The Hermes_No.11

The Hermes 

The Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul Newspaper 

No. 3 Nov. 24, 2015

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August 30, 2016 

STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION 

The campaign began on 

Aug. 23. The election date 

is September 2. The 

future of SPPS depends on 

your vote. 

Presidential Candidates 

Soon Jae Park (G12) 

Joon Seok Lee (G12) 

Seungjin Choi (G11) 


Editor in Chief Joon Seok Lee 

Photo editor Soon Jae Park 

Graphics editor Hyun Tony Chung 

Reporters Namhyuk Ben Koh Seungjin Jordan Choi 

Sehoan Mike Choi Youmin Steve Choi 

Junior Reporters Jin Matthew Kwak Byunghoon Will Song 

Yeun Annie Lee 

Advisor 

How to Contact Us 

Ms. Cary Hall 

joonseoklee@stpaulseoul.com

August 30, 2016 


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STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION 

Vice Presidential Candidates 

Youmin Steve Choi (G12) 

Jin Matthew Kwak (G11) 

Secretary 

Namhyuk Ben Koh (G12) 

Treasurer Candidates 

Kwangsoo David Ko (G11) 

Heesoo Choi (G11)

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August 30, 2016 

SOME OF THE BEST 

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN 

HISTORY 

As election day is not too far away in Saint Paul, many candidates are making posters, slogans, and 

even stickers! Some are also using social media, it seems, to increase their chances of being elected. 

In history, many presidents did the same and raised awareness using campaigns to spread their 

message. 

The 1960 election was one of the closest elections in American history. The 

Kennedy vs. Nixon election is seen as the idolized Democrat against the brooding 

figure of Eisenhower’s former vice president. Both Nixon and Kennedy had 

significant campaigns using slogans such as “A time for greatness 1960” by 

Kennedy, and “For peace and prosperity” by Nixon. The significance of this 

campaign is that it was the first time candidates debated on television, and this 

allowed the citizens to get a better grasp of what each candidate would bring to 

the country. Kennedy also was the youngest president to be elected. During his 

campaign he used this youth to his advantage. He used the words someone who is 

“old enough to know and young enough to do.” Using potential disadvantages as 

favorable traits and showing on live television that he was confident in his doings, 

Kennedy was able to overcome Nixon and the Republicans. 

Another impactful presidential campaign happened during the Reagan 

vs. Mondale election in 1984. Using a television advertisement known 

as “It’s morning in America again,” Ronald Reagan showed the daily 

lives in America and suggested that he had restored America from 

devastating unemployment and huge amounts of inflation. President 

Reagan also used the slogan “Let’s make America Great Again” 

charming the citizens and making them believe in him and his 

Republican party. (This slogan is also currently being used by Donald 

Trump, a current presidential candidate, which shows how great 

Reagan’s campaign was.) The election ended in a landslide with 

Reagan taking 98% of the electoral votes. 

These were some of the best presidential campaigns in American 

history. All of the candidates were great leaders as well as speakers. 

However campaigns were able to raise awareness and create a certain “trend” for the candidate. In 

Saint Paul, many of the candidates are creating posters, slogans, and more to increase awareness. 

They all have yet to make a speech, but let us look forward to what they will bring to the table to 

become respected leaders of Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul. 

Citations 

"Campaign of 1960." - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. N.p., n.d. Wen. 28 Aug. 2016. 

. 

“Scanning Around With Gene: Even More Election Propaganda - CreativePro.com." CreativeProcom. 

N.p., 09 Nov. 2012. Web. 28 Aug. 2016. . 

Byunghoon William Song 

byunghoon.song@stpaulseoul.com

August 30, 2016 


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WELCOME TO SPPS MR. LARSON! 

Beethoven. In all of history, there is no greater 

genius in music than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 

You listen to his music and not one single note could 

be improved upon. I love the music of Ludwig van 

Beethoven because of the raw emotions that were 

put onto paper. Unlike Mozart, Beethoven would 

scratch out entire passages over and over until he 

felt it was exactly what he wanted. Even then, there 

are examples of Beethoven rewriting sections of 

pieces that had been completed many years earlier. 

That being said, I also like pop music like Coldplay, 

Bruno Mars, or The Weekend. 

Why did you go into teaching? 

Mr. Brad Larson is our new teacher teaching Music 

Ensemble, Music History & LTP. 

Why did you delve into music? 

I have always loved music, and grew up in a family 

where everyone played an instrument. I saw an 

orchestra concert when I was six years old and 

immediately knew that I wanted to play the violin. I 

have been playing ever since. 

