Today, March 14 was the National Walkout to protest gun violence. Thousands of students across the country walked out of their classes and stood in silence to honor and remember the victims of mass shootings, called their Congressmen, and proudly held up hand-painted signs. Thousands of students across the country remained in class because they …
It is 776 BC. The year that the first Olympic games is thought to have taken place. Fierce competition between athletes is a spectacle to behold, the crowd cheers, and laurels are bestowed upon the winner. The year is 2018. Fierce competition between athletes is a spectacle to behold, the crowd cheers, and laurels are …
It’s Raining Men. More accurately, it’s raining perpetrators of sexual harassment, misconduct, and assault. Every day the list of the accused grows and another top CEO, celebrity, TV personality, movie producer, or political figure is toppled from their throne. This is the most updated list (as of right now) of some of the most famous …
Safe Spaces have been a matter of contention for quite a number of years. Here’s my take as someone on the verge of the college life: In theory, the idea of a “safe space” is very appealing. It is unpleasant to encounter people who are critical of your own views or express views that are …
I was asked to come up with another nickname for “Generation Z”, the generation that includes people born between 1995 and 2009. As someone born right on the edge of the new millennium, I took it to heart to come up with a better moniker for my own generation. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “The Future is Bright”. …
In the last couple of weeks, there has been a radical shift in the way that we talk about sexual harassment and abuse. The power of the #metoo hashtag is seen in the way that women are sharing their own personal experiences, coming forward, and finally having the courage to speak out against their harassers. …
Ignorance, in my opinion, is one of the most common, most disturbing, and most rectifiable plagues on our society. I am bothered by the lack of awareness that I see in the people around me at school; despite living less than an hour away from New York City, they know close to nothing about current …
Becoming an informed member of society is extremely difficult. News is constantly coming in, issues change, hot topics blow up and die out, the focus shifts in an instant. Understanding background information on things like the Syrian refugee crisis requires a lot of research, an understanding of a complicated history, and a certain degree of political …