Show BioHide BioShirley is a senior, starting her fourth year in journalism. She is from Taiwan but has lived in China all her life. As one of the editor-in-chiefs of the Beacon, Shirley hopes to write about culture and world news, along with photographing for the events. Her interests include traveling to new areas, eating Italian food, playing volleyball, listening to pop music, with the addition of writing short stories.
The Taiwanese local election took place on Saturday November 24, with citizens voting for their favored political party and referendums that address controversial issues within the country. This year’s mid-terms resulted in unexpected outcomes and definite cha... More »
Soulful, heartbreaking, and with a touch of mesmerizing music comes the reawakening of A Star Is Born, a classic screenplay dug out from beneath the Hollywood slush pile. This movie explores the darker corners of fame and how it impacts individuals in the spot... More »
Asian communities have long suspected the most selective, elite schools in the world—Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Columbia University, etc.—to be discriminating against Asian applicants. Some have suggested that the problem... More »
Fighting for equal rights has become a major headline in America and the world today. From the recent sexual assault allegations women have directed against confirmed Supreme Court Republican Senator Brett Kavanaugh, it is evident that the issue has evolved in... More »
(Gallery Photos above are taken by teacher and students who went on the Grade 9 China Trip) After four days and three nights of exploring Qingyuan, China, Grade 9 returned from the 2018 China Trips with strong individual ideas. The trip was filled with activit... More »
(All photos featured in the gallery above are taken from Instagram accounts that are open to the public.) Instagram is thought by many to have the most beautiful photo libraries on social media, but do you know how its photography evolved? On October 6, 2010, ... More »
After a morning of fallen branches, flooded roads, smashed car windows and even more disastrous events, Typhoon Mangkhut seems to have left the Guangzhou area for the moment. While many believe the area is secure, cautions fill the internet, stating that the s... More »
Every Thursday afternoon, AISG’s creative writing club Muse meets in Ms. Barga’s classroom 317. Emily A., the 2018-2019 club coordinator, began every class with a prompt or small activity. During the first class, she displayed a black-and-white clocktower phot... More »
The title of RAP QUEEN has been carefully secured in the hands of “Anaconda” and “Starships” singer Nicki Minaj since 2010, but is it high time for her to hand down the crown? Cardi B, the 2018 breakthrough artist of Billboard’s No. 1 hit “Bodak Yellow” and No... More »
The freshmen packed into the dance room on Tuesday afternoon, taking their seats in front of the three candidates (the fourth candidate was in Hong Kong) for this year’s StuCo elections. All positions were noncompetitive, but the freshman voters were still eag... More »
In his signature yellow-and-black zig-zag t-shirt, Charlie Brown prepares to take the stage at AISG’s theater this fall. The auditions will be this Thursday afternoon and next Tuesday afternoon (23 and 28 of August), where MS Art and HS Graphic Design and Film... More »