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Inside the classification of gaming disorder

Inside the classification of gaming disorder

Noela Bae and Arul Gnanasivam April 26, 2018

After contentious debate over whether or not excessive gaming should be deemed a mental illness, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to include “gaming disorder” in its International Classification...

Changing the face of Western masculinity

Changing the face of Western masculinity

Michyla Lin and Divya Nelakonda April 26, 2018

It is 10 p.m. on a Friday night. A boy shrugs off his backpack, exhausted after a long session at the gym with his friends, during which they competed to see who could bench the most weight. Slipping off...

When words cut: verbal abuse at Lynbrook

When words cut: verbal abuse at Lynbrook

Arul Gnanasivam and Patricia Wei March 29, 2018

Junior Katherine Patel* knows the impact words have. For the past few years, she’s felt the effects of verbal abuse: low self-esteem, self-doubt and loss of trust. One year ago, Patel’s friend told...

Social media: the new platform for advertising

Social media: the new platform for advertising

Justine Chen and Medha Upadhyay March 29, 2018

A viewer watches her favorite YouTuber apply foundation on her face, swatch each color of an eyeshadow palette and compliment the quality of the two products. After discovering the words “this video...

A step into the digitized Amazon Go store

A step into the digitized Amazon Go store

Chloe Lee and Eric Wu March 1, 2018

It’s been a busy day, but before you get home, you need to go grocery shopping for dinner; luckily, there’s an Amazon Go store right around the corner. As you enter, dozens of cameras, the genius behind...

Uncovering the positive role of therapy animals

Uncovering the positive role of therapy animals

Justine Chen and Diana Xu March 1, 2018

A 400-pound llama guided by an animal trainer walks through the sliding doors of a hospital. Puzzled onlookers turn their heads and stare as a nine-year-old diagnosed with autism tentatively walks up to...

Feminism from the 1900s to the modern day

Jocy He and Ashley Song March 1, 2018

Feminism, a movement that has often resurfaced throughout history, has been steadily gaining momentum, especially in recent years. By definition, feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis...

Voice of majority ignored

Meera Balaji, Public Relations Manager January 25, 2018

The FCC’s recent repeal of net neutrality was alarming for a number of reasons, not just because our access to the full extent of the internet has become compromised. Although 80 percent of Americans,...

Web freedom at risk with loss of Net Neutrality

Nicole Ong and Michelle Lum January 25, 2018

Facing the threat of net neutrality’s disappearance in 2017, many scrambled to contact Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to voice their dissent toward its suggested repeal. Nevertheless,...

Binging on nostalgia – why we replay TV from our youth

Divya Nelakonda and Kelsey Lu January 25, 2018

Sitting in front of the television screen, wondering what to watch next, one may feel a spontaneous desire to skip past the new programs available and revisit an early 2000s Disney show or 90s cartoon...

Cryptocurrency ushers in new age of digital commerce

Srinidhi Seshadri and Noela Bae January 25, 2018

In a time of rapid innovation and modernization, cutting-edge technology has made a decentralized digital cash system a reality. The use of digital currency, or cryptocurrency, has ushered in a wave of...

Clicking into the modern world of online shopping

Tzen-hao Ng, Writer December 7, 2017

The hustle and bustle of stores is one of the first things that comes to mind when one thinks of shopping; however, this foot traffic is slowly being redirected online. Whether we are buying food, toiletries,...