I love to teach! My joy is in helping students achieve 

what they never thought they would be able to. I 

want my students to set goals that are just beyond 

what they think they can do, and we will work 

together to exceed even those goals. 

How would you describe your teaching style? 

I teach in a non-judgmental style. I encourage 

students to push their boundaries and make 

mistakes. We often learn more when we make 

mistakes than if we do things correctly every time. I 

also want my students to have as much information 

about a subject as possible. The more information 

we have, the better decision we can make. 

Why violin? 

When I was 6, I think, I chose it because it was the 

instrument right at the front, and everyone can see 

you. However, over time I have come to love how it 

sounds and the possibilities that are available to a 

violinist. Music written for violin is oftentimes very 

sweet and melodic, but there are also a lot of times 

where a violinist can play with a lot of fire! 

What is the music piece of your life and why? 

Although I don’t have a piece that represents my life, 

two of my favorite composers are Mozart and 

Joon Seok Lee 

joonseoklee@stpaulseoul.com

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August 30, 2016 

UPCOMING SCHOOL CLUBS 

Now another semester of the school year (school of 2016-17) has been started. Thanks to the 

increased number of St. Paul students, more clubs are introduced through people who had new ideas 

for various after school activities. Since there are some students who yet have not looked over every 

club, here is a chart that shows the general prospect of each club and their future goals. By 

understanding the chart below, news students will have ideas on the detailed contents of the clubs 

which they will belong to. Once again, we appreciate new students’ participation in our after-school 

activities and we hope every club continues its successful programs. 

Club name Day Objectives Future goals 

Amnesty 

International 

Discuss and write 

letters about injustice 

affairs. 

Art Thu To simply gather 

students who want to 

do art and relax by 

drawing free artwork. 

Basketball 

Varsity(Boys) 

Basketball 

Varsity (Girls) 

Fri 

Thu 

Curling 2 times / 

month 

To have a signatureseeking 

campaign in 

Seoul for comfort 

women. 

Support students who 

need help in art and 

have fun. 

To cooperate, Ensure each player 

compete, and conform stays fit or gets fit 

under one sport: from exercising and 

basketball. 

win an award at the 

KISAC tournament 

To focus on gaining 

great sportsmanship 

and building a 

successful first girls 

basketball team at 

SPPS. 

To attract more 

students to curling. 

Participating/winning 

at the KISAC 

tournament. 

To make the SPPS 

team the first place in 

competition and 

achieve medals. 

Dance Tue To entertain and to Having fun and 

learn to interact with sharing common 

each other. 

interest in order to 

put students together 

and feel united. 

Debate 

DECA 

To help students 

speak up on the social 

issues with more 

logic-based reasons. 

Prepares leaders and 

entrepreneurs for 

careers and 

education in 

business areas. 

Attend several debate 

competitions in the 

school or with other 

schools. 

Attend the 

competition held by 

DECA Korea. 

Leader/ 

Focal Point 

Sungmin Lee 

G11 

Tony Chung 

G12 

Jordan Choi 

G11 

Sophia Park 

G11 

Hyun Jun 

Kim 

G9 

Celina Park 

G11 

Jessy jang 

G11 

Sungmin Lee 

G11 

G Primary 

Advisor 

Ms. Yang 

Mrs. Lee 

Taeyoon Kim 

Mr. Jae 

Hyuck Choi 

Mr. 

Anderson 

Ms. Yang 

Mr. Mike Lee 

Mr. Collier

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Club name Objectives Future goals 

Global Service Thu 

Promote the Make-A- 

Wish foundation and 

raise awareness of the 

Syrian refugee crisis. 

Host Make-A-Wish 

poster contest. 

Leader/ 

Focal Point 

Soon Jae 

Park 

G12 

Primary 

Advisor 

Ms. Hall 

Guitar Mon Practice guitar and 

learn how to play hard 

songs. 

Invention Thu To practice and 

improve student’s 

creativity through 

creating inventions. 

Makers Tue To learn decent 

programming and 

engineering skills with 

principles to adapt 

them on projects and 

missions. 

Math & 

Science 

Movie 

Watching and 

Commentatin 

g 

Music 

Ensemble 

Newspaper 

The HERMES 

Volleyball 

(Boys & 

Girls) 

Wed 

Wed 

Wed/ 

Fri 

Tue 

Mon 

To exchange and 

associate with people 

who are interested in 

math and science. 

To experience culture 

and history by 

watching wellacclaimed 

movies and 

write commentaries 

about them. 

