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The Women’s March by Sheralyn Laron, Staff
This year may be the start of something new, from the anticipated presidency to a new fight for human rights (of more people than you’d expect) in response to the election. The 2017 Women’s March took place on January 21st to kick off the new year and showed the world how much it is still lacking in equality. The Women’s March was a worldwide protest that occurred in over 500 different locations and rallied millions of people from all over to participate. The event began soon after the election when a woman named Teresa Shook announced her idea to march and it rapidly spread throughout the media. 4.8 million people marched worldwide including well-known celebrities; such as, Rihanna, Ke$ha, and John Legend. At this march, attendees protested for women, the LGBT community, racial equality, religious freedom, healthcare, immigration, and workers’ rights. It was also for several other issues that are a problem going into 2017; such as, opposing Trump and his administration’s positions on deportation and politics. This march was a really interesting and powerful way to draw more public attention to the issues and organizations
supporting them. Celebrities were also able to show their true feelings on these issues in a way that they are unable to do on social media. They can use their public platform and attention to demonstrate what they believe in. It was also a great way for everyday people to freely voice their opinions on the issues. The march included those who weren’t able to attend by broadcasting through social media to raise awareness.
The Dakota Access Pipeline Native Americans are arguably some of the most independent nations in the world. However, they also seem to be among the only nations constantly having to fight for their right to live as a sovereign nation.
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The first ever Women’s March seemed to be a great success for participants and viewers from home. Hopefully, this can continue on as a tradition to spread awareness and unity in the future.
Uber Boycotts A protest by taxi drivers and Lyft drivers was launched after President Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim nations. The problem wasn’t that Uber didn’t join the protest, rather that Uber tried to gain a profit off the protests.
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Karma by Katie Goldman, Staff
On January 27, 2017 Zendaya Coleman, actor, singer, dancer, and designer, discovered a plus size girl that was body shamed by a guy who goes by the username “Eskimo Jay” on Twitter. He took pictures of the girl that she had posted on her profile and re-posted them, saying people should never trust a girl’s face-shot because the pictures showed a face-shot compared to a full body image. This tweet blew up almost immediately to the point where the girl in the images gained 20K followers overnight. This tweet was found on thousands of timelines, and it was talked about on television. Zendaya stumbled upon this picture on her timeline and addressed it by asking her followers to find the girl being body shamed so she can invite her to be a model for her fashion line. The “Honey Dip” was found within minutes under the username Honey Dip and the girl was excited for the offer. She tweeted, “I’m really speechless right now because becoming a plus size model has been my number one goal”. Thanks to the guy who tweeted hate about her, this girl's dream came true and she even has a fan base
that formed when people saw this tweet and felt offended. They showered her in compliments and were not afraid to share with “Eskimo Jay” exactly how they felt about his tweets. His tweet showing the girl’s images has been discussed on a show called “Everybody Talks” and even with all this publicity, he has not gained many followers, and he continues to stand by what he said. On the other hand, she is now up to 40k followers on Twitter. This event seemed to show nothing but good karma for the cyber bully victim, and due to the backlash of his
Paint The Town Green – Or Blue? by Chelsea Planesi, Staff
March is the month of basketball and shamrocks. The traditional Irish holiday, Saint Patrick’s Day, is celebrated annually on the seventeenth of March. It has been celebrated with parades, the color green, shamrocks, and corned beef with cabbage, but why, of all things, is this how we celebrate the Irish holiday? Parades are a celebratory event that temporarily closes down all of the roads you need to travel on that afternoon. Saint Patrick’s Day is typically celebrated with a parade, but it wasn’t always that way. March 17th was chosen to honor Saint Patrick’s legacy in 1631, about twelve centuries after he died on that same day. It was originally just a feast day celebrated by the church
throughout Ireland, but the first documented parade for the holiday wasn’t for another hundred years and it didn’t even take place in Ireland. The very first parade was in New York City in 1762 due to the massive increase of Irish immigrants in America. This influx of Irish people in America led to the tradition of eating corned beef with cabbage. The immigrants were very poor and the best food that they could afford on their feast day was corned beef and cabbage. On Saint Patrick’s Day, the legend is that you will get pinched if you don’t wear green, which deeply connects the color to the holiday; however, green actually isn’t the color of Saint Patrick. The saint’s color was a light blue, but green became the color of the
original tweet, “Eskimo Jay” really got a taste of his own medicine. However, this cyber bully managed to get his victim a job she has wanted for years, while trying to body shame and humiliate a beautiful woman. Honey Dip is going to model for Zendaya's line Daya by Zendaya and go on living her dreams. However, Eskimo Jay is going to have to live with the consequences of attempting to publicly shame someone for her appearance.
holiday because during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, the clover was a symbol of nationalism and wearing green represented Irish pride. The clover itself became a symbol of the holiday and the Catholic Church because Saint Patrick was said to use clovers to describe the Holy Trinity to his followers. The tradition of dying rivers green was started in Chicago, Illinois in 1962 by sanitation workers, who realized they could decorate the river with the color of Irish pride. The color green, although mistakenly seen as the color of Saint Patrick, has a strong connection with the holiday, influencing many traditions and symbols. Although the famous Saint Patrick’s Day traditions are fairly modern, the celebration of the day has remained the same since its beginning in the seventeenth century. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all! Feast on corned beef with cabbage while you paint the town green-or actually blue.
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DAPL STATISTICS
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The Dakota Access Pipeline
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7,400,000,000 Estimated number of barrels of oil that is believed to be in the US portion of Bakken.
470,000 Estimated number of barrels of crude oil that can be surfaced from the DAPL daily.
