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Volume 102, Issue 12                                March 30, 2021         West Haven, Conn.

THE                CHARGER
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THE BIG PRICE
      OF A PANDEMIC

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                                                                         NEWS
A discussion about sex trafficking an OnlyFans era
BY BETH BEAUDRY;                     Dean of Students Office Ashely      increased opportunities for         Tok, and that exploitation often     not see themselves as victims of
                                     Dunn, director of the Center        exploitation, especially after      continues as their content may       sexual crimes until they are able
 ISABELLE HAJEK                      for Forensics Investigations of     the financial need created by       be shared and sold to a third        to reflect on their experiences.
         Staff Writers               Trafficking in Persons and Chair    job loss during the COVID-19        party source.                        While consensual sex work ex-
  On March 19, the Office of         of the Forensic Science Depart-     pandemic. While many of the           Dunn and Cummings ex-              ists, Dunn explained that there is
Residential Life (ORL) hosted        ment. Timothy Palmbach, and         sex workers are adults and          pressed their assent and expand-     a “fine line” and consensual sex
a panel on “Human Trafficking        bilingual advocate at the Rape      voluntarily in the field, lack of   ed upon the lack of regulations.     work can be easily manipulated
and the Evolution of Sex Work”       Crisis Center of Milford, and       regulation from the app, accord-    Many of these platforms ask for      to be exploitative. This “fine
via Zoom in honor of Nation-         the university’s college advocate   ing to Palmbach, has caused an      age verification, not to pro-        line” is partially what legislation
al Women’s History Month             Marisol Ramos Cummings.             increase in exploitation, specif-   tect their users, but to protect     must work to protect people
throughout March and on the            The panel opened the discus-      ically of children. He said that    themselves. This has resulted        from as sex workers campaign
cusp of Sexual Assault Aware-        sion by discussing demograph-       OnlyFans asks creators for their    in a push for additional over-       to decriminalize the industry.
ness Month to be observed in         ics who are most vulnerable to      age upon making an account,         sight by non-profits such as           Legislation has been passed to
April.                               sex trafficking such as those       but does not ask for verification   the National Center on Sexual        try to protect these individuals
  The panelist discussed how         who experience mental illness,      until it is time for creators to    Exploitation (NCOSE), who            from exploitation; however, it
new technology and apps, such        poverty and homelessness. The       accept payment, in which the        cites Onlyfans as one of 12          commonly backfires and causes
as OnlyFans, have shifted the        common factor in all vulnerable     app then asks for an ID.            companies who most profit from       more harm to those it aims to
stigma and dangers of sex work       populations is a sense of des-        “It’s like hiding people in       sexual exploitation on their         protect. In some states, part of
as it relates to human traffick-     peration and a level of naivety.    a million little boxes with no      “Dirty Dozen” list released in       the sentence for being caught in
ing. ORL area coordinator Will       According to Dunn, transgender      keys,” said Palmbach about          February. Onlyfans was joined        sex work is to be placed on the
Frazier and senior forensic          women of color and LGBTQ+           the ease by which people can        by Netflix, Reddit and Amazon,       sex offender registry along with
biology student and resident         homeless youths are trafficked      be trafficked online and how        among others.                        perpetrators of sexual assaults.
assistant Jennifer Edwards           and exploited at higher rates       difficult it is to intervene. He      A section of the discussion        Other legislation completely
moderated the event. Panel-          than most other demographics.       said that apps like OnlyFans        was centered around defining         leaves out protections for demo-
ists includedTitle IX/VAWA             The panelists said that plat-     market to children on popular       victimization in order to protect
Compliance Director for the          forms such as OnlyFans present      social media platforms, like Tik    people. Many individuals do          Continued on pg. 4

Meet Samantha Zajac, the university’s first registered dietitian
BY KAYLA MUTCHLER                    cal dietetics and was a dietetic    want here on campus.”                 There are various upcoming         university atmosphere is great.”
