Panem et Circenses

[A response to the Blackboard post by Angelina Sakkestad: “I can’t be the only one that’s been cooking and baking like a crazy person, right? Perhaps in a play-by-play of a couple of days/the last week, pepper in new foods you’ve been making. Did you rummage through the pantry and create something incredible? Disgusting? Are […]

Disasters during Disasters

An Eyewitness Testimony And Discussion Through the entirety of the crisis that we have been living through, we have been trying to establish a new normal. We can all agree that it disrupts every aspect of our lives at best, and causes horrible decisions and losses at worst. As we try to find our new […]

Fact Check 3

This article written by Emily Conover for sciencenews.org states that cooling something down, known as “precooling”, prior to heating can cause that heating process to take less time. This is known as the Mpemba effect, and it is a topic that is hard to replicate in testing and therefore controversial. However, these two scientists created […]

Fact Check #2

This article by Fox News can be found by searching for articles on the coronavirus, as well as frequenting the Fox News website. Personally, I looked up articles on google about the outbreak, and this one seemed important to me to look into. The claim that “men appear to be more vulnerable to the coronavirus” […]

Track Review: “But the Wages” by Hozier

This unreleased song debuted on his tour for his recent album Wasteland, Baby! on November 24th, 2019. That album was noteworthy for his metaphorical descriptions of humanity combined with ethereal vocals and supporting cello, piano, and acoustic guitar. The protest song “Nina Cried Power” came before the new song, showing Hozier’s devotion to the spirit […]

Fact Check #1

The fact in question is that President Trump was shutting down the government to leverage for funding of the border wall he plans to build between Mexico and the United States. This was an event that happened back in late 2018 going into early 2019. Trump had been forcing the government to completely shut down. […]