Native Americans are arguably some of the most independent nations in the world. However, they also seem to be among the only nations who constantly have to fight for their right to live as a sovereign nation. This is a recurring theme in the lives of Native Americans, and we see this again in the battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline is to run across four states from North Dakota to Illinois. It will ship about 470,000 barrels of crude oil daily to a terminal, where it can then move to a refinery. Most of this pipeline is actually built already, but the $3.7 billion project has been put on hold due to the protests of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Popular social media platforms such as Twitter have been a key tool in spreading awareness for this crisis. Tens of thousands of tweets have mentioned the crisis, sending their support for the communities affected by the construction of the pipeline. There are many pros and cons of this massive project. The arguments for the pipeline make sense to businessmen and money hungry oil companies, as this pipeline has the promise of being the most cost efficient way to ship oil so far. It also promises businesses an increased profit margin. However, the cons are the detrimental effects on entire communities as
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well as the environment. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is objecting to the pipeline as it has a large chance of contaminating drinking water and damaging sacred burial sites. The company behind the pipeline, Sunoco Logistics, is responsible for 69 past accidents in four states in only two years. With such startling numbers and how large the project of the pipeline is, the probability of more accidents at Dakota Access is a pressing concern for anyone living near it. While the profit margins would have the ability to be increased, is it really worth it at the price of the nation the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has worked at keeping for so long? Trump’s justification for pushing the pipeline is that it will create more jobs, but is building the pipeline necessary for this purpose? There are plenty of other sectors and industries Trump could create jobs in, such as clean and renewable energy or infrastructure. Is more money for an already extremely well-off business owner so crucial that entire communities of people need to have their only source of clean drinking water compromised? Unfortunately, America seems to feel it is. Americans never fail to keep exploiting one of the most marginalized races in the world. When will we leave them alone? Despite the numerous cries to stop in the pipeline, completion has been approved by President Trump and our nation is moving forward with the pipeline. Where is America headed after a move like this?
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Uber Boycotts by Zach Madsen, Staff
A protest by taxi drivers and Lyft drivers was launched after President Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim nations. The problem wasn’t that Uber didn’t join the protest, rather that Uber tried to gain a profit off the protests. Uber halted its surge pricing (surge pricing is when Uber charges more because of popularity at certain times) and continued to pick up travelers from the airport, undermining the taxi drivers strike. Many popular actors and activists were thrown into a mixture of rage and disgust because Uber didn’t participate in the protest, but also tried to gain a profit off it. Protesters took to Twitter and started the hashtag #deleteuber that instantly blew up. Some big names in the movement include Mark Ruffalo (known for his acting in the
Avengers as Dr. Banner), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (most known for his acting in the sitcom Modern Family), and Jesse Williams (Grey's Anatomy actor). Lyft, another popular ride service, did the complete opposite. Lyft donated $1 million to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and released a statement against Trump and in support of refugees. This caused Lyft to jump ahead of Uber in the App Store, while Uber was bombarded with multiple one star reviews and saw a dramatic drop in its ranking on Apple’s App Store. After seeing a drop in customers, Uber then tried to fix the situation by releasing their own statement against Trump’s travel ban. However they continued to see an attack from protesters who were not satisfied with how the company conducted itself. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was a part of President Trump’s advisory group, which also led to a large amount of rage by Uber users. After much criticism, Kalanick
Part 2: Who Are The Millennials? by Kamran Fardanesh, Design Manager
As discussed in Part 1 of this twopart segment, failed parenting skills and technology are two of the four characteristics that help define the mind of a Millennial. In Part 2, we will explore Simon Sinek’s views and the following two characteristics: impatience and environment, which will ultimately help us better understand how Millennials function and behave. The third characteristic of a Millennial is impatience. Instant gratification is what Millennials thrive on. Millennials have begun to expect everything to be given to them without actually earning it, such as job fulfillment and love. Sinek illustrates this through the metaphor of climbing a mountain. He states that “When a Millennial is standing at the foot of a mountain, all they see is the summit, which is equivalent to the ‘impact’ they wish to make in the world; what they don’t see is the mountain in between.” Through this example, Sinek stresses the importance of patience and how it is needed in order to achieve certain qualities of life; such as, self-confidence,
joy, or learning a skillset. He claims that some steps within these can be “expedited”, but ultimately, the journey to obtain joy or love is long and difficult and sometimes, asking for help is what is needed in order to keep you from falling off the mountain. Sinek’s final characteristic is a Millennial’s environment. Sinek claims that the modern business environment promotes the technology-ridden lifestyle of a Millennial, rather than one that focuses on interpersonal skills. We are placing Millennials in corporate offices that focus solely on profit versus job fulfillment. Corporate offices are not helping Millennials build self-confidence or determination because they are too money-
elected to step down from Trump’s advisory board in a memo he shared with his employees. Travis wasn’t the only big business name on Trump's advisory. He shares that place with PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Tesla, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
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driven and too concerned with numbers and the business’ growth. Sinek argues that Millennials cannot obtain a sense of accomplishment after earning something that took longer than a month or even a year to achieve because corporate businesses focus too hard on matters that only result in instant gratification. As a result, Millennials learn nothing and don’t grow intellectually, and they believe that they have no one else to blame but themselves. However, in reality, this is not their fault. Millennials are viewed by Sinek to be an “amazing group of young, fantastic kids who were just dealt a bad hand. It’s no fault of their own.” Corporate businesses must learn to appreciate and value these Millennials and teach them maturity, strength, and confidence in order to thrive as better individuals. The Millennial is a complicated being. A diverse, fascinating, complicated being. The Millennials have proven to be much more capable than older generations believe them to be. It is time to stop negating the Millennial, but rather work hand in hand with them. Aside from the abundance of technology, failed parenting skills, impatience, and troublesome environments, the Millennials are a lot stronger and courageous than society thinks. https://www.minttwist.com/blog /2016/05/06/millennialschanging-world-advertising/