Category: Opinion
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Social Media and Its Obsession With Blame
by Heysha Garcia Melendez When an unfortunate event occurs, what is it that we see on the news? We see how many people died or a description of the person who caused the fault along with misleading titles. On the news, we see different people’s opinions giving you only one side of the same story.…
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Experience As a Vietnamese Student
by Minh Nguyen Did you know that Vietnam got a rank higher than the U.S in the PISA test? Based on the results of the international test released in 2015, Vietnam had the honor to place 17th with their overall score including math, science, and reading while U.S just placed at 36th with their overall…
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Physician Assisted Suicide
by Maureen Ngigi [Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) is a heavy and emotional topic, because people refuse to give up on their loved ones and choosing this option for is just too painful. PAS is an option that allows a physician to prescribe medication that ends up killing the patient but with their knowledge. It is…
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Poland’s New Bill Aims to Erase History
by Heysha Garcia-Melendez The Polish President, Andrzej Duda, signed a bill titled “The Holocaust Bill”. This bill states that you can’t blame Poland for any crimes that happened during the Holocaust. This will prohibit you from saying things like “Polish death camps” and if you do, you can get up to 3 years of prison…
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Make Your New Year’s Resolution Count
Most of us make New Year’s resolutions, and set goals for the new year ahead. But let’s be honest, keeping those resolutions is a whole other story. According to Huffington Post, “only 8 percent of people actually keep their New Year’s resolutions.” Are you part of that eight percent, or is it easier to just…
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Apple Watch 3 Review
by Thiago Rego Apple Watch 3 was launched on September 22, 2017. The watch cost $329 (GPS) and $399 (GPS + Cellular). After months with the Apple Watch three, I got some really good impressions and some bad impressions. Well, the Watch has an 18 hours battery. That means that you are going to have…