We need better food options in the SUB
Prajal Prasai, [email protected]
October 14, 2018
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Education is important, and it is the reason why students come to college. Like education, food is also necessary for those students to stay healthy and concentrate in class. But, what if some of the students have to struggle with questions like what to eat rather than what to study? “I usually...
Don’t be a workaholic, enjoy college
Alfonzo Galvan, [email protected]
October 14, 2018
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Today’s students are incredibly overworked, both in class and outside of it. Classes, jobs and extracurricular activities take up the majority of an average student’s time. With the future looming and time passing, many students don’t take the time to sit back and enjoy the process. It’s important...
Just vote, it will benefit everyone in the long run
October 14, 2018
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Voting has been around for many generations. Dating back from early Grecian times, a man named Solon established the first sophisticated form of democracy. Through this act of public spirit, every citizen was granted the right to vote as opposed to only the rich people. This enhanced the morale of...
Pornography may not be consensual
Ashlyn Dupree, [email protected]
October 14, 2018
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Porn watching may be a consensual act, but the actors participating in the video may not be doing it consensually. According to fightthenewdrug.org, 49 percent of sex trafficked women shared that while they were being sold, pornography was made of them. Most people think that pornography is made consensually,...
Assault survivors deserve belief, not politics
Miles Jordan, [email protected]
October 14, 2018
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‘Dershowitz: Dems ‘Shooting Themselves in the Foot’ by floating Kavanaugh Investigation, Impeachment.” “Laura Ingraham: After their catastrophic Kavanaugh loss, Democrats are hitting the anarchy accelerator.” “How the Democrats got outplayed on Kavanaugh.” These are some headlines from...
If you do crime, you all deserve time
Kandace Moss, [email protected]
October 8, 2018
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Since the start of the #MeToo movement, millions of brave women have spoken up and let their sexual assaults and assaulters come to the media spotlight. We have seen news anchors resign, billion-dollar networks drop their shows, and actors get turned away from jobs over the assaults they have been acc...
Student to student needs rules to create positive atmosphere
Miles Jordan, [email protected]
October 7, 2018
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Student to Student @ ULM is one of the most important sites in the University of Louisiana at Monroe community. Student to Student as students call it is a Facebook group that allows for discussion between ULM students. These discussions range from job openings, to where to get a haircut , best shoppin...
Human trafficking: Ladies, we’re not safe
Ashlyn Dupree, [email protected]
October 7, 2018
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According to polarisproject.org, it is estimated that about 40.3 million people are human trafficked all over the world at this current moment. What comes to your mind when you think of places where people are trafficked? Personally, I think of New York City, Chicago and other big cities like thos...
Hit-and-Runs: How do we stop them?
Ashlyn Dupree, [email protected]
September 30, 2018
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Recently on Student to Student @ ULM, a Facebook page used for students to communicate with each other, Callie Dartlon, a sophomore pre-occupational therapy assistant major, shared that a girl rear ended her at ULM in a parking lot and left the scene. Luckily, Dartlon said there was only a minor scratch...
Apps are beneficial but can destruct minds
Chelsea Terrell, [email protected]
September 30, 2018
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Applications, or apps for short, on your smart phone or device can be very beneficial for your daily obstacles or tasks. Many rely on apps for everything: reminders, alarms, entertainment, games, social media or anything that peaks one’s interest. Although it is very helpful for someone going through...
Food for thought: Open communication needs to operate like neurons
Asja Jordan, [email protected]
September 30, 2018
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A neuron is a specialized nerve cell that receives, processes, and transmits information to other cells in the body. This occurs due to the firing of an action potential. An action potential is simply the electrical energy that sends signals from the brain to the neuron. The information from the neuron...
We need to see that hazing is an issue
Richard Johnson, [email protected]
September 30, 2018
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Despite large cultural differences, nearly every civilization engages in some form of hazing. From elaborate manhood rituals to giving the new person a hard time at work, hazing seems to be built into our brains. But why is it so hard to fight? First, it’s hard to define. Is making a joke at another...