                                     intern for New Haven until June       “I think there’s a big stigma     programs that Zajac is planning        To discuss nutrition, students
       Editor-in-Chief
                                     2020. She said that her under-      around nutrition,” said Zajac,      for students to attend, including    can book an appointment with
  On Feb. 22, Samantha Zajac,        graduate degree taught her to       “and [an assumption that] you       partnership with the Sustain-        Zajac through Navigate on
a master of healthcare adminis-      not only prepare food but how       have to eat this certain way all    ability Club for an Earth Day        myCharger for Tuesdays and
tration student, began working       that food interacts with one’s      the time, and if I can help break   farmer’s market.                     Thursdays. She is also on Insta-
as the first registered dietitian    body regarding nutrition.           down those barriers and have          “So far, I’m enjoying every        gram, @campusdietitian_sam.
for the University of New              Zajac also interned at Auburn     people understand that nutrition    minute of it,” Zajac said. “It en-
Haven through the school’s           University, where she worked in     and health is all about what        compasses a lot of my passions
food service, Sodexo. Zajac          their wellness kitchen for their    you’re eating as well as what’s     – food and nutrition and being                     Samantha Zajac
hopes to redefine nutrition at the   Division 1 athletes and other       satisfying you – and that’s dif-    able to work with students in the           Photo courtesy of U. New Haven
university and has enjoyed her       students. She said while there      ferent for everybody.”
position thus far.                   she fell in love with working at      Zajac has already provided
   As the campus dietitian,          universities, so she came back      guidance to students. She incor-
Zajac is a resource to students,     to Connecticut and applied to be    porated more dietary-restricted
faculty and staff as her role        New Haven’s campus dietitian.       food options to My Zone in the
requires her to provide guidance       To be a registered dietitian,     Marketplace and is continuing
on nutrition, health and well-       one must complete a $1,200          to talk with those students about
ness. Students are able to book      internship and then pass an         their needs. On March 25, she
appointments with her during         exam, which Zajac successfully      tabled in the Marketplace and
scheduled office hours through       completed.                          gave out energy bites with their
Navigate to talk about general         Zajac said that she hopes to      recipe.
nutrition information, dietary re-   improve the dining program at         Not only does Zajac provide
strictions and accommodations,       the university and raise more       guidance, but she also works
allergies and other food-related     awareness about nutrition. She      with campus chefs at all Sodexo
topics.                              said, “I would like my experi-      services and the marketing team
  Zajac graduated from Johnson       ence to be benefiting students in   to provide and promote new
and Wales University with a          a health aspect as well as being    and nutritious food items that
B.S. in culinary nutrition clini-    able to get the items that they     students will enjoy.
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                                                                S P O RT S
Discussion Charger Sports Spotlight: Hope Cuomo
                                      BY TYLER GARNET                     same events as the heptathlon,       said, “There are different tech-      meet of last year so everyone
Continued from pg. 3                                                      except the 200-meter dash and        niques for all the events so it is    was doing their best to end the
graphics such as undocumented
                                         Contributing Writer
                                                                          javelin.                             important to try and separate it      season strong and there was so
individuals, who face deporta-         This edition of Charger Sports       Cuomo said that she likes          and learn how to do that specific     much support to hype everyone
tion if they report exploitation     Spotlight features Hope Cuomo,       some events more than oth-           event.” 		                            up.”
or assault.                          a junior forensic science major      ers:her favorite event is the high     Cuomo’s favorite part of being        Last year, Cuomo achieved a
  Cummings punctuated the            with a concentration in biology      jump; her least favorite is the      on the team is “competing and         career record high jump with a
juxtapositions in legislation in     and a minor in criminal justice.     800-meter run. Having to com-        having everyone come together.        height of 1.55 meters. Her goal
policy saying, “Who are we?          She is from Long Island, NY          pete in all these events is diffi-   Before the meets[,] we would          for this season is to reach 1.6
Are we going to let sexual           and is a multi for the University    cult, but the greater challenge is   all huddle up and hype each           meters.
