Health / Mental Health / Self

Does Nostalgia help define your good days

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Think of times like 2016, flower filters, Drake’s One Dance playing, and a great summer. When you think of that time, do you go back and say, “was that my best time […]

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Mental Health / Relationships / Trauma

Understanding trauma

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Having trauma can influence how someone can behave towards others. Depending on what they’ve been through in their past, it reflects on them in their present/future. Trauma can cause us to be socially […]

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Economics / Holidays / School

Holidays Should Not Be Longer

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Holidays are the days everyone looks forward to because they are considered a break. Most adults look forward to breaks like spring breaks since they see a week where they can get […]

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COVID / Health / Vaccinations

Protecting Ourselves and Loved Ones

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Why isn’t everybody taking the precautions to protect themselves and their loved ones against the deadly COVID? This terrible virus stopped us from going to school for a year and a half, […]

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Poverty / Race / School

Zip Codes Are Setting Students Up For Failure

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According to the ChildFund organization, eleven million children live 50 percent below the federal poverty line, and 37% do not finish high school. So one out of nine children in the United […]

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Admissions / School / Testing

Standardized Testing Needs to Change

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Standardized testing, a haunting test. A test that determines your college admissions, whether you will get scholarships, and in a way, rates your intelligence.  Over 64% of Americans feel like these tests are emphasized […]

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College / Economics / Inequities

Why College should be less expensive

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Many people wish to seek a good education at a school, but they just don’t have the means when college tuition in the U.S. ranges from $15,000-$80,000+. Some reasons for this issue […]

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COVID / Economics / Ethics

Waiving the COVID-19 Patent is a Good Idea

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Is a desire for pharmaceutical profit from the vaccine killing more people than COVID-19 itself? Maybe. Maybe not.  The issue is the most contentious ethical challenge of our time—health vs. wealth. As understandable […]

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Beauty / Diversity/Inclusivity / Media / Racism

How Eurocentrism Impacts Our Standards of Beauty

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For the past few centuries in the United States, the white population, specifically those of European descent, has been offered far more power in society than people of color. Consequently, the power […]

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Diversity/Inclusivity / Human rights / LGBTQIA / Mental Health

Binaries and the Bathroom

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As someone who is not cisgender, my life is very confusing at times. On the one hand, I truly love my identity as life has been a lot more enjoyable ever since […]

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