Music Festivals, big and small, have been significant staples in the music industry globally, and just like many other events involving a large gathering of people, it was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the music industry saw a decrease in consumer event spending “by more than […]
Day: March 5, 2024
Why are concerts becoming financially unattainable? (Op-Ed)
For decades, concerts were considered one of the best ways, if not the best way to show your appreciation for an artist’s music and connect with them directly in-person in a way that is simply not possible through listening to pre-recorded tracks or records. With reasonably affordable tickets, accommodations, and travel options, concerts for artists […]
Colleen Hoover’s collaboration with Olive & June is tone-deaf. (Op-Ed)
Colleen Hoover, the viral romance author, has teamed up with Olive & June to create a press-on and nail polish collection available at Target. The colors of the 17 press-on nail sets and eight polishes are inspired by the covers of Hoover’s novels. The collection is rapidly selling out, but the marketing for this collaboration […]
College athletes receive preferential treatment that typical students do not. (Op-Ed)
I sat next to a collegiate football player in an undergraduate Speech class my freshman year. I couldn’t tell you his name, about his behavior in class, or what his speeches pertained to, as he was never there. On the first day of class, he told the professor that he was on the football team […]
Meta users experience global outages
Multiple social platforms owned under the social media conglomerate Meta experienced a “technical issue” Tuesday morning. Apps such as Instagram, Facebook, and Threads, Meta’s competitor to X (Twitter), were unable to load content and/or forcefully logged certain users out of their accounts, displaying written “crash” messages and alleging that certain users passwords were not correct […]
Russian Foreign Ministry threatens to remove German journalists
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova revealed that Russia is ready to expel all German journalists from the country in the wake of a leaked conversation between German military officers. In the leaked audio, officers discussed Taurus long-range missile deliveries to Ukraine, the training of Ukrainian forces, and a possible strike by Kyiv on a […]
