Orcas Gone Mad: Effects Of Captivity
byOrcas, also known as killer whales, are the largest among the dolphin family. They are intelligent predators, feasting among marine mammals such as seals,…
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The Best Boy Band Since One Direction
byWhen considering who is the best boy band of the decade, the band Brockhampton has already coined that term as theirs, as they continue to…
The Treacherous Cycle that is Addiction: The Demi Lovato Story
byAt the tender age of twenty-five, Demetria “Demi” Lovato has gone through more than most people will in their entire life. Many people face…
Stanford Prison Experiment: 6 Days That Shocked the World
byOn August 14, 1971, in the basement of the Psychology department building at Stanford University, one of the most controversial and well-known psychological experiments…
New York’s Biggest Police Manhunt: The Son of Sam
byAmerican society has always had a fascination with violent crime, mass murders, and serial killers. David Berkowitz, aka the self-proclaimed “Son of Sam,” has…
Pat Tillman: From the NFL to the U.S. Army
byPatrick (Pat) Tillman, a former NFL football player with the Arizona Cardinals, left his career in football to join the military. Enlisting in the…
How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors? Ariel Castro’s Kidnappings
byImagine being chained to the wall of a dirty room that wasn’t your own, being mentally tormented by a man who is widely considered…
You Have the Right to Read this Article: Miranda v. Arizona
by“You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law….” This phrase…
The Reality of the Freshman 15
byThe dreaded Freshman 15. It’s the one thing we want to avoid at all costs when we go to college. As students, we ask…
Gender Wage Gap: Why Does it Still Exist?
byIn the United States of America, the gender wage gap is based on the statistic that a woman earns approximately $0.77 for every $1.00…
HemisFair 1968: A Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas
byThe Space Needle in downtown Seattle,1 the Unisphere in the heart of New York City,2 the Eiffel Tower in bustling Paris, France3 — these…
18 Year Nightmare: The Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard
byMost kids at age eleven are busy playing with their friends and enjoying their life as a kid. Kids at this age should not…
Edgewood ISD Chicano Walkouts: Learning About the Growing History of Discrimination in San Antonio Schools
by“In my mind the system did discriminate probably the worse against Mexican Americans, almost all the kids in the very poorest districts were mostly…
“Mama There Goes That Man”: The Story of Kobe Bryant’s Miraculous 81 Point Game
by“With the thirteenth pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets select Kobe Bryant from Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania”(David Stern). These…
Natalie Wood’s Death: Murder or Accident?
byWhen people hear the name Natalie Wood they think of the young actress who starred in Gypsy, Splendor in the Grass, and West Side…
Victim One: The Fall of Jerry Sandusky
byPenn State University was having an amazing start to their 2011 football season. Before November, their record was 8 wins and 1 loss under…
The United States turns its back on Human Rights.
byIt was between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 am on the morning of September 11, 2001 that the unthinkable happened in the United…
The online Chauvinist Hog House
byHave you ever wanted to go back in time and see how people lived their lives hundreds of years ago? Well, lucky for you,…
Freedom for Sale: For-Profit Bail System
byKalief Browder, an African American sixteen year old from the Bronx in New York City, was walking home from a party with his friend…
The Pain Behind The Smile: The Robin Williams Story
byWinner of the Fall 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Explanatory Article Best Article in the Category of “People” Imagine being one of…