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Shippensburg University’s Class of 2025 graduates in just 11 days — an accomplishment to be proud of for sure — what about everyone else? They will be returning in the fall to a campus that continues to be plagued by issues of convenience, or worse.
If ever a television show would say something that had depth, it happened in the first season of the Apple TV show, “Ted Lasso,” when the titular character, Ted Lasso, is locked in a game of darts against an antagonist, Rupert Mannion. Lasso tells a story about how he saw a statue of Walt Whitman with the quote “Be curious, not judgmental,” and how it related to his childhood bullies who were not curious because they thought they knew everything and therefore judged everything and everyone.
Easter has passed, and now grocery stores are already bringing in their inventory for this year’s July 4 celebration. Every year, we remember our brave rebellion and war for independence against the British. Jokes at the expense of British people abound, which includes putting the word “people” in quotations with the intention to dehumanize. British food, British accents and British teeth are all subject to ridicule.
It is time to register for classes. Many students who visit their advisors over the coming days will have to decide between the classes they want to take and the ones the university believes they should take, whether or not they deal directly with a student’s major. Higher education in other countries does things differently, focusing solely on utility: you only take classes associated with your major. Nearby, Slate writers debate the two sides of the argument.
If there ever was a sign of the consequences of the fall of media and academic institutions, it comes in the form of who is rising to prominence in the void left behind.
Since November’s elections, there has been no shortage of criticism levied at the Democratic Party. Whether directed at the electoral strategy of the Biden-turned-Harris campaign or party politics, there is plenty to complain about.
Politics and media have always coexisted in unique ways. During a time where constant media evolution is prevalent, misinformation and disinformation are spread daily due to differing beliefs, controversial topics and failure to digest facts.
Many people were outraged by the results of the 2024 presidential election and responded by expressing their rage at third party voters. They claimed that third-party voters were the reason why Harris ultimately lost the elections.
