This is a rough outline of the Issue Brief due Sunday:   Issue Brief Title: College Athletes Need Pay to Fairly Play Introduction: brief intro regarding professional and college athletes and current situation Body P1- For pay for players Body P2- Against pay for players Body P3- For pay for players’ likeness alone Conclusion- The […]

College Athletes Need Pay to Fairly Play College athletes are essentially employees working thousands of hours to create billions of dollars. None of which goes to them. For years, their labor has been exploited by the NCAA and the schools that they attend. The NCAA makes over 1 billion dollars per year not including the […]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/health/china-air-pollution-coronavirus-deaths-intl/index.html During this time, news about the Corona virus is everywhere. Corona virus, or COVID-19, is a fast-spreading disease which causes flu-like symptoms. The scariest things are how quickly it spreads, the fact that symptoms may not appear at first, and its high death rate in elderly people and infants. Many teens and middle-aged adults […]

The deliberation I attended was based on food insecurity. Food insecurity was defined by the team as the inability to access nutritious foods. The deliberation was well organized and even though there was a large number of participants present, the moderators gave time to anyone who wanted to contribute to the discussion. They focused on […]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/weather/colorado-river-flow-dwindling-warming-temperatures-climate-change/index.html https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/43421/20200227/drying-up-colorado-river-linked-climate-change.htm CNN recently posted an article explaining how the Colorado River has been drying. The culprit: most likely climate change. The river runs from Colorado, through Utah and Arizona, to California. It is known as a consistent water source for the inhabitants of some of the driest regions of the United States. US Geological […]

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airplane-contrails-climate-change-science-study/index.html https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-airplane-contrails-are-helping-make-the-planet-warmer CNN recently posted an article claiming that by simply changing the altitude a commercial airline flies at, its impact on the climate could be drastically reduced. I came into Penn State as an intended Aerospace Engineering major but have since changed. However, I am still fascinated with the airline industry, and this article […]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/us/bumble-bee-climate-change-extinction-study-scn/index.html https://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/how-to-save-the-bees/ Bumblebees are a crucial part of the ecosystem. They drastically influence the food supply in the world with their role as the world’s number one pollinator. Without them, the fertilization of many plants which we rely on would be diminished to almost zero. Additionally, bees are partly responsible for cycling nutrients throughout the […]