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COMMENTARY: The fall and rise of the XFL
The XFL is a reinvented new eight-team league striving to fill in the fan void during the offseason waiting period for the next NFL game. Debuting Feb. 8, 2020, the eight teams will play a 10-week regular season and 2-week postseason, which…
COMMENTARY: Period problems persist but personal responsibility prevails
Recently, on both college campuses and on social media, a battle of ideas has broken out about fairness in feminine issues, and it is a bloody one. Two noteworthy positions oppose each other on the topic of feminine hygiene product…
COMMENTARY: Will 2021 be the year of women in film?
With another awards season behind us, more women were added to the long list of females who have gotten left behind in the dust of men winning prominent non-gender specified awards, like best director. Will the 2021 movie season be the year…
COMMENTARY: Ignorance, the secret synonym for nostalgia
Is nostalgia a way for one’s brain to comfort them? Or does nostalgia create a desire for a lack of knowledge, therefore making life less complex to live?
COMMENTARY: Coronavirus represents another disease that causes prejudice
These viruses come and go, but they are not excuse to discriminate against any group of people. There is nothing wrong with being cautious for the sake of health, but when people get discriminated against for racial or other profiling, that…
COMMENTARY: Ride or die politics
Dictionary.com defines “ride or die” as “a colloquial expression of extreme loyalty to someone or something.” The keyword here is “extreme.” Political alliances to a candidate or party is normal, but in recent years “ride or die” politics…
COMMENTARY: Students need to take the plunge to ‘Get Involved’ on campus
Students cannot get the full college experience without taking the initiative to step out of their comfort zones. Getting involved in college is one of the most rewarding things a college student can do.
COMMENTARY: Are televised award shows becoming extinct?
Racial bias has been part of the public’s criticism of award shows for a very long time and continues to gain attention.
COMMENTARY: Social Media spurs citizen journalism trend
The rise of social media in the last 25 years has led to changes in how the average citizen consumes the news. Americans are straying away from looking to traditional news sources and have turned to social media as their primary news…
COMMENTARY: Combating modern day yellow journalism
Over 100 years removed from the yellow journalism of the 19th century, the same tactics are being employed today to drive profit by capitalizing off of current U.S. political strife. Yellow journalism is not an antiquated media issue from a…