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Simone Biles at 24-years-old has already won 4 Olympic gold medals and 19 world championship gold medals. She is considered by many to be the greatest gymnast of all time and many, if not everyone, expected her to continue her domination in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. However, in one of the biggest surprises of theContinue reading “Mental Health: More Important Than Any Gold Medal”

COVID-19 cases are once again seeing a rapid increase in numbers across the country. While much of this is being attributed to the much more contagious Delta variant, some are arguing that the actual underlying cause is “vaccine hesitancy” among the general population. With almost 7 months of 2021 in the books, it is safeContinue reading “The Delta Variant: We Aren’t Out of the Woods Yet”

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most difficult problems to address has been the rampant spreading of misinformation. One need to only look across any one of the frequently used social media sites to see a wide array of differing opinions and contradictory information about COVID-19 and the vaccines introduced to prevent it. TheContinue reading “Social Media Companies Under Fire for the Spread of Covid-19 Misinformation”

In March of 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic shook the world. Whole industries were turned on their head and life as we knew it seemed to come to a screeching halt. In addition to the obvious health consequences presented by COVID-19, there were a number of unwelcome changes to our daily lives. We suddenly couldn’t goContinue reading “Should People Return to The Office?”

In huge news that that has been a long time coming, the NCAA announced on Thursday, June 30 that they would be enacting a new policy that will allow college athletes to benefit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) moving forward. The issue has been a constant source of controversy over the years, spawningContinue reading “Long Overdue: The NCAA Enacts New NIL Policy”

For a long time now, there has been an ongoing debate concerning rules and standards. The debate focuses on two sides, both representing different legal forms that are often used to promote the interest and general well-being of society. One side being in favor of using “rules” as law and the other being in favorContinue reading “Rules vs. Standards: Which is Better for Society?”

The Third-Party Doctrine has been a subject of debate since it was first introduced in the ’70s. The doctrine, first detailed in the cases of United States v. Miller and Smith v. Maryland, states that a person does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in information that he/she voluntarily turns over to a thirdContinue reading “The Third-Party Doctrine: Failing to Keep Up with Modern Times”

What was once thought to be an inevitability in the coming years is now starting to appear as more of a sci-fi fantasy than one based on near-reality. Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur CEO and founder of Tesla, said in 2015 that self-driving cars that had the ability to drive anywhere would be here inContinue reading “Will Cars Ever Truly be “Self-Driving?””

In what can clearly be construed as a positive sign that the pandemic is slowly coming to an end, “jobless claims” in the United States have hit a new low since the pandemic started. These “jobless claims” serve as a solid indication of how many employers are laying people off as people seek unemployment benefits.Continue reading “Jobless Claims Hit New Low as U.S. Continues to Recover from the Pandemic”

On Wednesday morning, a man by the name of Samuel Cassidy opened fire at a public transit yard in San Jose, California, killing nine of his coworkers before taking his own life. While many of the details surrounding the shooting are still surfacing, some things are clear. The man was a disgruntled employee who hadContinue reading “Latest Mass Shooting Stokes Fire of National Firearms Debate”