By: Sarah Hudes Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy tells the story of Dante’s journey through hell, where he must pass through its nine different circles. 1st Circle of Hell: Summer It is 4:32 PM on August 26th, and it is your first time logging onto Genesis since late June. An intense rush of vehement hatred comes …
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Where trends go to die
By: Sarah Hudes What if I told you that the shirt you are wearing right now was stitched together by the hands of suffering child laborers in Bangladesh? Or that your favorite clothing store produces their clothes in dangerous garment factories in Cambodia? Would you rethink where you bought your clothes? While our morality answers …
The showdown: Clinton vs. Trump round one
By: Bharati Ganesh The first Presidential debate of the 2016 election season was held on September 26 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Media coverage of the debate was incessant, and millions of viewers tuned in. Here is a roundup of some memorable and interesting moments from the debate. Donald Trump defends …
The 2016 Rio Olympics: a disaster in the making
The security of athletes and spectators should be the number one priority, and keeping the Olympics in Rio, where the political climate is unstable and the Zika virus is running rampant, is no way to protect anyone’s wellbeing.
Get over yourself, honey
It’s nothing groundbreaking to say that there is value in failure. It builds character, thickens our skin, tells us when to strive higher. But in our valiant efforts to promote positive self-image we have instilled the belief in children that they can’t fail.
Candidate Policies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
An overview of the policies of the remaining presidential candidates.
Millennials: Caring about nothing since 2000
As of right now (Eastern Standard Time), I do not give the school permission to give me a B. Oh, and since I declared it in writing, it’s totally true. Unfortunately, this is not how the world works. And even more unfortunately for Facebook users, you were all part of a stupid rumor. Recently, numerous …
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