“We’ve got a perception problem,” Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said of his state’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act in an April press conference. Indeed. The problem Pence is referring to is the widespread idea that Indiana’s RFRA gives the state’s businesses the right to discriminate against LGBTQ people—a misconception, accordingContinue Reading
Cricket, fistball, flutterguts and ringball all have one thing in common: they aren’t standard sports popularized in the U.S. These other sports exist all over the globe, and they are not only just as engaging, but provide the opportunity to explore other cultures. The wealth of different sports America possessesContinue Reading
If you asked a typical high schooler what a successful education looks like, they would most likely mention getting good grades in high school, going straight to a prestigious university and ultimately ending up with a good job. But one thing most people wouldn’t think to mention is a gapContinue Reading
If you’re reading a piece of required literature for your English class, chances are at least one character isn’t going to make it to the back cover. In fact, it seems as though books are now required to include some discussion of mortality in order to make their way intoContinue Reading
Remember how in gym, in order to win a fitness award you had to pass certain standards, like doing 20 push-ups and 10 curl-ups? Within these standards there is one thing that repeats itself in anything strength-related—the girls have a much lower standard than the boys do. In gym classesContinue Reading
When people talk about suicide, they tend to offer too many euphemisms to mask the dire nature of the problem. It’s reduced to being a permanent solution to a temporary problem, an easy way out or a final cry for help. Edging around the word and its implications only furthersContinue Reading
The Sadie Hawkins dance is supposed to allow men and women to switch their typical societal roles. That is to say, it is ostensibly empowering for woman, allowing them equality, but in truth it’s quite the contrary. See, Sadie’s gives the illusion that woman can do just as much asContinue Reading
I’m sorry to be such a buzzkill, but bees are dropping like flies. This is apparently thanks to insecticide producers such as Bayer and Syngenta, who both use neonicotinoids in their products, which have been connected to bee colonies collapsing. A global review of the honeybee death rate by theContinue Reading
Is it possible that one theory, devised more than forty years ago, can explain Fairfax County’s million-dollar utility bill? Popular economics theory the Tragedy of the Commons states that individuals attempt to exploit the resources of a group, but only harm themselves. Everyone adopts the same strategy, and resources areContinue Reading
During freshman orientation, rising eighth-graders were all packed into the auditorium to talk about what would be happening at school. Faculty gave a school pride speech, including asking anyone not playing a sport to stand up. Those who were not standing were told to join a sport and become aContinue Reading
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