During the course add/drop period, I have a designated, almost sacred, browser window which is always open. The window has two tabs and two tabs only: the Academic System website and KAIST’s “Online Timeplanner with Lectures”, which is more commonly known as OTL. The window is the digital knife I use to uncap the humanities courses that yield the most ggul (Korean for honey, slan
Debate
Tae Soo Kim Staff Reporter
2016.11.16 23:38
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Kenny Baker, the man best known for the Star Wars character R2-D2, passed away at the age of 81 on August 13 due to a lung condition he was suffering from for the past few years. Kenny Baker was found dead by his niece Abigail Shield at his home. She said that “it was expected, but it’s sad nonetheless,” continuing that “he had a very long and fulfilling life... [that] brought lots of happiness to
Obituary
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.16 23:29
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Internationally, on October 6, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific intergovernmental body first established in 1988, elected Hoesung Lee of the Republic of Korea as its new Chair. Six candidates had been nominated for the position and after a run-off with contender Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Hoesung Lee was elected by 78 votes to 56. The election took place in Dubrovn
Policies Today
Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 08:37
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In KAIST,in continuation of September issue’s summary on the telecommunications industry policies in Korea, the following paragraphs report on the updates and the rising tension between the mobile network operators (MNO) that are competing to obtain better-quality frequency bands in the frequency spectra auction administered by the Korea Communications Commission (KCC). Refer to last month’s Polic
Policies Today
Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 08:35
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In KAIST,What constitutes the essence of college life - the casual drinks, impromptu talks, and nights out - seem eternally sandwiched between exam weeks. There is no better demarcation of what makes college life bearable or intolerable than the uncomfortable acknowledgment of looming exams. Thankfully though, in the weeks leading up to exams, life is culturally rich, mainly due to the innumerable
Policies Today
So Jung Kim Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 08:34
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Society
Jisoo Kim Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 08:33