Stormy Summer Ahead

This June the summer beach plans could be put on hold, with the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric) latest predictions on this year’s Hurricane season. The NOAA recently announced they are planning for an “above average” season, which could put a damper on all of summer’s festivities. Although putting summer plans aside, this is definitely serves as a warning for

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Thirty-eight million pieces of trash found on uninhabited island

A group of researchers decided to take a trip to a small remote island located in the Pacific Ocean, and what they discovered upon arrival is both mesmerizingly beautiful and frightening. The researchers were shocked to find an estimated thirty-eight million pieces of trash, mostly plastic, filling the sandy beaches of Henderson Island, which has been designated a World Heritage

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All-Star Game back in NC

The NBA has reached an agreement to allow the city of Charlotte to host the 2019 NBA All-Star game after it was recently pulled from the city in 2017. The game itself was pulled entirely because of the bill HB2, a house bill that puts restrictions on the LGBTQ community with the use of restrooms. HB2 has been a major

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Alien: Covenant Review

Alien: Covenant is the follow up to the blockbuster film Prometheus, the origin story and prequel to the popular Alien films. Alien: Covenant starred Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny Mcbride, Billy Crudup, and even featured surprise cameo from James Franco. To say the least, this movie was nothing short of an action packed horrifying thriller. The film surely deserved its

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Life after death in a tree?

Life after death already does not sound very pleasant; however the environment doesn’t seem to benefit too much from it either. With the synthetic wood, synthetic cushioning and the metals mostly used in the average coffin, including the concrete used to reinforce a grave, these methods are not good for our environment. The single uses of the supplies needed, that

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Antidepressants are not the answer

Suicide among adolescents has become one of the biggest growing problems in the world. In fact, suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages ten to twenty-four, and it has been reported that more young adults die from suicide than cancer, heart disease, AIDS, stroke, pneumonia, birth defects, chronic lung disease, and influenza combined. As teen depression

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