Introduction Welcome back, everyone! Over the past few weeks, we have discussed how artificial intelligence has been both beneficial to us, college students, yet quietly detrimental to those without internet access. Regardless, its impact on society is undeniable. In this final blog, I will be breaking down the key takeaways from this series and offering insightful […]
PAS 5 – Health and Fitness in Focus: Key Takeaways from My 11-Part Series
Introduction Welcome back, everyone! I hope my advice has impacted your life over the past few months as they did for me! If this is your first time reading my blogs, this week I will provide the essential takeaways from each, all of which can be combined to form a weekly routine. Specifically, I will […]
RCL 5: All Voices Matter
I will focus on depressing voting rates for this advocacy project, specifically in presidential elections. In an analysis done by U.S. News, a consistent 35 to 40% of eligible voters in the past decade do not submit a ballot. Whether it be out of pure laziness, dissatisfaction with either candidate, or the thought that one […]
RCL 4: Questionable GoFundMe
Introduction For this week’s RCL post, I have chosen a few questionable advocacy GoFundMe pages. Though the overarching cause for each is appealing at first glance, how support is requested is morally wrong in many ways. All of them include a similar fallacy and unintentionally arrogant word choices that could potentially be driving away non-gullible […]
RCL 3: Vital Gun Control Restrictions
The government must enforce a federal law requiring states to report the identities of people involuntarily hospitalized or devoted to a mental health disorder. The majority of current background checks across the nation are instantaneous, allowing any ‘clean’ individual to leave a firearm store with their desires that same day. This detrimentally increases the risk […]
CI 4 – AI’s Impact on the Job Market
Introduction Welcome back everyone! For the past few weeks, I have discussed the benefits and potential drawbacks that artificial intelligence is presenting to students in college. This rapid growing industry is both producing and restricting job opportunities for us, though the numbers depend from major to major. In this week’s blog, I will expand upon […]
PAS 4 – Fit and Fun on Campus
Introduction Welcome back everyone! I hope that you all have been realizing the importance of protein from my last blog. Each dining hall has its own secret gem to hitting your daily protein intake, so if not discovered, get to it! This week, I will be pivoting to highlight and expand on the different activities […]
RCL 2: Addressing Mental Health and Wellness in College
Introduction Welcome back to my second RCL blog! This week I will be introducing and exploiting my research on the topic of mental health and wellness, specifically in college. Here at Penn State, I have learned numerous students’ perspectives on their own personal mental states from major to major. Living in the honors college, integration […]
RCL1: Deliberation within the NBA
Introduction Welcome all to my very first RCL blog! Today, I will be setting my focus on the differing viewpoints flooding social media after the recent Jimmy Butler and Andrew Wiggins trade in the NBA. The mixed responses stretch from including valid arguments for why one, or even neither, team won the trade. Why Process […]
PAS 3 – Penn State Proteins
Introduction Welcome back everyone! I hope that you all have been taking my words into consideration on finding your mental place here at Penn State! With every day routines and healthy habits requires underlying and overlooked supporting factors. If you dropped the nicotine and picked up the gym, that is an amazing start, but let […]