Usually, college letters to freshmen are quite welcoming in a formulaic way. However, the University of Chicago decided to break the standard happy college letter in favor of a somewhat stark statement. “We do not support so-called trigger warnings, we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not…
Category: Society, Politics, Lifestyle, and Culture
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Case of Senioritis
It was always believed that senioritis would begin to kick in after college applications were due, near the start of the second semester, but the symptoms seem to be making an appearance relatively earlier this year. The Class of 2017 is plagued by the feeling of apathy and nonchalance towards school work and the tendency…
Frondoso’s Fluffy Felicity
The exhaustingly long wait has finally come to an end. On the 17th of August 2016, the Frondoso apartment complex of Interlomas, Mexico City inaugurated a celebration, felicitating the new opening of an innovative application of its remaining area of land – a dog park. This was quite clearly observed to be a delightful introduction…
Back-to Back Attempted Kidnapping in Glendale Worries Residents
On August 10, a 52-year-old woman named Lisa A. Arnold was suspected of two back-to back kidnapping attempts in Glendale, CA. “We’re fairly confident it is the same suspect,”Sgt. Robert William of the Glendale Police Department said. “This is not something that happens regularly in Glendale.” The first attempted kidnapping incident took place around 5…
North Korea Launches Missile Tests
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on August 3. One of the missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, while the other exploded on launch. US and South Korean officials stated that the missiles were launched in defiance of the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council sanctions, according to CNN News. The US Strategic Command presumed…
Plagiarism: the Trump Edition
On July 18, 2016 at the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump’s speech gave a lasting impression on America for all the wrong reasons. Not long after she had given the speech, many viewers, particularly Jarret Hill, a journalist, noticed that parts of her speech sounded a very similar to First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech during…
Snapchat Update Makes App More Edited
Snapchat is a social media app that allows friends to communicate with on-the-go photos and videos that automatically disappear after being viewed . However, a new update feature called Memories makes the app more edited and less like its original self. The new feature allows users to send photos that were not taken on Snapchat…
The Perils of Procrastination
Procrastination is something that everyone does and falls prey to. However, science has shown that procrastination is not only linked with laziness or lack of motivation. There is now a scientific explanation as to why procrastination happens and why some people prefer it over accomplishing tasks ahead of time. Either way, most people will still agree that procrastinating can be more trouble than it’s worth.
Pain of the Age, “Spirits Homecoming”
The tumultuous history between South Korea and Japan is an ongoing controversy that never seems to find an end story due the many different events and happenings of that time period. The new movie “Spirit’s Homecoming” is a movie about just one of the major wrongdoings that occurred during the horrible relations of that time. It recounts the story of two young sisters who were captured by the Japanese to be used as “Comfort Women” and although one sister dies while trying to escape, they are reunited in spirit.
Trump Inspires Patriotic Marketing
The political campaigns are doing much more than just bringing people together it is also causing major brands to adjust their marketing strategies to also follow in the footsteps of many political campaigns. The nationalistic pride that political campaigns bring to the forefront is also now being found on the labels of major products around the United States.