James Kwak is one of the online Eastside editors. He is a Game of Thrones enthusiast and is also a part of the East swim team and DECA. His favorite hobbies are watching sports, movies, and TV shows.
According to a Pew Research Center poll, almost 30 percent of American adults believe in astrology. Additionally, the General Social Survey found that 34 percent of Americans consider astrology to be very or sort of scientific. This is particularly strange...
Dr. Kwak is a board-certified family physician based in Voorhees. He works with families to manage and diagnose a variety of adolescent and adulthood medical problems.
Q: As we approach May or Mental Health Awareness Month, more people are shedding...
Mental Health Awareness Month is upon us. But, what is the true meaning of this month, and why has it become so important to so many people over the last few years? The answer is simple. The number of mental illness cases is increasing, not only in the...
Editor’s Note: There’s many, many spoilers ahead. So if you haven’t watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier yet and you intend on doing so, I strongly recommend you to stop reading and save this for later.
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The final of the total...
James Kwak, Eastside Online Editor February 22, 2021
As a Korean-American, I am able to experience the best of both cultures. In September, I celebrate Chuseok, which commemorates the harvest by eating certain foods. Whereas in November, I celebrate Thanksgiving by stuffing myself with turkey and mashed...
Although there is some disagreement on what being a first-generation immigrant exactly is, it's generally agreed that a first-generation immigrant is a citizen who has a parent that immigrated to the country that they are citizens of. At Cherry Hill East,...
James Kwak, Eastside Online Editor December 29, 2020
COVID-19 ruined a lot of things this year. Christmas wasn’t an exception. For many people around the world, they had to spend the holidays alone to self-isolate and social-distance themselves to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (rightfully so).
My...
James Kwak, Eastside Online Editor October 16, 2020
In the 1970s, Ginsburg fought against gender discrimination, winning five of her six gender discrimination cases in the Supreme Court. Not only did Ginsburg fight for women, but she also fought for the men who were discriminated against as well. For example,...
On September 18, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed from pancreatic cancer. Early on in her career, she fought for equality between men and women as a lawyer. As a justice, she continued to fight against gender discrimination, transforming...
Trump issued seven pardons and four commutations on February 18. Some people see Trump as intruding on the justice system, while others believe that the pardons and commutations were justified. Trump’s power to pardon is unquestionable as it is specifically...
“Extend yourself in kindness to other human beings wherever you can,” said Oprah Winfrey.
Being kind to other people can go a long way, and Cherry Hill East seeks to celebrate the value and message of kindness through the annual Great Kindness...
The 2019/2020 season for Tottenham Hotspur so far has been a mix of good and bad. Before the season started, it looked to be a new fresh start for Spurs as new transfers, like Tanguy Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso, and Ryan Sessegnon, joined the club. The...
What’s #TeamTrees? If you’ve been on any social media app in the past week, then you’ll know that Team Trees is a challenge set up by YouTubers Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson and Mark Rober, that aims to plant 20 million trees by 2020 and take care...
All across the country, the effects of vaping have been starting to emerge. There have been 12 deaths in 10 states and 805 vaping related illnesses in 46 states. Due to this unprecedented epidemic, the Federal Government has decided to find a way to...