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Montreal takes a step backwards with pitbull ban
Last June in Montreal, the tragic death of a 55-year-old woman who was mauled to death by an alleged pit bull stirred the public enough to push the government to […]
Upcoming festivities can also bring up seasonal affective disorder
These next few months before 2016 comes to a close will bring about familiar changes. Leaves will turn to a bright orange before wilting into a crackly brown. People will […]
Don’t trust Politifact
One of the most useful roles for the internet is storage for an incredible amount of knowledge and information. Google alone must answer hundreds of thousands of questions a day. […]
Drug addiction is not a character flaw
There is no question of the existence of the opioid epidemic in America, but a Facebook video that has recently gone viral raised questions about the amount of personal information […]
Fight to end sex slavery and improve lives of victims
Trafficking sounds almost benign, trivialized by its similarity to a simple word shared with vehicle congestion or the act of trading illegal products like guns. Human trafficking is a brutal […]
March on with progress or become obsolete
One of the most exciting things living in this internet-powered age is how fast innovation has become. From Uber to Air BnB to YouTube, incredibly disruptive technologies are making more […]
Being green needs to extend beyond social media
For the past few weeks, the internet had been abuzz with news that the Great Barrier Reef had perished. Shared and retweeted continuously, the story was accompanied with words of […]
The benefit of teaching teens healthy habits
The topic of alcohol use in young adults is one of constant debate. Countries have set a range of laws for the legal drinking age from 16 years old in […]
Keep weather reports realistic
This past week, the Pacific Northwest has been preparing for what local news outlets claimed to be one of the five worst storms in local history. All of that preparation, […]
Creepy clown pranks need to stop
Recently there have been reports of people dressed up as clowns and with haunted house worthy clown makeup on their faces trying to lure children into the forest. The so-called […]
The broken window fallacy: Hurricane Matthew can not have good outcomes
As the U.S. East Coast gets hammered by a hurricane, the economically illiterate urge people to look on the bright side, as if hurricanes had silver lining. They say it’s […]
Disabled people should be treated as people first by the media
With the world being so vast, there is never enough time in a person’s life to see and experience it all. This leads to people often getting a lot of […]
Anti-Defamation League has no idea what memes are
At the beginning of the year, I thought that Trump being even considered to have a chance to be the Republican nominee for president was a comical enough idea that […]
Finding success and happiness is unhelpful advice
Searching for success is like looking hungrily at a fully stocked kitchen, but not knowing what to eat. One could find a beautifully intricate recipe and spend time designing each […]