By Kaitlyn Fehr As kids, many of us watched or heard of the movie “Free Willy.” What many people don’t realize, however, is that Willy was based off of a real Orca Whale named Keiko, who was taken from his family in Iceland when he was very young. He was then held and kept in a small, chlorinated and unshaded pool at an amusement park in Mexico City. Fortunately for Keiko, he was released back into the wild of six years of captivity, but many whales did not have this same fate. Imagine having to live in the average suburban swimming pool for the rest of your life - that is what the Orcas at SeaWorld face. In order for the Orcas at SeaWorld to swim their wild counterparts’ daily distance each day, they would have to swim laps in the main show pool more than 1,400 times, which most Orcas are not awarded as they’re kept in smaller pools behind the scenes. Even the Orcas that are lucky enough to be in the show pool often spend their time lying on the bottom of the pool due to chronic stress, or floating listlessly near the surface - a behavior called logging.
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By Baree Newton Snapchat has gradually become one of the most utilized social media apps in the world. But what makes the app so unique? You can send photos back and forth with your friends on tons of sites without these pictures being cataloged or saved.
Within the past few weeks, however, Snapchat's popularity has taken a bit of a dive. When a Twitter user put the app's privacy policy on public display, the universe was taken by storm. Okay, not the universe per say, but social media, which qualifies as the world in teenage terms. On October 29th twitter user Kal Penn tweeted a photo of Snapchat’s new policies as a token of warning to his followers. He advised them to read the Snapchat policies before continuing to use the app. By Ersha Kumar and Piya Pillai Friday, October 30th, Gurski Stadium, Wilson Vs. Penn Manor - great win for us, yet somehow a huge loss for us too, or, at least, a loss for every student at Wilson with an ethnic background. In case you were not present for the ‘Indian-themed’ socio-cultural disaster (aka the halftime show), it was simply an inaccurate and, more concerningly so, sad reflection of the public’s warped idea of what India is. Without trying to sound preachy or self-important, I’m just going to say that in all my years of living in New Delhi, not once have I encountered a snake charmer. India is not a rendition of Aladdin (which was set in the Middle East, by the way), and it’s not a place you want to go to ‘find yourself’ with ancient gurus in remote forests. And it would be really nice if no one asked me if I rode an elephant to school, because I ride a Honda to school, and so does most of India. Cultural appropriation has become such a prominent issue in the United States. In some instances, it has brought awareness and understanding of different cultures from around the world. However, in other instances, such as the Penn Manor catastrophe, it may, either explicitly or implicitly, mock the history and traditions of other ways of life. Although Penn Manor may have had well-meaning intentions, the answer to the show’s (unintended) offensive nature can be explained in one word: ignorance. By Erin Endres The 2016 Republican presidential candidates are very outspoken, and one of these candidates this year that has stuck out is Dr. Ben Carson. Dr. Carson is a very bright neurosurgeon who retired in 2013. However, he continuously makes a fool of himself by saying extremely controversial things on camera. Going through the internet to find such instances was not a hard task, as I could I easily found countless quotes and remarks that made me laugh out loud. Through these comments he has made his lack of government experience, and a filter, very clear. On many occasions he has compared things to slavery, compared democrats to Nazis, thanked God for dead soldiers, stated that homosexuality is a choice, and that is just scratching the surface. |
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