Back in December, my roommate messaged me a forgettable meme about eating Tide pods. At the time, considering that I was all too consumed by finals, I thought the meme was a one-off joke about how stress eating was no longer limited to junk food. Fast-forward to last week: I’m thoroughly perplexed by the […]
Read More →Millennials are the highest-educated group in history but also the most underpaid. With those kinds of numbers the idea of starting a company from the ground up is scary, especially for those who don’t have high startup capital. The idea of breaking out on your own seems impossible, but it’s not. Although most startups never […]
Read More →In the dating world, there are always plenty of fish in the sea. Incoming college students, however, must deal with a dramatic transition in their dating pool as their high school pond becomes a university current. As new people come in with the tide every day, college students turn to Tinder in the hopes of […]
Read More →Ah, Snapchat, the app that is so definitive of the millennial generation. From selfies to Geofilters to stickers, Snapchat is up to date with the trends of the times. Naturally, to withhold its au courant status, it releases updates every so often, ensuring that its audiences never get bored. (After all, we cannot forget the […]
Read More →“Millennials don’t vote.” My first semester “Government and Politics” professor and my current writing professor agree with this common phrase. This ideology illustrates a part of the low voter turnout problem that continues to plague the United States with each passing election. There are thousands of excuses that potential voters come up with to justify […]
Read More →There are six distinct American generations to date. The Greatest Generation consisted of the Americans grew up to fight World War II. Then there is the generation of the Baby Boomers. Generation X came after, followed by Generation Y and there is us, the largely discussed Millennials. Our age group has received a ton of criticism […]
Read More →The 2014–15 school year is shaping up to be one with the massive outbreak of stories about race. From night shootings to month-long protests and riots, things don’t seem to be looking up. On March 19, Austin, Texas Mayor Steve Adler told CNN he was outraged when police reported seeing stickers that state, “exclusively for […]
Read More →Even up until about a decade ago, unless you were a “somebody,” you were a nobody within the fashion industry. It didn’t matter how different and fashion-forward your ensemble was — nothing mattered until it was acknowledged by The People. Who are The People? Anna Wintour, Olivia Palermo — the industry’s giants made up of […]
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