Category: News
The Last Straw: Thoughts on the Plastic Straw Ban
If you’ve been following the news, especially news surrounding environmental consciousness, you’ve probably seen people advocating to reduce the use of plastic straws. The movement really began to gain traction when, earlier this year, Starbucks announced its plan to phase plastic straws out entirely. Many people praised this move as an eco-friendly decision by a big Read More…
Three Ways College Campuses Are Improving Safety
Many college students are new to being on their own. They’ve just moved out of their parents’ home and are completely new to being responsible for themselves. While the world of college can be a great place to learn new life skills and keep yourself safe, it can still be very dangerous. Although only a minority Read More…
What Does Automation Mean for Our Society’s Future?
Automation is already very commonplace in our everyday lives. Rather than having to write letters by hand, we have computers to type them and printers to print them off. Search engines are constantly indexing web pages, credit cards are used instead of cash, and people can call taxis straight from their phone. As technology evolves Read More…
How Data Mining Uses Your Personal Information
Virtually everyone is worried about safety on the internet. After all, the way that people interact online is new, which means there aren’t very many laws surrounding it. Moreover, while there are some obvious legal connections between the online world and the offline world, such as it being illegal to scam people out of money Read More…
Making a Smart Career Choice: Data Scientist or Data Analyst
As people start to use technology more and more in their everyday lives, new career choices are opening up, especially for young people trying to find where they fit in the job world. Some of the more up-and-coming jobs in the technology sector are data scientist and data analyst, two jobs that are similar on Read More…
5 Easy Ways to Fact Check News Stories
News headlines tend to stretch the truth a little bit. They’re meant to sell papers or draw clicks to a website, which means they’re not always as accurate as they could be. The more important issue, however, comes when the content of the story isn’t reliable. The internet is vast, and that means that anyone Read More…
5 Ways to Spot Fake News
News services have been around for quite a long time, letting people all around the world know what’s going on quickly and efficiently. With the invention of the internet, that process has become even faster and more efficient! It’s great for people who need their news on demand, and it lets the news get to Read More…
How to File a Petition in California to Delete a Weed Felony
In January 2018, the state of California finally started issuing licenses for recreational marijuana sales. The passage of Prop 64 was a battle that took years, and the legislation was struck down multiple times, but was finally approved by popular vote this year, making a number of changes to California marijuana laws. An important part Read More…
Cannabis Laws by State – California Cannabis Information
As of January 1, 2018, California has reduced sentences for most marijuana offenses, which includes removing nearly all of the felony offenses for marijuana possession and consumption. That’s not even the best part — Prop 64, the proposition that achieved this, also made it legal for any adult 21 and up to smoke and cultivate Read More…
A Teenager Reunites With The Man Who Saved Her Life
A young woman named Lava Barwari felt extremely lucky to graduate from High School. Not because of difficult courses, too much homework or any of the usual reasons. But because her mother was once on Saddam Hussein’s official “Kill List”, and Lava almost didn’t make it out of Iraq.
