by Ying Ying Yang Debater LIVE debate. It is the event that kills my brain cells weekly and heat up the room in the chilly winter. As debate season comes to an end, this little piece is dedicated to all the debaters who show up to debate at eight o’clock every Saturday 🙂 You stay…
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by Ying Ying Yang Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30, 2019, becoming the first emperor to abdicate in more than 200 years. The 83-year-old emperor has been reigning for the past thirty years, and has expressed his wish to retire citing his declining health conditions as early as 2016. Traditionally, the Imperial House…
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By: Ying Ying Yang Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, a masterpiece in romance literature, revolves around five unmarried girls of the Bennet house. Traditionally, a mother should teach her daughters on romantic affairs, but as Mrs. Bennet is portrayed as too insensible, Charlotte is the one who constantly advises the Bennet sisters. Charlotte, a sensible…
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By: Ying Ying Yang Hi April me! It is late September and I am writing this letter. Of course, I am still working on and worrying about the college process……But when you are reading this letter, you must have already decided, and you are probably studying for the upcoming final exams. As the high…
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by Ying Ying Yang The idea of virtual reality first appeared in the 1950s. Stanley G. Weinbaum wrote a story named “Pygmalion’s Spectacles.” The spectacles allowed people to have access to fictional experience. Now, we call this experience virtual reality, or VR. Nowadays, more and more companies competed against each other in the VR industry. Oculus VR and Sony…
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by Ying Ying Yang Recently, Google announced that they developed a computer go program which has the potential to beat professional go players. (And in fact, Alphago did beat world’s second best player a few days ago). Go is a traditional Chinese board game and for decades computer programs can only beat amateur go players.…
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by Ying Ying Yang It is that time of the year again! It is second semester, you are in the middle of a chilly winter, and the holiday season is over. You might not be motivated to study, but unfortunately you are only halfway through the school year. There is still a long way to…
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