On June 7th, 2024, during the intense rivalry game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, Rafael Devers hit a 441-foot home run to center field against Gerrit Cole, an extraordinary pitcher who just came back from rehab after his elbow injury. Despite the magnitude
White. Everything was white, until it wasn't. Standing in Seoul's sprawling Arsham retrospective, I watched as shapes emerged from the monochromatic haze like ghosts materializing from a fog. A deteriorating PlayStation controller. A crumbling Mickey Mouse. A fossilized basketball. Each object was familiar yet alien, contemporary
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Straight out of KBO (Korean Baseball Organization), Ha-Seong Kim, a skillful shortstop from Kiwoom Heroes known for his great hitting ability and power as a shortstop, made a 4 yr(s) / $28mil contract with San Diego Padres. It had been over 5 years since a KBO position player went to
From the acceptance of a refugee seeking asylum to a new student invited to a lunch table, the belief in the common human identity has given shelter to those who have experienced exclusion, often through the expulsion from a physical space or location. Against injustice and isolation, the reach of
On a lazy Sunday noon in 1974, President Gerald Ford, a month into his presidency, changed the course of modern political history by announcing a “full, free, and absolute” pardon to his resigned predecessor Richard Nixon for the crimes that he “[had] committed or may have committed or taken part
By David Taehee Lee After many days of travel from the Andromedan Galaxy to the Milky Way, Gwarb arrived at the place of learning called PRISMS in the heart of the forest, and landed his little blue spaceship by the river that rolled through the Sylvan Sliver. Ugh… where am
Introduction In professional sports, player salaries are influenced by a combination of performance, marketability, and economic principles such as supply and demand. These factors not only shape individual player contracts but also reflect broader trends in the global sports market. This paper examines how the interplay of supply and demand
By David Taehee Lee Imagine you are having a rough day at school. You woke up late, got tardy-unexcused for period 1, forgot to bring your homework, and ended up slouching through the rest of class. Yet you are young and the day is long.You want nothing more than
Among the countless debates today, gender identity has risen to be one of the most prominent subjects, involving feminism and LGBTQ+ rights. One crucial element of this conflict is the overturning of traditional gender roles and the definitions of masculinity and femininity. In a New York Times interview, English journalist
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There’s a certain isolation I feel when I’m practicing Kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold lacquer. It’s an experience of complete immersion, where my focus narrows to the tiniest details: the delicate cracks in the ceramic, the consistency of the lacquer, the golden