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Ashari Cain
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Mount Up or Mount Down?
The Center for Student Diversity was created to be the powerhouse for minority involvement at the Mount. CSD is the head of several clubs...
Elvis Trujillo
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Vaccination Mandate: President Biden or Dictator Biden?
On Sept. 16, President Joe Biden announced that he would enforce strict vaccine mandates upon millions of Americans, businesses and...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Holding Facebook Accountable for Outage
Global economic losses, disruption in communication, big tech failure and non-transparency are the results of the 2021 Facebook outage....
Jade' Curtis
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Missing Women and Racial Bias
Gabby Petito quickly became a widely-known name after her murder. Petito, a travel influencer and vlogger, worked as a pharmacist...
Ashari Cain
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Academic Strain + COVID Pain = Mental Drain
Mental illness is one of the main contributors to student disengagement and plummeting grade percentages... not that numbers are...
Gavin Elliot
Oct 19, 20212 min read
Pills over Shots: A Needle-free Alternative Way
Merck & Co. created an alternative to the Pfizer and Moderna shot--a pill. I think a pill would be a better alternative to a shot,...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Oct 19, 20213 min read
China’s Housing Crisis
Collateral damage, the borrowing of billions of dollars, an irrational GDP ratio and a potential negative, global economic domino effect...
Gavin Elliot
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Your Health is at Risk
When you go to McDonalds you do not think about the health risks of its food. All customers think about is getting a quick meal and that...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Sep 30, 20213 min read
What 76th UN General Assembly was All About
Initiatives for global vaccinations and climate control, striving for human rights and first-world greed are global issues discussed at...
Elvis Trujillo
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Why Melbourne’s Government Officials are a Joke
Insurrection through violence and instability is present in Melbourne, Australia. This is due to anti-vaccination protestors who have...
Jade' Curtis
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Texas Abortion Bill and Body Politics
Senate Bill Eight, also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, passed Sept. 1. This act has made it illegal for a person to receive an...
Jade' Curtis
Sep 30, 20212 min read
U.S. Drone Strike Far from being “Righteous”
Many are unsure of what has happened in Kabul, Afghanistan, regarding the U.S. drone strike. An investigation has recently shed light on...
Ashley Torkornoo
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Controversy Meets Met Gala
This year's Sept. 13 Met Gala was surrounded by many controversies. From Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Tax the rich" dress to...
Ashari Cain
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Horrible Plight of Haitian Migrants
Political conflict and a recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake have torn apart Haiti's infrastructure and forced communities to flee their...
Jade' Curtis
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Poverty Pervades during Pandemic
Does anyone honestly know whether the poverty rate in the U.S. has increased or decreased? According to many news sources, poverty has...
Ashari Cain
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Covid College Culture
In spring 2020, COVID-19 closed thousands of college campuses and sent millions of students home to receive their education remotely...
Ashari Cain
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Ida to Blame for Flood Damage
In the first week of September, Mount St. Mary’s University experienced remnants of hurricane Ida which hit various areas in Maryland and...
Emily Cowan
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Just Sit Down and Read
Most people I know that do not read say it is because reading is boring. My initial reaction when they say that is they have never...
Elvis Trujillo
Sep 17, 20213 min read
The Afghanistan Economy after the Afghan Conflict
The war in Afghanistan ended this year with more than 2,000 lives lost among American soldiers and more than $2 trillion (about $3,100...
Gabrielle Hendricks
Sep 17, 20213 min read
The Destruction of Hurricane Ida
Mass destruction, economic tolls and even death are some of the misfortunes that the infamous Hurricane Ida is leaving in its midst. This...
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