In honor of the winter Olympics, a camaraderie-building world-wide event, lots of promotion in favor of the games is broadcasted. However, there are a lot of cons to the Olympics that are…
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Conscious Consumer: Antibiotics
The development of antibiotics in the early 20th century was arguably one of the most important medical developments in modern medicine. Almost a hundred years later, antimicrobial products are everywhere – soaps,…
To Gerrymander is to Pander
In the past few weeks in Pennsylvania, a GOP lawmaker, Chris Dush, requested that judges of the state’s Supreme Court be impeached in reaction to an order that new congressional maps be…
YouTube: The Problem of Sensationalism Versus Quality Content
When YouTube first debuted on the Internet in early 2005, the video-sharing website was one of the first of its kind. The only other site similar was metacafe which was founded in…
Conscious Consumer: Sports Drinks
So you’ve just finished a workout or just want something sweet to drink, but don’t want the carbonation of pop, so you pick up a sports drink from the diner or Cougar…
Social Media and Mental Health
“I hate myself and I want to die.” A tweet like that would probably would garner a few sympathetic likes, a retweet or two, maybe even quoted with something motivational or feel…
The Real State of the Union
The State of the Union address is presented from the president to Congress and works to establish the agenda for the year and gives the perceived state of the nation. On Tuesday,…
Food Insecurity on Campus
We are all pretty familiar with the joke that college students are broke, only show up to events if there is food offered, and survive off of ramen. To the fortunate, they’re…
On Coping with News Burnout
Paris is flooding. The Doomsday clock is two minutes to midnight. Vietnam is facing a migrant crisis due to global warming. The flu season hasn’t even peaked yet. There has been 11…
The Sun is Energy For the Long Run
On Monday, January 22, 2018, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels. There is an approved 20% tariff on the first 1.2 million washing machines with 50%…