To provide beautiful 

music to our school 

during various school 

events. 

To share various 

information about the 

school with students. 

To increase the 

teamwork between 

players as one team 

and participate and 

win competitions. 

Play in front of the 

crowd and master 

viral songs. 

Learn inventing 

methods and attend 

national or 

international contests. 

Generate a science fair 

for the school and 

build a website 

service, which is 

essential for Korean 

students. 

James Min 

G10 

Tim Kim 

G10 

David Ko 

G11 

Participating in the Sehee Park 

AMC competition, and G11 

working with the 

yearbook club to 

widen interest toward 

Math and Science club. 

Understanding movie 

techniques and 

backgrounds. 

Completing three to 

four music pieces and 

performing them 

before the end of each 

semester. 

Hosting the second 

Spelling Bee contest 

and publishing papers 

biweekly. 

Increase individual 

skills of each student 

playing volleyball and 

participate/win the 

KISAC competition. 

David Park 

G11 

Joon Seok 

Lee 

G12 

Joon Seok 

Lee 

G12 

Sarah Hyung 

G11 

Mr. Larson 

Mr. Ahn 

Mr. Ahn 

Ms. Yang 

Mr. Ahn 

Mr. Larson 

Ms. Hall 

Mr. 

Anderson 

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August 30, 2016 

STEVE’S PLAYLIST 

I wanted to introduce a genre that most of you are not familiar with: future. Although many may not 

know, future-related genres are the hottest trend in EDM right now. Check them out! 

• Starlight (Could You Be Mine)- Don Diablo X Matt Nash 

• We Rise- San Holo 

• The Next Episode (San Holo Remix)- Dr. Dre 

• Alone- Marshmello 

• Hymn For The Weekend (Alan Walker Remix)- Coldplay 

• Gecko (Overdrive)- Oliver Heldens X Becky Hill 

• La La Land (feat. Delaney Jane)- DVBBS X Shaun Frank 

• Colour- Marshmello 

• U Don’t Know (feat. Wayne Coyne)- Alison Wonderland 

I also recommend surfing around Soundcloud. There are many gems that are not well known to the 

public, and the best part of all, it’s free! 

Youmin Steve Choi 

youmin.choi@stpaulseoul.com 

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Club name Objectives Future goals 

Soccer 

To promote healthy 

life or students. 

To establish a firm 

system of the club in 

SPPS and participate 

in KISAC. 

Leader/ 

Focal Point 

Mike Choi 

G12 

Primary 

Advisor 

SPPS 

Sports 

Charity 

To promote a 

combination of sports 

(active events) and 

charity (donation/ 

volunteering) to help 

the unprivileged. 

Yearbook Wed Dedicate time and 

fullest ability to 

archive the SPPS year 

at school and to link 

all memories. 

Sponsorship with 

other organizations 

and promoting inschool 

charity 

activities 

(campaigns). 

Publishing a full 

yearbook at the end of 

the school year with 

collaborative 

teamwork. 

Matthew 

Kwak 

G11 

Kacey Kim 

G11 

Ms. Yang 

Mrs. Lee 

Yeun Annie Lee 

annielee@stpaulseoul.com

August 30, 2016 


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THE ROAD TO “KISAC” 

http://kisac2013.weebly.com/st-pauls.html 

Who doesn’t love sport? Sport is an interactive 

device that encourages the harmony and unity of 

a group. Especially when it comes to 

interscholastic “high-school sports league,” the 

entire squad of students turn into ardent sports 

fans. 

As of 2016, Saint Paul officially joined as a 

competing member of “KISAC” (Korea 

International Schools Activities Conference). 

KISAC has designed interscholastic competitions 

for all students at both the middle school and 

high school levels. It is a structured sporting 

framework for present and all future schools 

within the region. KISAC’s mission is to 

encourage the young athletes to learn 

sportsmanship through experience by playing 

sport against local and national schools 

throughout Korea. 

To break it down, KISAC league consists of about 

15 different international schools located in 

Korea including the following various schools: 

BIS Canada, BIFS (Busan International Foreign 

School), Chadwick, Centennial Christian School, 

NLCS (North London Collegiate School), etc. Due 

to the regional distance, most of the friendly 

matches take place within the region for 

convenience. For example, St. Paul is likely to 

have a basketball match against Dulwich College 

School because both schools are located near to 

each other at Seoul, Banpo-dong. The game 

schedule must be notified and confirmed by the 

principal of both school, and the official coach of 

each team is obliged to attend the game as well. 

