YouTube personality Gabby Petito began documenting her life living in a van and traveling across the country with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, in hopes of being fun, relatable and inspiring for viewers. Instead, viewers watched as Petito fell deeper into an extremely toxic and abusive relationship that, tragically, ended in […]
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The BLVD helps make significant strides for walkable cities
Lancaster Boulevard, also known as The BLVD, was once a five-lane street in Lancaster, Calif. lined with vacant storefronts. The BLVD now, however, stands as a pedestrian-friendly bustling epicenter of greenery and community. The BLVD transformation has helped the community of Lancaster immensely. Prior to the renovation, Lancaster had twice […]
Trump executive order targets and endangers trans athletes
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports. “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” will go into “immediate action, including enforcement actions, against schools and athletic associations,” according to the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. This all started […]
Handwritten notes prove to be the most beneficial mode of note taking
We are currently in an age where most of our lives revolve around technology: social media, television and movies, communicating with friends and family, work and more. According to Dino Ambrosi, a guest speaker on TedTalk, a person with a 90 year life expectancy will have 334 months of free […]
‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ divulges the dangers of wellness influencers
In 2013, Belle Gibson began documenting her journey with a brain tumor and how she was healing it herself with health and wellness practices. She sold cookbooks and developed apps, inviting her band of followers into the world of holistic healing that saved her from a certain death. It almost […]
Republican legislators attack period products in schools
To no one’s surprise, Republican legislators have found yet another way to target young women: menstrual products. Caroline Dillon, a senior at Spaulding High School in Rochester, N.H., approached then state Sen. Martha Hennessey (D-5) with a mock-up of a bill that would mandate New Hampshire middle and high schools […]
Super Bowl ads are pleasantly more lighthearted this year
From the “When Harry Met Sally” reunion to celebrity cameos, this year’s Super Bowl commercials tried staying fun and lighthearted rather than including politics or a “controversial” message of some sort. The Super Bowl is supposed to be a fun event for friends and family to watch together. Including politics […]
Grab the popcorn: Students debate best way to watch films
PRO At this point in 2025, I feel like it’s more difficult to find someone who doesn’t use streaming services, rather than someone who does. They have become second nature in American society. Everyone memorizes the passwords to their Netflix, HBO and Hulu logins like it’s their Social Security […]
Lack of body positivity in media will continue to impact beauty standards
As much as I would like to argue that as a society we are making strides toward being more body-positive and accepting — I don’t think this is the truth. In the past couple of years, there has been a surge of body-positive messages and influencers making their way to […]
Women deserve to be more recognized in the government
As of 2023, 25% of U.S. Senators were women, compared to 10% in 2000 and 0% in 1977, according to the Pew Research Center. As of 2025, this number has only grown to 26 female senators, and only 64 have served in U.S. history. Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives […]