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Age restrictions guide youth

Age restrictions guide youth

Rochita Ghosh February 23, 2018
According to law, teens are not allowed to purchase cigarettes until they are 18 years old. Once they hit that milestone, they have to wait three more years until they can legally purchase alcohol. Age restrictions prevent teens from hurting themselves and others, but are they implemented to guide or restrain?
Moral compass impacts decision-making

Moral compass impacts decision-making

Rochita Ghosh January 23, 2018

Yin and yang, right and wrong, good and evil. From the time of childhood to old age, such extremes can guide a person’s moral compass and decisions. Some even take comfort in the closed boundaries,...

US values shift from insights, generations

US values shift from insights, generations

Katie Whaley January 22, 2018

When children reach the age of two years old, they begin to experience moral emotions, or feelings prompted by right and wrong, according to the American Psychological Association. As they continue through...

Cheating hurts integrity

Cheating hurts integrity

Ji-Sung Lee January 22, 2018

The feeling is all too familiar. As the teacher hands out the exam, students fidget in their seats, crack their knuckles and glance around. They hope their peers look just as nervous as they do.  It’s...

Conformity causes lack of individuality

Conformity causes lack of individuality

Emily Oba January 22, 2018

While it is natural to want to conform to a group, there are people who are more likely to resist this peer pressure and those who give in. Junior Anusha Mishra considers herself to be the former. Self...

Fight or flight response creates skewed time perception

Fight or flight response creates skewed time perception

Elad Gov-Ari November 14, 2017

Beading sweat, clammy hands and a racing heartbeat. These feelings are all too familiar for the countless people who experience the physical response, fight or flight. When confronted by an opponent, a...

Clocks block scheduling opportunities

Clocks block scheduling opportunities

Emily Oba November 14, 2017

Every morning when the blaring sound of sophomore Jordan Kuhnert’s alarm clock rudely awakens her short sleep at 5:30 a.m., she dutifully drags herself out of bed to face another busy day. After her...

Dominant emotions cause time warp

Dominant emotions cause time warp

Emily Oba November 14, 2017

In 2016, senior Cassi Viox traveled to Guatemala for the first time in 10 years. Previously, she went to the central American country to adopt her little sister, though Viox was young and didn’t fully...

Inequalities prompt justice

Inequalities prompt justice

Multiple Authors September 28, 2017
Inequalities in America prompt questions over racial equality and how the uproar of white supremacy will affect the future of America.
Photo by Maya Bell

Differing ideologies fight to define nation’s identity

Grace Dorsey September 28, 2017
Racially stirred protests and event in politics spark questioning about the history and future of white supremacy.
Americans debate preserving confederate monuments

Americans debate preserving confederate monuments

Faaris Khan September 28, 2017
White right activists discuss keeping up and preserving confederate monuments in America and the history that comes with them.
Media stereotypes, advances LGBT community in one paradoxical act

Media stereotypes, advances LGBT community in one paradoxical act

Katie Whaley May 28, 2017
Media, the double-edged sword. Movies and books both create visibility for LGBT community members, but it can also perpetuate old tropes.
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