Occasionally, KISAC tournaments take place in 

which all the member schools are permitted to 

participate with the approval from the hosting 

school. The KISAC Baksetball tournament hosted 

by NLCS Jeju in 2014 is a great example of how 

the interscholastic sport event is interactively 

operated. More than half of the total of 8 school 

participants gathered on the island of Jeju for the 

first ever held athletic competition in the league. 

These teams not only competed to win the title, 

but also received elite basketball training 

provided by the organization. All the team 

coaches took turns to teach the fundamental 

skills and basketball knowledge for each team. 

Saint Paul is perhaps the only newly registered 

school in KISAC this year. The upcoming season 

is the first regular season for all major team 

sports including: Boy/Girl Basketball, Soccer, 

and Volleyball. Although we are the “rookie,” our 

varsity teams are fully capable of competing 

with the other teams. In fact, both the basketball 

(vs SSI: Won) and soccer (vs SSI: Draw) teams 

did not lose any friendly matches against the 

varsity teams that had already certified their 

abilities in the league. Last but not least, all of 

our students must passionately support and 

respect the teams to hear some good news from 

our school’s pride, the varsity teams. 

Jin Matthew Kwak 

jin.kwak@stpaulseoul.com


August 30, 2016 

THE TRUTH BEHIND JUICY 

http://m.mt.co.kr/renew/view.html?no=2015121718211766230#imadnews 

In today’s world, where most countries are 

experiencing economic recession, the price of a 

product seems to be the determining factor of 

what to buy. Under such circumstances, 

businesses that focus on minimizing the prices 

of their products tend to flourish. 

We are all too familiar with Daiso, Juicy, etc., 

businesses that make consumers feel superior 

and capable by lowering the prices of their 

provided goods and services. Consumers 

automatically think that they are benefitting if 

the quantity of the product they are purchasing 

is proportionally greater than the price they 

have to pay for it. Such a line of thinking leads 

them to make unhealthy choices like drinking 

Juicy. 

Juicy, originally from South Korea, is a fruit juice 

and smoothie franchise. It had originally 

received praise from a plethora of consumers 

who initially favored the company for its ability 

to provide healthy, fresh drinks at low-costs. 

Recently, however, it has become an unhealthy 

business. 

Although it proudly presents itself as an honest 

player in the fruit drink industry, Juicy has been 

found to be the exact opposite. The sizes of the 

drinks are the first issue. First of all, per Juicy’s 

labeling, its XL size drinks are supposed to be 

close to 1 L. They have been found to be only 

600 mL nowhere near the benchmark. Moreover, 

the company’s claim that its drinks are healthy 

has been challenged and debunked as well. It has 

been found that the natural amount of sugar that 

an average mL-size Juicy smoothie contains 

equals 21 blocks of lump sugar. 

Juicy, despite such controversy, avoided making 

clear and official statements. It has, however, 

tried to cry innocent by duplicitously claiming 

that the sugar in Juicy drinks is technically 

natural, and therefore, they did not lie to its 

customers. Had it not been for the efforts of 

various broadcasting sectors, South Korea may 

have not known the truth behind the low-cost 

drinks from Juicy. 

While the consumers may have been paying less, 

they were also manipulated and cheated. What’s 

more disturbing is the fact that people are, even 

after controversy regarding Juicy surfaced, still 

choosing Juicy over many other smoothie and 

cafe franchises. Such a phenomenon is a good 

depiction of the struggles that many low and 

middle class citizens in South Korea face. 

Can we truly blame Juicy when it is meeting the 

demands of so many people? 

Aren’t we all, at the end of the day, profitmaximizers? 

Seungjin Jordan Choi 

seungjin.choi@stpaulseoul.com

August 30, 2016 


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APPLE, ARE YOU DOING THE 

RIGHT THING? 

Rumor: Apple plans to eliminate headphone ports from their products 

Everyone loves to listen to music. 

90% of underground passengers in 

Seoul wear earphones. It is no doubt 

that every portable device has a 

headphone jack these days. However, 

there is a rumor that Apple will 

remove headphone ports from their 

products. Apple is well-known for 

eliminating external ports; they were 

the first company to remove CD-ROM, 

SD Card, USB, and HDMI ports from 

their products. But headphone jacks? 

Seriously? 

