I open Instagram. I begin scrolling. I double-tap. A few minutes turns into ten. I halfway resist the feeling of satisfaction when my follower count outnumbers how many I am following. Yes, I am a […]
A wise man once said, “Enjoy college – it will be the best four years of your life.” My dad was right. College brings new everything – people, experiences and places. But what my dad […]
The way people are represented in media plays a significant role in how they perceive themselves. Stock photography that is used as an illustration in magazines and online is a substantial factor in their perception. […]
To what extent do our surroundings influence the people we grow up to be?
This is a question I have been asking myself a lot lately. Jackson, like many cities in the United States, is very much divided across racial and socioeconomic lines.
How many times have we as Union students been told to stay away from the east side of the city and keep out of the South? How often do we take that advice and stick exclusively to the North — within the bubble of our brick buildings and nice neighboring grocery stores and restaurants? […]
If you rip a sheet of lined paper out of a spiral-bound notebook, you will notice a broad middle section of the paper separated by two vertical red lines from the margins on either side. If you were to take all the people in the world and put them onto this sheet of paper, some would fall into this middle section but many more would be squeezed into the margins, tightly packed and clinging precariously to the jagged edges of the page. […]
By Alex Brown, Editor-in-Chief
Well seniors, it looks bleak. The job market we will be entering in a matter of weeks shows no signs of improving, as unemployment sits at 8.4 percent nationally and 9.5 percent here in Jackson. If those numbers seem daunting, consider this statistic from a recent AP story: In 2011, 53.6 percent of bachelor’s degree holders under the age of 25 were jobless or underemployed.
Unfortunately, it seems we picked the wrong time to enter the workforce. For many of us, the prospect of graduation also comes with the shackles of student loans that will soon have to be paid back. With these colliding realities approaching, the desperation is almost tangible. […]
Merchandise lines the shelves with bright colors and flashy boxes. Crosses gleam from the glossy cardboard, boasting of a more appropriate, toned-down version. This is the world of “Christianized” merchandise. Cheerful imitations of popular fads — here one day and gone the next. […]
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