As the 2024 presidential election rolls around, the validity of the Electoral College will once again be tested. As recently as 2016, it failed to crown the winner of the popular vote as the new leader of the United States, as Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump despite garnering 2.9 million more total … Continue reading The Electoral College Needs To Go
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NBA Player Jontay Porter Banned For Illegal Gambling Actions
Sports betting has become more and more common in recent years, especially in major leagues based in the United States. The NFL, MLB, and NBA have all particularly leaned into this, and are now actively promoting gambling services where fans can put their money on the outcomes of games. While sports betting used to be … Continue reading NBA Player Jontay Porter Banned For Illegal Gambling Actions
NASCAR On Easter Shatters U.S. Sports Television Audience Record
This past Easter Sunday, the United States turned its attention not toward painted eggs and colorful baskets, but instead to loud, heavy, fast race cars endlessly going around in circles. When the NASCAR Cup Series took to the track at Richmond Raceway in Virginia, more eyes were glued to their television screens than ever before. … Continue reading NASCAR On Easter Shatters U.S. Sports Television Audience Record
Influencer Factories
Influencer Wang Xizi live streaming from a clothing store, courtesy of Raffaele Huang for the Wall Street Journal In China, Indonesia, South Korea, and many other East Asian countries, a new e-commerce phenomenon is growing: influencer factories. Influencer factories, influencer farms, or influencer incubators are a new e-commerce model where hundreds of influencers film content … Continue reading Influencer Factories
Google’s Gemini Adds Fuel To Raging Fire Of AI Culture Wars
With artificial intelligence quickly becoming the hottest commodity in the technology industry, many prominent companies are working on creating, coding, and publishing their own AI services. The most recent entity to throw their hat into the ring was Google when they released their ‘Gemini’ model into the world. One of the main capabilities the model … Continue reading Google’s Gemini Adds Fuel To Raging Fire Of AI Culture Wars
Freedom of Speech
What is free speech? When does free speech need to be curtailed? What does the 1st Amendment actually protect? When should the government step in to promote or prevent certain kinds of speech? Who is free speech for? What is the impact of free speech on today's society? What is the impact of limiting free … Continue reading Freedom of Speech
Supreme Court Grapples With New Social Media Moderation Laws
For roughly four hours on the afternoon of Monday, February 26, Supreme Court justices discussed the validity of the recently-passed laws in Texas and Florida aimed to restrict the power social media companies have over controlling the content on their platforms. Solicitors general from both states argued that removing posts from online feeds is a … Continue reading Supreme Court Grapples With New Social Media Moderation Laws
On Light Pollution
For twenty nights after becoming a student at Wheaton College, during not a single one did I sleep well. You may say this was to be expected, of course. As a college student, how could I think I'd find sleep so easily? With frat-boy wannabes dragging their furniture at every hour of the night, neighboring … Continue reading On Light Pollution
SGA’s New Budgeting System for Clubs – Good or Bad?
For the upcoming 2023-24 school year, the Wheaton College Student Government Association (SGA) made a big change to how they fund clubs. In previous years, SGA had clubs petition for funds. This included filling out a detailed budget proposal of events they have planned for the upcoming year, and how much money those events would … Continue reading SGA’s New Budgeting System for Clubs – Good or Bad?
What’s Up Mr. Beast
Mr. Beast is a well-known YouTuber known for the expensive videos he posts on the internet. All of his videos can be rather eye-catching with how much goes on. Some videos that can be mentioned are buying an extremely expensive surgery so people who were blind so they could see, or even when he did … Continue reading What’s Up Mr. Beast