Pandemic Divisiveness

By. Charlotte Roberts You cannot look anywhere without seeing something pertaining to the pandemic. Shutdowns, vaccines, variants, we’ve all been inundated with pandemic talk. With the mainstream media and political figures constantly discussing the pandemic we are now starting to see a new class divide: vaccinated vs unvaccinated. It is no secret that the government…

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Bias Tech Leads Bias Law

By. John Wingo In the past 5 years technology privacy has been the “greatest debater.” Recently Netflix released a docuseries following a team of lawyers who pushed for tech legislation regarding facial recognition titled “Coded Bias.” Facial recognition, (besides crypto currency) is one of the latest tech upsets.  Due to a lack of photos (commonly they are…

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Is CTE The Answer?

By. Charlotte Roberts Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) has gotten a lot of attention lately, particularly with the recent arrest of NFL cornerback, Richard Sherman. It is a degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma seen mostly in high contact sport athletes and military veterans. Below is a cross-section of a normal brain and a…

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The Great Resignation

By. Charlotte Roberts The pandemic has caused a lot of changes in society. One recent trend stemming from the pandemic is the great resignation where people are quitting their jobs en masse. You can see an example from the viral Burger King sign above in which the entire staff quit their jobs due to upper…

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Why The Cosby Case Is So Polarizing

By. Charlotte Roberts As you may have heard, Bill Cosby, 83, has been released from prison after serving nearly three years of a sexual assault conviction from 2018. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned this conviction on the grounds that Cosby had a previous “non-prosecution agreement” before standing trial. This was not a technicality, but…

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Return to Honor

By. Tia April Honor can be defined as one of high esteem, a sound reputation or one exalted to high office. This concept of honor meaning dignity, reputation, and office points to honors’ oldest known etymology in the Latin word honorem. In our contemporary society, honor is not a word used much in spoken conversation. We…

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