It’s undeniable that red meat is popular in the United States. In 2023 alone the average per capita consumption for red meat was 57.6 for beef and 49.8 for pork. The US continues to be one of the leading nations in red meat consumption, with the average citizen consuming around 224.6 pounds of meat a […]
Day: March 12, 2024
Daylight Savings Time should become permanent (Op-Ed)
Each year, the nation realizes, prepares for, and ultimately complains about the biannual adjustment of clocks- otherwise known as the “fall back” and “spring forward” associated with Daylight Savings Time. First implemented in World War One, DST has a long, complex, and varied history in the U.S. Although DST was initially adapted to conserve energy […]
Twitter (X) is the most important political public forum (Op-Ed)
Online chat rooms and social media platforms have long-been used for all forms of discourse, including political discussion. Twitter, launched in 2006 and quickly growing in popularity through its rebranding to X, has long been the top dog when it comes to online chatter, defined and distinctive through its limited character limit, lack of an […]
Music NFTs are here and they’re still a terrible idea (OP-ED)
A new form of NFT has hit the market and it’s as dangerous and uncertain as the last. Non-fungible tokens (NFT), tradable assets made from blockchain technology that can’t replicated, sprung into popularity in late 2017. The invention of its pioneering standard ERC-721, led to NFTs being adopted in the general market in 2020, with […]
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of “Avatar the Last Airbender” removes all the fun from the original cartoon. (Op-Ed)
I grew up with Nickelodeon’s Avatar the Last Airbender. In elementary school, my friends and I would play pretend that we were in the world of powerful benders; we reenacted scenes in our unfinished basements, splashed each other in epic Waterbending fights in our Easy Set pools, and had Agni Kai battles with ribbons to […]
Social media is detrimental to mental health (Op-Ed)
It’s no secret that we live in an increasingly digital world that is dominated by virtual services and platforms, online communities, and mobile devices. Modern technology has permeated every aspect of modern society, creating an increasingly obvious dependence on our devices and their functions in our day-to-day lives. Through these advances in technology, we have […]
Women’s achievement in sports is often eclipsed by sexism. (Op-Ed)
No one seems to care about women’s sports. From youth sports to the Olympics, women’s achievement in sports is eclipsed by sexism: comments, headlines, and announcers all downplay women’s athletic ability. In 2016, the Chicago Tribune posted “Wife of a Bears’ lineman wins a bronze medal today in Rio Olympics” on X, formerly known as Twitter. […]
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead in apparent suicide
A former Boeing employee responsible for providing evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company was found dead in South Carolina on Saturday. John Barnett, 62, worked at Boeing for 32 years and retired in 2017. The day before his death he testified about a slew of issues he identified while working at a Boeing […]
