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Cultural perspectives on education: bridging East and West
Cultural perspectives on education: bridging East and West
Cho Eun-seo
For a very long time, the East and the West—essentially Europe and North America—have held divergent approaches to education. With its roots in Confucianism, the East has benefited from vertical ed...
Delivering the Woolly Mammoth from Death: Colossal’s De-Extinction Dilemma
Delivering the Woolly Mammoth from Death: Colossal’s De-Extinction Dilemma
Ki Min-seo
Extinction is an issue that evokes images of a dystopian future: barren landscapes devoid of life, save the constant whirring of industrial factories and machines. Indeed, humans have set our plane...
True Crime as Entertainment: An Ethical Debate
True Crime as Entertainment: An Ethical Debate
Lee Jae-seo
Books, videos, movies, and podcasts; we are now seeing the proliferation of true crime content in a multitude of forms across all media platforms. Due to the accessibility of these detailed stories...
Is Baldur’s Gate 3 the symbol of the indie game uprising?
Is Baldur’s Gate 3 the symbol of the indie game uprising?
Kang Da-yoon
In the last few years, more and more gamers have begun expressing their beliefs that the gaming industry is past its prime, due to the declining quality of releases, rapidly increasing prices, and ...
The Hamilton fandom and the problem of “Queer-ification”
The Hamilton fandom and the problem of “Queer-ification”
Kang Da-yoon
Hamilton is one the most successful and popular Broadway musicals of the past decade. From professional critics to teenagers online, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2015 hit has impressed many and swept throu...
Overworked and underappreciated: the exploitation of animators in Japan
Overworked and underappreciated: the exploitation of animators in Japan
Ki Min-seo
Anime as a storytelling medium has continued to gain popularity in recent times. The mainstream success of titles like Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, and Demon Slayer has cemented the art form as...
The obsession with MBTI
The obsession with MBTI
Lee Jae-seo
The topic of MBTI has now become an inevitable part of our daily conversations. It has become so prevalent that people ask for your MBTI the second after your name. From casual meet-ups to formal i...
The SNU Quill hosts talks with leaders of S. Korea’s journalism scene
The SNU Quill hosts talks with leaders of S. Korea’s journalism scene
Jung Hyun-kyung
As with any university publication, The SNU Quill perennially ponders the question of branding. What does it mean to exist as a university publication in an increasingly turbulent media landscape w...
The SNU Quill hosts first on-campus event
The SNU Quill hosts first on-campus event
Lee Da-eun
On a brisk morning on 7 Nov, 2023, members of The SNU Quill gathered at Jahayeon, marking the first on-campus event of the semester. A large group, representing the diverse facets of the club—writ...
Climate Justice March: chant to fight the crisis
Climate Justice March: chant to fight the crisis
Lee Jae-seo
The world is burning. Climate change is now an indisputable fact which has been supported by countless scientific experiments and research. This global crisis has various implications such as food ...