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Start  your  week  on  the  right  foot  with  these  informative  topics  regarding  world  issues  and  relevant  topics

Reality of Rio

8/22/2016

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by Jessica Yu
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This summer, the Olympic games at Rio have been covering every headline, with many athletes breaking incredible world records and showcasing their skills and talent. The pictures we see online highlight the beautiful Olympic venue, but the reality of Rio is quite bleak. Behind the excitement and chaos of the Olympics are the city’s residents, who have been displaced in order to build the Olympic venue. This is an act of gentrification, where the many homes of Rio residents have been demolished and hundreds of families are evicted in order to clean up the city for Olympic spectators. New apartments that are being constructed for the families who have been evicted are located even further from the inner city, in order to prevent the mingling of tourists and foreigners with the city’s inhabitants. ​


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Languages and Education

8/22/2016

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by Asma Gaba
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When should students begin learning a second language at school? As the world progresses, being bilingual is almost a necessary skill, especially when future employment is considered. It’s common that languages are first introduced to high school freshmen and that they most likely finish the course in the language by their last year. But the truth of the matter is that it’s rare that one leaves high school fluent in a new language.


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Don't Call Me Fabulous

8/22/2016

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by Corey Gray
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​    Even though the gay stereotype has been broken down a bit over the years, there are still some aspects that persist. A lot of what I’m going to talk about aren’t negative stereotypes at all, they are just little things that have made me feel more and more like a fixture or accessory in people’s lives rather than an actual human being.
​I can’t seem to go about my life without being called “fabulous” or “fierce” or being told that I “slay” at least once a day by a straight cisgirl. Of course, there’s also the now very prevalent exclamation “work”. At this point those words have lost all meaning to me. Back in high school I would gladly welcome them with a gleeful “YAAS” and maybe even a sassy finger snap, but over time I noticed that those were really the only quasi-compliments people would give me. I also caught wind that when my friend’s would tell their friend’s about me, the first thing they would say things along the lines of “Oh my god, Corey is a FAB-U-LOUS gay! Ugh, you would LOVE HIM.” At a point, it felt like I was nothing more than a gay to them who could be interchanged with any other and the dynamic wouldn’t change a bit. Of course, I know my friend’s didn’t mean any harm, but it’s like if I was telling one of my friend’s about one of the girls who talked about me like that and said something like “Oh my god, she is so WHITE! You’d LOVE her!” So, before you call another gay person “fierce”, “sickening”, “fabulous”, or anything else just because they're gay, just think of a different adjective. It’s not that I don’t love being gay, I honestly couldn’t even imagine life if I weren’t gay, but I’d also like to be my own individual person, not just the universal gay.



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The True Definition of Racism

8/15/2016

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by Asma Gaba
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Racism is so much more than using derogatory slurs against another. It's so much more than carrying hatred towards another race. Although these are examples of outright and blunt racism, we often forget the root of the problem: the sociological and systematic racism that’s all too present in the United States.
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Recently, Michelle Obama gave a speech at the DNC that's been called inarguably her best. In it, she tells the audience that the White House was built by slaves. Shockingly, many people became angry, calling Michelle Obama out on being disrespectful. See, there are people who are so uncomfortable by the idea that our country was founded on genocide and racism, that any mention of it will justify an uncalled for remark from them. It's a fact- the White House, the symbol of the United States of America, was indeed built by slaves. The fact that there are white Americans that deny the way our country was founded is, quite frankly, a privileged mindset. Because once one believes that the way our country was founded is unimportant, it paves the way for racism in one's mind.


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Kids Really Are Growing up Faster Nowadays

8/15/2016

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by Corey Gray
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I’ve been thinking a lot as of late about how my sixteen

years old friends act more mature than my twenty-one year

old friends. About how you can scroll through Instagram and

see fifteen year old makeup artists. When I was fifteen,

everyone I knew was just worried about acne and little cute

crushes. Now it seems like people are maturing at a much

earlier age, and I want to explore that idea.

I’m nineteen, only one year out of high school. While in

high school, there were obvious changes from class to class

concerning maturity in different regards. Of course, the

observations I’m going to get into could’ve been completely

random. Everyone is different, so the classes could’ve just

had a lot of a certain kind of person, but I believe the

changes were so specific to our societal context that it’s less

than random.


