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Michelle Z.

Show BioHide BioMichelle is a Senior Beacon writer, and it's her 6th year in AISG. She focuses primarily on school activities and sports. In addition, she finds interest in cats.

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ACAMIS Badminton

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On March 10th, the AISG badminton team traveled to UISG to participate in the ACAMIS conference which included schools YCIS, NCPA, UISG, AISG, QSI, SIS, CDIS, and ISB. For the tournament, each schools from the five team had to chose 5 singles players for both ... More »

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AISG Badminton: Smile at the Birdie!

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Third season sport badminton officially started on Feb. 23 in the beginning of the second semester. The badminton team is formed by 8 girls and 8 guys, chaperoned by Ms. Wang and led by team captain Roger Wei. Students who joined Badminton have been practicing... More »

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AISG Talent, Coming Your Way

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After auditions before break and weeks of preparation, AISG’s judges have selected several groups of talented students that will be performing for us during the talent show on Friday March 4th. Getting ready for the talent show can be an arduous job; recently,... More »

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IB Program

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Recently, 10th graders have been preparing for their 11th grade year by discussing with the counselors and planning what to take for the IB program. The IBDP (International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme) is a course of study that AISG students are encouraged... More »

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ISIS Bomber Leaves 10 Dead and 15 Wounded

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Tuesday in Sultanahmet, a neighbourhood in Istanbul, a suicide bomber attack, left 10 dead and 15 wounded. After the horrific event, Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu considered the ISIS terrorist group to be the cause, according to a report by Associated... More »

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Ten Things To Do Over Christmas Break

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School is finally out and now you finally get 2 weeks off to relax after exams. However, two weeks can be quite boring if there’s nothing to do over Christmas. So here’s a list of Ten great things you can do during Christmas break to kill time. Sleep in: Wakin... More »

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Coca Cola’s Offensive Ad

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December 6th 2015, Coca Cola distributed an ad with young white people bringing soda to remote villages and building wooden Christmas tree in town square. This advertisement received comments stating that this ad is promoting “colonialism rather than unity.” “... More »

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Debate Over China Winning Nobel

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chinese scientist Tu Youyou will be collecting China’s first Nobel medical prize next week for extracting an anti-malarial drug from a herb, but her achievement faced many controversies about the role of science in the extraction. Traditional medicines are ver... More »

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Breathless, Speechless

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n Tuesday December 1st 2015, Beijing government ordered a shutdown from over hundreds of factories due to the rapidly rising value of PM 2.5. PM 2.5 is a concentrated and harmful microscopic particles that causes many severe health problems, such as decreasing... More »

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Thanksgiving Controversy

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 hanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada for thanking the food and harvest of the year. Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated on the second Monday of October whereas the United States celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of ... More »

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Two Dead in U.S. Plane Crash in Korea

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Two people were killed after a US military helicopter, possibly AH-64 Apache crashed in South Korea on Monday Nov. 23. 2015. The reason behind the crash was unknown. The helicopter took off in Pyeongtaek; an US military base and crashed in Wonju. “The helicopt... More »

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APAC Volleyball

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In October, the boys’ and girls’ varsity volleyball teams set off on their journey to Shanghai Concordia to participate in the Asia Division APAC tournament. The players spent a wonderful 4 days in Shanghai with a predictable result from the APAC tournament. T... More »