The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /opinion/in-a-field-as-subjective-as-art-do-grades-matter/ /opinion/in-a-field-as-subjective-as-art-do-grades-matter/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:29:20 +0000 /?p=5010 Reading Time: 5 minutes The inherent subjectivity of art is not a particularly controversial concept; there is no single way to perceive either the visual form or the intended meaning of an artwork, as every viewer takes a unique point of view and set of experiences into their reading of art. So, many artists have questioned, how is it...]]> /opinion/in-a-field-as-subjective-as-art-do-grades-matter/feed/ 1 /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/ /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:57:30 +0000 /?p=4991 Reading Time: < 1 minute Every spring, the ASIJ student body gathers to vote for who they think should be their next Student Body President. Weeks of campaigning in hallways, classrooms, and across social media lead up to a day in the theater where each candidate lays out their vision for the upcoming school year. Each of the three candidates...]]> /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/feed/ 0 /uncategorized/emma-savarese-emma4prez/ /uncategorized/emma-savarese-emma4prez/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:22:23 +0000 /?p=4979 Reading Time: 3 minutes               Emma Savarese (‘25) has been at ASIJ since fourth grade, so she is among the crop of students who considers ASIJ their “home.” Yet before becoming a member of the ASIJ community, Emma lived in four different countries across three different continents, growing up around a variety of...]]> /uncategorized/emma-savarese-emma4prez/feed/ 0 /uncategorized/suri-choi-your-best-choice/ /uncategorized/suri-choi-your-best-choice/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:13:18 +0000 /?p=4952 Reading Time: 2 minutes             When she was in ninth grade, Suri Choi (‘25) observed that the student body was quite disconnected from the people they chose as their elected representatives. It seemed that most students were unaware of what happened during StuCo meetings, what initiatives StuCo was working on, or even who the...]]> /uncategorized/suri-choi-your-best-choice/feed/ 0 /uncategorized/arnab-karmokar-vote-arnab-hes-on-the-job/ /uncategorized/arnab-karmokar-vote-arnab-hes-on-the-job/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:55:07 +0000 /?p=4949 Reading Time: 3 minutes             One of the first words Arnab Karmokar (‘25) used to describe the role of student government was “fun.” A three year StuCo veteran, Arnab knows the ins and outs of emceeing at class competitions and organizing Selfie Knockout—things the student body sees on the “outside.” But Arnab says there...]]> /uncategorized/arnab-karmokar-vote-arnab-hes-on-the-job/feed/ 0 /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/ /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/#respond Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:01:50 +0000 /?p=4924 Reading Time: < 1 minute ]]> /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/guernica-an-anti-war-icon/ /arts-entertainment/guernica-an-anti-war-icon/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:11:26 +0000 /?p=4613 Reading Time: 3 minutes In the pantheon of anti-war artwork, one of the most notable works is Pablo Picasso’s painting Guernica. Since its creation in the 1930s, Guernica has endured as a powerful symbol of protest against violent conflict around the world.  At 25 feet in length and 11 in height, Picasso’s mural is no small feat. The painting—originally...]]> /arts-entertainment/guernica-an-anti-war-icon/feed/ 0 /opinion/navigating-the-gray-area-plagiarism-and-inspiration-in-ai-generated-art/ /opinion/navigating-the-gray-area-plagiarism-and-inspiration-in-ai-generated-art/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:52:00 +0000 /?p=4405 Reading Time: 3 minutes With the recent proliferation of AI-generated content, the boundaries of plagiarism and the validity of AI-generated work have been called into question. Arguments have emerged concerning the use of artificial intelligence in both academic and professional contexts, from talks of complete bans of all AI software, to questions of whether work that has been altered...]]> /opinion/navigating-the-gray-area-plagiarism-and-inspiration-in-ai-generated-art/feed/ 0 /opinion/separating-the-art-from-the-artist/ /opinion/separating-the-art-from-the-artist/#comments Thu, 25 May 2023 03:27:31 +0000 /?p=4267 Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it morally wrong to separate the art from the artist? This question invokes a well-discussed debate surrounding hundreds of artists in almost every genre. While many Harry Potter fans have been devastated over the transphobia showcased by J.K. Rowling — somebody they considered a childhood hero — more recently, fans of Ye, formerly known...]]> /opinion/separating-the-art-from-the-artist/feed/ 4