As students slowly switch gears from vacation to classroom mode, the heat has been increasing without change throughout America as well as South Korea. “A typical Fullerton summer temperature usually maxes out at around the low 100s,” said Fullerton resident Noah Somphone. “I heard that while I was in Evanston for camp,…
[Editor’s Column]Hate Dies Love Arrives?
In the contemporary society where social media and online influencers dominate the digital world, it is almost impossible not to hear about rising online entrepreneurs. Earlier this year, controversy surrounded the rising youtubers Jake Paul and Logan Paul both with followers numbering over the fifteen million, mostly consisting of children of the age…
Grand Opening of LINE Store Featuring BTS
Have you ever fallen in love with the cute characters from Korean messaging apps? These character-based stickers online are very trendy among teens and even adults! Thanks to their popularity, we can now encounter these adorable mobile characters in reality! LINE Friends Corporation owns thousands of character-based goods, theme parks, animations, and cafes…
The Internet’s Opposition to Alex Jones
It all started with Apple eliminating the entire library of InfoWars podcasts on iTunes and Podcast apps. Then came YouTube and Facebook, both restricting the access to any of the theorist’s uploaded content through channels/pages. Recently, Spotify did the same thing. What these five major social media platforms have in common is…
Understanding Virtual Stardom
The digital age has presented both convenience and consequence for today’s technological consumer. Many children are prone to having their own personal cell phones and tablets as early as elementary school. While this privilege has inherently become the norm for many families, the normalization of technology in our lives also exposes…
Are Antidepressants Life Savers?
Expanding use of antidepressants like duloxetine, venlafaxine, and sertraline has risen to become an issue across much of the world, especially in the United States. Long term use of antidepressants is surging in many parts of the world, including the United States, New Zealand, and Britain. The main purpose of antidepressants is to…
Banning Straws Might Not Help
The plastic straw ban has been a hot topic for the past few years as San Francisco joined the many other California cities to ban the plastic straw for the benefit of the environment. The first plastic straw ban happened in Seattle, in 2008, and many other US cities are following through. Although a…
[Editor’s Column] Koreatown Fights Back
This past summer, the whole of Koreatown faced what any location in existence fears most – disappearance. Koreatown, after establishing its existence almost an entire century ago, was faced with a big challenge this past summer. Bangladeshis wanted to expand their community and, like Koreatown, be able to have a designated area for…
Microplastics in the Ocean
Plastic is one of the most common and well used materials in the world, but much of it ends up in our oceans as microplastics, or tiny pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters in length. With plastic production consistently rising every year, plastic pollution has reached a global scale of concern for…
Congo’s Refugee Crisis as Political Instability Worsens
In 2008, Reuters reported on Congo’s war-driven crisis: “War, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), which carried out the study with Australia’s Burnet…