Climate Change Hypocrisy
We acknowledge climate change, and we even call it the climate crisis. Yet, we roam freely in cars, travel on planes, and shamelessly...
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On Campus
Maya Kumar
Oct 4, 20234 min read
"Hell Term": The self-fufilling prophecy?
Much like every grade twelve, I spent my first week of school saying how I couldn’t believe I was in “Hell Term”. I have now come to...
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Ria Pabby
Oct 2, 20234 min read
Mind over Matter? The Placebo Effect in our Everyday Lives
“Mind over matter”. “If you dream it, you can do it”. “When you believe you can do something, you are halfway there”. Whether it be from...
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Politics
Nika Lalic
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Marta in Pants
An intimate history of the most popular sport in the world - but the female version The recently held Women's World Cup in Australia and...
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Antara Bajaj
Oct 2, 20233 min read
Morocco vs Libya: the response to tragedy
In recent days, both Morocco and Libya have been struck by horrific natural disasters. On the 14th of September, a 6.8 magnitude...
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Maya Kumar
May 16, 20235 min read
Is UWC too Political?
A few months ago, someone told me, “You know too much about politics”. I stared at him, a bit puzzled, wondering how someone can know...
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Anan Kutsuzawa
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Climate Change Hypocrisy
We acknowledge climate change, and we even call it the climate crisis. Yet, we roam freely in cars, travel on planes, and shamelessly...
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Nika Lalic
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Marta in Pants
An intimate history of the most popular sport in the world - but the female version The recently held Women's World Cup in Australia and...
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Antara Bajaj
Oct 2, 20233 min read
Morocco vs Libya: the response to tragedy
In recent days, both Morocco and Libya have been struck by horrific natural disasters. On the 14th of September, a 6.8 magnitude...
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Experiences
Economics & Business
Maaya Manoj
Sep 12, 20223 min read
The Future of Work
The modern world runs on jobs and labour. It’s how the human race decides how to allocate scarce resources to a specific person or...
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Vishesh Poddar
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Why is the Consumption of Meat Increasing?
The world consumes around 350 million tons of meat each year. In many places, as people are getting more aware of climate change and...
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Meredith Chang
Jan 26, 20226 min read
Redefining “Food Deserts”: A New Approach to Food Insecurity
The issue of food in the United States is one that is seemingly paradoxical: more than 72 billion pounds of safe, wholesome food goes...
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Economics
Reviews
Meredith Chang
Jan 22, 20236 min read
My Year of Rest and Relaxation and the Perils of Dissociative Feminism
Spoilers ahead! The stories we read are not just informed by real life, but rather they provide a blueprint for understanding ourselves...
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Yzzie Fleet
Dec 4, 20225 min read
The Tumblr Revival
Tumblr is a social media platform, featuring a micro-blogging site style. It reached the heights of its popularity in the mid-2010s,...
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Boyi Li
Oct 3, 20223 min read
What Short Form Means To Us
September has rolled around once again, which means Short Form season at UWCSEA Dover! Short Form is an annual production of mini-plays,...
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Science
Maia Kaul
Oct 3, 20224 min read
The Evolution of Medical Practice
I find history to be very interesting, and the amount of progress we have made since the 19th century is incredible. Because surgery and...
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Eric Borglund
Oct 3, 20223 min read
Tuition in Singapore
Singapore. The smartest country in the world with an average intelligence quotient (IQ) of 107. Singapore's average IBDP score is 37.49...
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Meredith Chang
May 8, 20226 min read
Climate Policy: Rewriting Our Planet’s Future
Figure 1 from (https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/08/31/climate-anxiety-mental-health) A few weeks ago, I was having a class...
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Experiences
Maya Kumar
Oct 4, 20234 min read
"Hell Term": The self-fufilling prophecy?
Much like every grade twelve, I spent my first week of school saying how I couldn’t believe I was in “Hell Term”. I have now come to...
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Jia Garg
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Why the World, Despite its Flaws is a Beautiful Place
Close your eyes, Listen to the sounds around you. Think about summer, the splashing of pools, the laughter of children. It is time to...
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Maia Kaul
Oct 2, 20233 min read
Procrastination - The Panic Monster
(Link to YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU) My aunt recently introduced me to a Ted Talk by Tim Urban (writer of...
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Environment
Ysabel Fleet
Nov 8, 20223 min read
The Value of Stars in Ancient Times
Sitting out on a big field, the cool breeze brushing by, the smell of crisp grass, and the hushed orchestra of midnight. Above a...
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Technology
Ria Pabby
May 14, 20234 min read
Legalising Euthanasia: Unethical or Necessary?
Euthanasia, or medically assisted death, is a highly controversial topic around the world, with some arguing that it provides terminally...
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Maya Kumar
Mar 26, 20234 min read
My teacher told me to use ChatGPT: The promise and perils of the ChatBot
It’s true, in fact two of my teachers told me I could. And because they essentially speak on behalf of all teachers, using ChatGPT is...
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Maia Kaul
Jan 22, 20232 min read
The Power of Social Media
Most of us have social media such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and many more, and I’m sure that those of us who have it can confidently...
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Creative Writing
Maia Kaul
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Comforting downfall
The abundance of blue seemed angry, waves aggressively hitting the sand. Children were screaming, laughing, running away from the edge of...
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Meredith Chang
Mar 26, 20231 min read
Resuscitate
crescent moon imprints from the nail biting, tasting the thick of my skin the sullen thumph of sour blood-beating i wonder that it...
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