DIVERSITY MISREPRESENTED
Two weeks ago, SUNY Plattsburghâs student newspaper, Cardinal Points, gained widespread attention for the front cover of its weekly print edition. The weekâs main story, titled âMinority admission rates examined,â was accompanied by an illustration depicting an African American student…
Millenials vs. everyone else
Change is like an ongoing cumulative ripple, like the beginning of a never-ending domino effect that will forever alter the future. This factor, change, persists throughout the passages of time. With each new generation that logic is no different. Things…
Google contact lenses give new outlook
There have been many reports that Google is working on developing smart contact lenses which can be used to measure glucose levels for diabetics. There is also a report that Google has a patent pending for a contact lens with…
Shamu gets shammed
SeaWorld, a well-known aquatic zoo, has announced plans to expand the tanks of their captive orcas. They would increase the size of the pools from 5.8 million gallons to 9.6 million gallons. More free space is a good thing, right?…
Star Wars Episode VII boycotted
There is a disturbance in the force. After the release of the latest trailer for âStar Wars Episode VII â The Force Awakens,â people are up in arms over the new film. The cries have been seen on Twitter and…
âPoppinâ tagsâ saves money, adds chic style
It seems like every time someone asks me, âWhere did you get that dress/shirt/pair of pants?â I tell them the same thing: I got it at a thrift store. When I say that, I just feel happy about a cool…
Offensive costumes hit nerve
Itâs taken five years, but Oswego State finally picked up the Ohio Universityâs torch and joined the âWeâre a Culture Not a Costumeâ campaign. Itâs about time. In 2011, Ohio Universityâs Student Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS) created the…
Hollywood pay gap proves controversial
In an attempt to not sound âspoiledâ or like âa brat,â the raging âHunger Gamesâ superstar Jennifer Lawrence recently wrote an essay via the popular website Lenny Lerner about the wage gap between male and female actors trying to make…
Kardashians overshadow Lamar Odom
On Oct. 13, two women at the Love Ranch, a brothel in Crystal, Nevada, went upstairs to check on Lamar Odom, a two-time NBA champion and estranged husband to Khloe Kardashian, after not having seen him during the morning hours….
Troops stay in Afghanistan through 2017
On Oct. 15, President Barack Obama said that he would keep troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2017. The current plan is to maintain current troop strength of 9,800. This will go through most of 2016 and begin downsizing…
