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Rebecca Z.

Show BioHide BioRebecca Z. is a junior at AISG, and it is her first year as a journalist in Beacon. She loves reading and writing during her free time. She is passionate in music and art as well.

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Controversial Camera Function: a Violation of Privacy?

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The camera features of smartphones have become more and more important to consumers, so many companies are competing for pixels, colors, light sensitivity, etc. Recently, smart phone company “OnePlus” was revealed to have perspective function on one of its new... More »

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Dragon Boat Festival Has Much More to it Than You Think

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The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Chongwu Festival, Zhengyang Festival and Tianzhong Festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival which takes place on the fifth day of May in the lunar calendar, the equivalent of June 25 in 2020.   Dragon Boat Festiv... More »

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Cleanest Air on Earth Discovered

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On June 2, a new study published on PNAS and led by professor Sonia Kreidenweis of Colorado State University showed that an atmospheric region in Southern Ocean is unchanged by human-related activities. Human activities affect almost every corner of the earth.... More »

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Google’s CFO Becomes Twitter’s Independent Director

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Twitter has appointed Patrick Pichette as its independent director to replace Omid Kordestani, who left office on June 1t. Pichette used to be Google’s CFO and a partner of a venture capital firm named Inovia Capital. Pichette joined Twitter’s board of directo... More »

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Crossroads: Fighting COVID-19

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China’s Wuhan has the highest amount of people under the infection of COVID-19 as of February 22.  Doctors, nurses, and other medical staff from across China have flown to Wuhan to fight the Coronavirus and assist the local personnel in times of need. Chinese ... More »

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The Spring Festival Travel Season

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As 2019 ends and 2020 begins, the annual Chunyun also approaches. Chunyun, also referred to as the Spring Festival travel season, is the largest periodic human migration in human history. In about 40 days, there are roughly around 3 billion journeys made from ... More »

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Motorola Razr Making a Comeback

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During the early to mid-2000s, flip phones were dominating the market for mobile phones. Among the numerous smartphones that were available to consumers at the time, Motorola’s Razr was a notch above the rest. Motorola’s Razr was released in 2004 and was marke... More »

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2019 Guangzhou Marathon Experiences: Ms. Maine

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The 2019 Guangzhou Marathon was held on Sunday, December 8. Ms. Maine, the coach of AISG’s APAC Cross Country team has participated in the half marathon event. It was Ms. Maine’s tenth time attending the half marathon. She has experience running in the United ... More »

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Let The Holidays Begin

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Holiday Bazaar has been a Christmas tradition at AISG for years. It is an event organized by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). There were 18 student groups, three Scout groups, 13 high school community service groups, two Honors Society groups (NHS & NCHS)... More »

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Running Until Victory

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The 2019 Guangzhou Marathon will officially start at the Tianhe Sports Center at 7:30 on December 8. Approximately 120000 runners signed up for this year’s Guangzhou Marathon, breaking a new record in the Guangzhou Marathon history. Among the registered runner... More »

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Procrastination Exacerbation

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An important part of a high schooler’s life is balancing school, extracurriculars, and free time. Over the course of high school, the workload increases from year to year, especially in junior and senior year as students enter the IB diploma program. As most o... More »

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Humans of AISG: Sofia V.

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You might see Sofia playing volleyball in the gym or walking around the campus taking photos with her camera. Sofia is interested in a variety of activities, such as playing sports, reading books, watching movies, and taking photos. Sofia is a junior here at A... More »