By Grace Deng As a superhero flick, “Captain Marvel” is fun but not extraordinary. As a feminist film, “Captain Marvel” is essential. As expected from an Oscar winner, Brie Larson stuns as Captain Marvel, an alien warrior of the Kree … Continue reading Review: Captain Marvel (Spoiler Free)
By Grace Deng In the past two weeks, the nurse’s office has seen 5.7 percent of the entire SAS Pudong population and 4.4 percent of the high school population come down with cold and/or flu symptoms. While only one case has … Continue reading Flu Season at SAS Pudong
By Cynthia Wang With APAC forensics approaching in 3 weeks time, the 10 members on the team are each rigorously preparing for his or her events. This year’s SAS Pudong forensics team is unique in its representation from all grade … Continue reading A New Team for APAC Forensics
By Grace Deng and Gabrielle Zhu SASPD’s College Counseling and Alumni and Development departments hosted the annual alumni panel during the community meeting on Tuesday. According to Director of College Counseling Mindy Rose, the panel is meant to “help SAS students begin to imagine what their post-high school lives could look like” and “put perspective around the college process.” While last year’s alumni panel was larger, comprised of alumni from Australia and the UK, this year’s panel was just three alumni: Andrea Jeng, Katrina Cherk, and Mikas Hansen. All three SAS alumni are at American schools. Several current SAS students … Continue reading This Year’s Alumni Panel: Not New, Not Diverse, but Applicable
By Brent Cheung Crazy Rich Asians made a surprise appearance in Chinese cinemas three months after it had been released in different countries. As the first American film with an all-Asian since the “Joy Luck Club” in 1989, Crazy Rich … Continue reading SAS Students React to Crazy Rich Asians’ Release in China
By Ryan Strong To put it bluntly, Tokyo Story is simply the greatest film ever made. Nothing can match it–not Charles Foster Kane and his sled, nor a San Francisco detective trying to overcome his fear of heights. The film … Continue reading REVIEW: Tokyo Story
By Evan Pan One picture took in secrecy managed to change how Shanghai international students see cafeteria food. The picture, which consisted of two miniature steam buns, a duck leg and a paltry amount of vegetables, was sent into the … Continue reading SMIC Food Scandal Shakes Shanghai International School Community
By Kenneth Shu Memes, memes, everywhere. The Instagram meme culture has dramatically grown in the following decade as social platforms became more accessible, and video-based humor more pervasive. From the “doge” and the “distracted boyfriend”, Instagram memes have made an … Continue reading On Instagram Meme Culture
By Ryan Strong IB students at Shanghai American school recently had a deadline (on November seventh) for their EE or Extend Essay. This is a four-thousand-word essay that has students write about a topic within one of their areas of study or related to multiple areas of study. The way students dealt with the deadline differed: some students turned their Extended Essay in within the deadline, while others asked for extensions from their teachers. Dr. Mac, an IB Chemistry teacher, emphasized the importance of deadlines in making sure that students were on track for their diploma. However, she also emphasized … Continue reading Reactions to IB Extended Essay Deadline
By Cynthia Wang Leukemia Hospital is, in senior Jason Kang’s words, “a pretty lowkey club.” With biweekly visits to Shanghai’s Xinhua Hospital, members of Leukemia Hospital take an hour and a half off from their Sunday afternoons to spend some … Continue reading A Humble Service Club: Leukemia Hospital