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Friday, April 19th, 2024– 108 student protesters at Columbia University have been arrested by the NYPD after Nemat Shafik, Colombia's President, authorized police to clear the many tents set up by protesters in Columbia University’s designated “free...
On the morning of April 5th, the northeastern US experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with its effects being felt from Boston to Philadelphia.
The earthquake's epicenter, the point directly above...
In the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk. The purpose of fasting are many, a few of which are: to strengthen one’s self-control, to weaken the physical body so that the spiritual body can take precedence,...
Will Gen-Z be the first generation to rely solely on unconventional financial outlets like social media influencing? What will this mean for the traditional 9-5? What will this mean for the future economy? Only time will tell.
In any introductory...
Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active duty member of the U.S. Air Force set himself on fire outside of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC on Sunday night in protest of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Bushnell later died from his injuries.
Bushnell’s...
The wait line for The Crown is nothing like the ones outside of Target for the new Stanley release or in front of the Peter Pan and Pirates of The Caribbean rides at Disney World. Take it from King Charles, who waited 70 years to ascend to the throne....
6-year-old Hind Rajab was evacuating from Gaza with her uncle when they got caught in an Israeli ground offensive. Her cousin, aged 15, then called the Palestinian Red Crescent for rescue.
“They are shooting at us… The tank is next to me” said...
Kamila Valieva, 15-year-old Russian figure skater, rocked the Beijing Winter Olympics with a gold medal victory and subsequent scandal for a positive doping test of trimetazidine– a performance-enhancing heart medication. On January 29th, 2024 the long...
Mainstream media is witnessing an epidemic of carefully selected, blatantly misconstrued language in it’s reporting – the bulk of which is working to conceal the facts of the ongoing Gazan Genocide, beginning in 1948 after the Nakba (illegal colonization...
January 14th 2024 marked 100 days of incessant bombing in the Gaza strip. 1.9 million people have been forcibly removed from their homes, nearly 23,938 Palestinians reported dead, 60,582 Palestinians injured, 10,000 Palestinian children dead, 160,800...
Many Stranger Things enthusiasts won’t be watching season 5 amid controversy involving lead Noah Schnapp caught handing out stickers that read “Zionism is Sexy.”
With Noah Schnapp handing out these stickers, many die-hard fans of the show now...
On January 5th, an Alaska Airlines flight 1282 (plane model: Boeing 737 Max 9) flying from Portland, Oregon to California had its trip cut short because a door plug detached from the plane mid-flight.
A loud gunshot-like sound signaled that the door...
Quick-wit, slang, and wordplay are the 0s and 1s of the grand language that is humor. Historically, bards, jokers, and, arguably, the greatest writer of all time: Shakespeare, each played a part in making their community chuckle. Now, software developers...
In the 20th century, society has seen more public figureheads and celebrities with no political power or knowledge taking stances on human rights issues, social justice efforts, and international affairs. The war the world is in now is not one of artillery,...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international sports court of justice, will oversaw a hearing, September 26th, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The hearing has been called to settle a long drawn-out matter involving Russian Skater Kamila Valieva and a...
What is El Niño
El Niño means “the little boy” in spanish. South American fishermen were the first to notice the inconsistency of warmer waters in the Pacific, and in the 1600s, they affectionately coined the phenomena “El Niño De Navidad”...
Put down your phone this summer and buy a kiddie pool instead!
Trying to figure out your summer plans? Look no further! Check the list below for some summer activity ideas.
1. Try creating new summer drinks. Mix up flavors, try something new, and...
Picture this: Sally is in her chemistry class and the teacher calls on her to ask how many oxygen atoms are in water. Remembering that the chemical formula for water is H2O, Sally confidently says “2!” But to her great dismay, Sally mixed up oxygen...
If you haven’t already heard one of your Muslim friends’ stomach growling in class, you may not know that it’s the spiritual month of Ramadan.
Since Ramadan follows the lunar calendar, the first day of fasting is announced when the crescent...
On January 19, 2022, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, most famously known for his NBA team the Dallas Mavericks and appearances on “Shark Tank,” launched a pharmaceutical company Cost Plus Drugs to “disrupt the drug industry and...
The 15-year-old Russian gold medalist figure skater Kamila Valieva is no longer under review for a positive drug test of Trimetazidine at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
The appeals took over a year to resolve because of the tricky...
Eggs are a hot topic lately. So are cars… and houses… and health care…? Spanning from daily groceries to the family pet’s annual tetanus shot, inflation has hit American families hard. So when did it hit me, a 17 year old with little financial...
It’s leviOsa not levioSA. Even for gen-z who didn’t grow up with Harry Potter, this infamous Hermione Granger quote managed to find its way into our culture. But as Emma Watson went from Hermione to Belle, to Meg March, the Harry Potter franchise...
Halloween is sneaking up fast, and nobody seems to know which treats the neighborhood ghouls and goblins are looking for. If you want to be the “cool house” this Halloween- don’t be a dum-dum, hear us out on some of our favorite (and not-so-favorite!)...
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