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Echo Chambers and Silenced Voices: The Dark Side of Social Media Algorithms
Echo Chambers and Silenced Voices: The Dark Side of Social Media Algorithms
If I counted the number of times my Mom said that her phone was ‘listening’ to her, I might never stop. While it sometimes feels as if our…
Zaria S.
Oct 8
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Check your Privilege: Check your “Preference”
Check your Privilege: Check your “Preference”
“Speak Spanish for me.”
Holly Machado
Oct 10
Learning to Think, Not Just Remember: The Value of Critical Thinking
Learning to Think, Not Just Remember: The Value of Critical Thinking
“The value of an education… is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think.” ~ Albert Einstine
Maryam A
Oct 9
Affirmative Action and the Myths That Lead to Its Demise
Affirmative Action and the Myths That Lead to Its Demise
On June 29th, 2023, Black students, their families, and their college advisors were thrust 45 years into the past. In the Supreme Court’s…
Kinley Simmons
Oct 8
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Our New Earth: Why Humans Are The Cause Of Global Warming
Our New Earth: Why Humans Are The Cause Of Global Warming
Hurricane Helene is the deadliest mainland US hurricane since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Just three days after the hurricane hit, over 200…
Emily Bevivino
Oct 8
Wake Up Call: Why Schools Need to Start Later
Wake Up Call: Why Schools Need to Start Later
Bzzzzzz. Bzzzzzz. Bzzzzzzz.
Nora Baqui
Oct 8
White People Can’t Help Being Racist
White People Can’t Help Being Racist
Ever since I came to the United States as a Chinese woman, I felt shadowed by invisibility. Transitioning from being part of the majority…
June Ying Liu
Oct 8
The Real Test: The Role of Socio-Economic Class in Standardized Test Scores
The Real Test: The Role of Socio-Economic Class in Standardized Test Scores
When I began my junior year of high school, my enthusiasm to finally be an upperclassman was dampened only by the standardized tests…
Akshita Ashokkumar
Oct 8
8 Hours to Thrive: Why Sleep is the Ultimate Productivity Hack
8 Hours to Thrive: Why Sleep is the Ultimate Productivity Hack
Tick tock tick tock.
Mieke Barry
Oct 8
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True Crime: Is Treating Trauma as Entertainment Ethical?
True Crime: Is Treating Trauma as Entertainment Ethical?
True crime. It’s taken over YouTube, Netflix, even Spotify. Maybe it’s me being sensitive or my general uneasiness about murder but I don’t…
Charisse Thorpe
Oct 9, 2023
The ‘Sephora Kid’ Trend on Social Media Needs to Stop
The ‘Sephora Kid’ Trend on Social Media Needs to Stop
Nowadays, young girls are begging their parents for adult-targeted makeup products like Rare Beauty blushes, Drunk Elephant bronzing drops…
Lily Bonnem
Oct 5
Disconnect for Success: The Need to Ban Phones in Schools and Acknowledge Teenager’s Addiction.
Disconnect for Success: The Need to Ban Phones in Schools and Acknowledge Teenager’s Addiction.
Globally, an estimated 4.9 billion people use social media (Weir). 4.9 billion people is more than half of the world’s population. While…
Maggie Maas
Oct 8
Ex-Communicating ‘Ex-Cons’: the Reality of Voter Disenfranchisement
Ex-Communicating ‘Ex-Cons’: the Reality of Voter Disenfranchisement
Imagine two people, both convicted of the same non-violent crime. Both finished their sentences and continued to be parents, professionals…
Leah Glaspey
Nov 20, 2023
Neglecting our Responsibility for the Future of the Nation
Neglecting our Responsibility for the Future of the Nation
The word “politics” brings up a lot of feelings for a lot of people. Minds immediately jump to presidential debates, international news…
Leah Glaspey
Oct 9, 2023
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