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Author Archives: Shuyang Li
Feb
14
2012
The Battle of the Brews
Nothing is quite so simple, so delicate, and yet holds so much potential as the tea leaf. The lightest touch can shatter a dried leaf, but when dropped into water, it suffuses the beverage with gentility and elegance. Perhaps tea is best summarized in the words of William Gladstone, 19th-century prime minister of England: “If [...]
Jan
16
2012
Piracy Walks the Plank
What is “piracy”? The term is thrown left and right in today’s volatile commercial climate. Industry defines piracy as copyright infringement, most commonly referring to the streaming or transfer of copyrighted music and films via the Internet. On October 26, 2011, Representative Lamar Smith of Texas introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) to the [...]
Apr
13
2011
Pokemon exemplifies video game innovation
By the time I first encountered Pokemon, the games were already two years old. Nonetheless, Red and Blue seemed like their own magical world, despite occupying just the 66mm screen of my Gameboy Color. Twelve years later, staring at a blank word document, my mouse pointer drifts to a Gameboy emulator and the familiar Pokemon [...]
Mar
17
2011
Talking Points: The role of government
Is big, regulatory government or smaller, hands-off government more efficient and effective in America? Government. Inquiring as to its role today will inevitably spark heated debate between liberals, who extol its virtues and conservatives who decry its excesses. An unbiased opinion is nearly impossible to obtain, and this piece is not meant to function as [...]
On September 29, 2010, the Clayton High School board accepted the resignation of Gregory Kramer. Kramer, engineering teacher at Clayton and a 6-year veteran of public school teaching, had been suspended without pay for a week beforehand. But why did Kramer resign? And more importantly, how does this affect Clayton engineering students? “I thought he [...]
Sep
16
2010
Solar Storms
These powerful, geomagnetic fields threaten to disrupt communications, satellites and electricity on earth. Every few days, the sun is wracked by explosions.Though they release enormous amounts of energy, these solar flares are fairly benign. Most have no appreciable impact on the earth. Solar storms, however, are a different matter. The Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) classifies [...]