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Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989

8/15/2016

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by Jessica Yu
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The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as June

Fourth Incident, were a series of student led, pro-democracy

demonstrations against the Chinese government. Inspired by

western democratic ideals, college students started hunger

strikes and marched in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing,

demanding for major economic and social reform. They called for

the end of nepotism and corruption of government officials as

well as freedom of speech and press. The protests lasted for

several weeks until June Fourth, 1989, when the Chinese

government declared martial law and open fired onto the

protestors. The events on June Fourth are also called the

Tiananmen Square massacre.


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Art Isn't Fashionable

8/8/2016

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by Corey Gray
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Art isn’t fashionable. Excluding those #trendy socks

with renditions of classical paintings on them, of course. But

the days of fashion being treated as an art are dwindling.

Nowadays, we’re all about fast fashion and following trends

like out lives depend on it. Oh, faux leather and fringe is in

this season? Just let me hop on over to Forever 21 and get

some cheaply and unethically made, but affordable pieces

that will only last for as long as the trend. It’s great that

there is a lot of affordable trendy clothing available, but it

has carved a deep divide between ethics and art, and

fashion.


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Self Diagnosis

8/8/2016

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by Jessica Yu
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Self diagnosis is the act of determining one’s health

conditions without the aid of a medical professional. Recently, self

diagnosis has become more popular, as access to medical

professionals is increasingly expensive and difficult. Oftentimes,

individuals look up their conditions on the internet and determine

what condition they have based on the symptoms listed. Mental

illnesses such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder are

commonly self diagnosed by teenagers and young adults who

either cannot afford to see a professional or whose parents will

not let them. There are many resources online to help with self

diagnosis including medical websites. However, self diagnosis can

be extremely dangerous and lead to misdiagnosis or

underdiagnosis, potentially putting one’s life in danger.

When it comes to self diagnosing physical injuries, it is often

underdiagnosed. An injury that a person determines is small and

unimportant can actually be a serious problem that they are

unaware of. The convenience and no-cost act of self diagnosing

causes people to visit the doctor less frequently. Mental illnesses

can be underdiagnosed as well; someone can determine that they

have anxiety when in reality they have multiple illnesses that

share common symptoms. Overlooking these illnesses can harm

one’s health and everyday life. Doctors and medical professionals

advise strongly against self diagnosis at all costs.

However, to be able to visit a doctor every time something

hurts or doesn’t feel right is privilege. Not everyone can afford

the medical bill and the medication to help them, so they can only

rely on resources online to help them better understand what’s

going on. Self diagnosis will always be practiced no matter how

many warnings are made for it. If we can’t force people to go to

the doctors when they are sick, maybe we can work towards

improving our resources online to help those who are diagnosing

themselves.
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How to be Pro-Life and Pro-Choice

8/8/2016

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by Asma Gaba
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Abortion: Should it be legal? Should it be banned? Pro-choicers

believe that abortion should be legal and accessed easily,

because every woman deserves the right to terminate a

pregnancy (before the fetus can survive outside the womb, which

is normally between 24 to 26 weeks). Pro-lifers, on the other

hand, believe that a termination of pregnancy is immoral and

should not be used.


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Black Lives Matter vs. Blue Lives Matter

8/1/2016

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by Selena Sherwood
​Recent confrontations between police and African Americans have

caused a new movement to be brought about in response to the

Black Lives Matter campaign. The similarly named Blue Lives

Matter, which promotes the ending of violence and death in

people in the police field. Now, protecting lives of the men and

women in blue is a very important issue, but, this response puts

out the wrong message entirely. The Black Lives Matter

movement is not an attack on police, it’s a cry to end police

brutality and corruption of the system that has taken away many

innocent people. They stand up equality, not power over the law.

Bills are being voted on across the country in support of the Blue

Lives Matter movement, making an attack on a police officer seen

as a hate crime and giving those sentenced longer jail time. In

theory, these laws would be a great idea, but, it goes against all

the Black Lives Matter supports are fighting for, equality. Many

officers have shot and killed innocent men and women and got no

significant punishment. Another problem is that the name implies

they’re at odds, but at heart, both sides are both looking for

justice. This is uncatchable when without equal and fair

punishment. Wrongful death will always happen, but with 154

African Americans kill by police this year alone, something needs

to change.

My town and many like it have been put at odds on this issue. A

common argument I hear is that a uniform makes an officer a

walking target, but, at least their target is only skin deep.
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