The Filthy Fingerprints of Stories: A Revealing Look

Stories have filthy fingerprints from their widespread use. They touch many areas of our lives every day. They appear so frequently because stories are indispensable to being human. Stories help define who we are. They also form a bridge between people to share the human experience. The following topics are

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Sensational Drug Myths You Need to Know Pt. 2

Part two of the drug myths series. Myth: Drugs Lead to All Sorts Of Crime A plethora of sources will tell you drug use leads to crime. However, like most things, the situation is more nuanced than how it’s often presented.  Shima Baradaran Baughman, the Associate Dean of Faculty Research

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Sensational Drug Myths: What You Need to Know

Myth: If You Don’t Take Illicit Drugs, You Don’t “Do” Drugs If you take Tylenol for minor aches and pains, drink coffee to wake up in the morning, or have a glass of wine to relax, you do drugs. However, some people like to think that if they’re not taking

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Overlooked Social Commentary in Films

Some films can be both entertaining and contain social commentary, such as District 9 (2009). Unfortunately, other films succeed too much at being entertaining or memorable, and the audience doesn’t realize the films also have a message. The following is a short list of films that have had their social

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Overused Business Jargon

Every industry uses jargon, i.e., words, and expressions foreign to those not in the group. That’s the point of their usage: jargon lets people know who’s in the group and who’s not. However, like many things that sound smart, jargon has the opposite effect. As the Harvard Business Review article,

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Healing the Mind with Psychedelics

Mental health is just as important as physical health, and healing the mind with psychedelics could very well be the new frontier of mental health treatment. In the U.S. alone, around a quarter of adults will suffer from a diagnosable mental illness in a given year. Compounding the issue is

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