College is the perfect time to explore your identity, and you shouldn’t waste your time trying to become someone you're not. Growing up, you may have heard someone say the following phrase: “College is the best four years of your life.” While the sentiment may be a little misleading, for many people it actually holds some truth. College, for...
On Feb. 11, President Biden announced his plan to claim $7 billion worth of frozen assets from Afghanistan’s central bank. In a “fact sheet” released last week, the White House outlined President Biden’s “Executive Order to Preserve Certain Afghanistan Central Bank Assets for the People of Afghanistan.” President Biden plans to split half of these funds for compensation to...
The Biden administration, like many of its predecessors, is making the same mistakes when it comes to issues regarding the southern border. The humanitarian crisis at the southern border is only getting more complicated, with the influx of people trying to seek asylum in the United States. The damaging butterfly effects from past administrations continue to influence the ways...
The 2022 Winter Olympics being in Beijing, China have caused a host of controversies because of the ongoing human rights violations in the country. It’s easy to point fault at the Olympic athletes and individual countries for going to the event despite the knowledge of concentration camps for Uyghur Muslims and journalists and dissenters of the Chinese government disappearing,...
Gavin Newsom made the decision to end the mask mandates in California by Feb.15. This means that mandates put in place will become more relaxed, and he cited recent evidence of low infection rates as justification. With this announcement, many people are rejoicing and seeing this as a sign that the end of the pandemic is near. However, no...
It’s becoming easier to take advantage of workers’ time as the definition of the workplace shifts with the pandemic. Because of Zoom meetings and working from home, the workplace is becoming more casual, and it’s still up in the air whether or not the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. With the workplace, businesses should practice moderation. A workplace can and...
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, took a nosedive in the stock market recently, with their stock plunging 26% and then 32% amid a four-day losing streak. This followed the company reporting its Fourth Quarter 2021 earnings that fell below expectations and its first decline in Facebook daily active users. Its market value plunged by $237 billion dollars, marking the...
Texas’s book banning has drawn national attention, especially since the majority of books being pulled from the shelves center around LGBTQ and racial themes. It’s nothing new to state that banning books from schools is wrong. But in this century where minority stories have gained the status that they deserve, to stage an attack on these books and then...
The streaming service Spotify is under fire for the way it has handled the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. Joe Rogan, creator of the Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast which gathers over 11 million listeners per episode, finds himself at the center of this controversy. Joe Rogan was accused of spreading false information in regards to the effectiveness and safety...
As the once-in-a-decade redistricting process draws closer and closer to finalizing, it’s becoming clear that Democrats may have learned a valuable lesson — play dirty. Despite having far higher public support than Republicans, this is not reflected by the slim 51% advantage that Democrats have in the House of Representatives. This is an effect of legal gerrymandering on the...