“To support better quality 

headphones” 

Yes. Eliminating 3.5 millimeter headphone port 

will force headphone manufacturers to make 

better quality headphones. MFI, Made for 

iPhone Certification, provides strict guidelines, 

forcing the manufacturers to follow Apple’s 

guidelines and improve the quality. However, 

this will eventually increase price for 

headphones. MFI suggests the manufacturers to 

include DAC, digital-to-analog converter. This 

forces them to implement circuits in their 

http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article8343911.ece/ALTERNAT 

ES/s615b/iPhone-7-space-black-rendering.jpg 

products. DAC is not a cost-efficient component. 

Who would buy a bundle headphone for 200 

dollars? 

“To make it convenient” 

They argue that customers do not need to be 

bothered with tangled earphones. That applies 

only when the customers still have their 

earphones with them. 

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This small earphone is about one centimeter. 

Since it is too small, users are likely to lose them. 

It is good to have wireless earphones, but I 

would be more bothered with looking for the 

pieces than untangling the wires. 

There are going to be solutions as we always 

create. However, it will be chaotic if Apple really 

releases the next generation iPhone without a 

3.5-mm headphone jack. Let us see what will 

happen at the Apple Special Event on September, 

2 0 1 6 . 

Ben Namhyuk Koh 

namhyuk.koh@stpaulseoul.com


August 30, 2016 

MAKE A WISH 

It’s been a year since the Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul’s Global Service Club began sponsoring the 

Make-A-Wish Foundation Korea, but it seems that not many students are aware of what the 

foundation is about or how it was founded. 

The Foundation was formed in 1980 when a 

seven-year-old child named Chris Greicius 

had leukemia. It was almost certain that he 

wouldn’t be able to stay in this world for a 

long time, but he had a small but majestic 

dream: to catch bad guys as a police officer. 

Luckily for him, his mom’s friend’s husband, 

Tommy Austin, was an U.S. Customs Agent, 

who was more than willing to help Chris. 

Unable to do it by himself, Austin asked Ron 

Cox, an Arizona Department of Public Safety 

Officer, for assistance to help Chris Greicius. 

Cox passed on the story to DPS spokesman 

Allan Schmidt and DPS Director Ralph 

Milstead. Touched by the story, Schmidt 

recruited officers, namely Frank Shankwitz 

and Jim Eaves, for their patrol cars, 

motorcycle, and helicopter. 

On April 29th, 1980, Chris Greicius became 

Arizona’s first ever honorary officer, with his 

“Smokey Bear” hat and badges. 4 days later, 

Chris Greicius passed away beside many gifts 

from DPS agents. 

After Chris’ death, Shankwitz talked to Kathy Morris, a DPS officer’s wife, about creating an 

organization that would help children like Chris achieve their dreams. 

“We grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human 

experience with hope, strength and joy.” 

-Make-A-Wish Foundation- 

This was the start of the Make-A-Wish Foundation: the foundation that helps children with 

incurable diseases so as to realize the dreams of children like Chris Greicius. 

Photo 

http://wish.org/~/media/100- 

000/About%20Us/Our%20Story/The%20First%20Wish/Images/chris.ashx?h=456&la=en&w=3 

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Citation 

http://wish.org/about-us/our-story/how-it-started#sm.00000jpot3owj8eaaxh8omua0s4s6 

Soon Jae Park 

soonjae.park@stpaulseoul.com

August 

30, 2016 


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A NEW LIFE WITH LOVE 

Have you heard of The Korea Heart Foundation? 

This foundation is dedicated to providing a happy and healthy life for the patients who are suffering 

from heart diseases but cannot afford medical treatment by helping and providing them with various 

medical services. 

Once a heart disease patient, I will advertise this foundation during this week by opening a small 

booth on the first floor. Lots of leaflets and brochures are prepared, so please visit this booth. 

Joon Seok Lee 

joonseok.lee@stpaulseoul.com

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August 30, 2016 

CLUB FAIR PHOTOS

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The 8 Hermes Notice August 30, 2016 

Aug 29 (Mon) 

4:30-5:30pm 

Aug 30 (Tue) 

3:00-4:30pm 

Aug 31 (Wed) 

7:00-9:00pm 

Sep 1 (Thu) 

Common App Application Workshop 

(Seniors) 

Smith College Visit 

Information Session at SFS 

• Columbia University 

• Duke University 

• Georgetown University 

• Northwestern University 

• Princeton University 

Student Organization Fair 

Sep 2 (Fri) 

Sep 4 (Sun) 

2:00-5:00pm 

Sep 10 (Sat) 

Student Council Election 

Information Session at SPPS 

• Johns Hopkins University 

• University of Notre Dame 

• Vanderbilt University 

ACT Test

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