assault happen? Or are we going      of New Haven’s women’s track         making enough time to practice       other up.”                              COVID-19 has taught Cuomo
to condemn them?... Abuse is         team, participating in the hep-      and train for each event.              She said her favorite memory        what she really wanted to do
abuse and everyone needs to be       tathlon and pentathlon. Cuomo          Regarding the challenge, she       so far from the school was when       with track which helped her
respected.”                          hopes to work in crime scene         Hope Cuomo                           she was at conference champi-         plan out her goals and how she
  While the panelists explained      investigations upon graduation.      Photo courtesy of Lismarie Pabon     onships last year, “It was the last   would achieve them.
that there are many holes in           A heptathlon is a track and                                                                                     This season the women’s track
legislation to be filled, they       field event in which each com-                                                                                  team will hold meets where
also provided some actionable        petitor takes place in the same                                                                                 the athletes are split into two
ways people can intervene if         seven events. Those events                                                                                      teams, being called “blue” and
they suspect sex trafficking is      include high jump, long jump,                                                                                   “gold,” where they compete
occurring. First, people can look    shot put, hurdles, 800-meter run,                                                                               to get the most points. These
for the signs of trafficking, such   200-meter dash and javelin.                                                                                     are set up to monitor progress
as a change in behavior, a new         Cuomo became involved with                                                                                    because of limited meets due to
and overly controlling person in     track in middle school by com-                                                                                  COVID-19. Meets are currently
the victim’s life, sudden access     peting in high jump and hurdles.                                                                                scheduled against other schools,
to money and branding, such as       She learned about the pentath-                                                                                  however, they can change due to
tattoos. They can try to inter-      lon when she was a junior in                                                                                    COVID-19 protocols.
vene early before the person is      high school and convinced her                                                                                     Cuomo said that she would
isolated by the perpetrator; if      coach to let her do it the follow-                                                                              love to return to the fun times
the person is isolated, the best     ing year. The pentathlon has the                                                                                she had with her teammates at
course of action is to contact                                                                                                                       meets and continue to compete.
the authorities or health profes-
sionals.
  If you or someone you know
has experienced sexual assault       University seeks to upgrade athletic status
or trafficking and wants to speak          BY LINDSAY                     both men and women, as well          “find the right conference to fit     ing field hockey and e-sports.
with someone, you can reach                                               as additional scheduling criteria.   in,” and to “enhance the student        Strengthening the university’s
the university’s campus advo-             GIOVANNONE                      Schools with football teams in       experience while also maintain-       athletics department and elevat-
cate at marisol@rapecrisiscen-           Contributing Writer              the Football Bowl Subdivision        ing the integrity of the universi-    ing the overall student expe-
terofmilford.org, 203-305-1759         University of New Haven has        (FBS) have to meet attendance        ty’s athletics.”                      rience is paramount to Zenger
or contact the national human        begun the ambitious process          and the minimum financial aid          The university’s athletic           and the entire administration, “I
trafficking hotline at 1-888-373-    of becoming an NCAA Divi-            award range requirements.            department is nationally rec-         do college. I love college. And
7888. You can also file a crime      sion 1 (D1) school. Director of        In 2029, there is an expected      ognized for its excellence and        I want every student at this uni-
report to the University Police      Athletics and Recreation at the      enrollment cliff among colleges;     seeks to continuously improve.        versity to love college too.”
Department on the university         university, Sheahon Zenger, said     because of the declining U.S.        This includes the vision of the        Photo courtesy of New Haven Athletics
Report It! Website.                  that this movement is necessary      birth rate post-2008 recession,      Peterson Performance Center,
                                     for growth and will “provide         fewer students will be attending     the first athletic facility to be
    Here’s your copy of              more opportunities and a better      institutions of higher education.    built on campus since 1969.
   The Charger Bulletin!             experience for both student ath-     According to the College and         The Center will feature a full
                                     letes and the student body.”         University Professional Asso-        strength and conditioning center
                                       The process of becoming a          ciation for Human Resources          and a new locker room for the
                                     D1 school is not one that occurs     (CUPAHR), northeast univer-          football team. The Department
                                     overnight but may take three or      sities are expected to lose more     of Athletics and Recreation has
                                     four years to complete.              than 11% of their overall enroll-    already announced that wom-
                                       Of the NCAA’s three divi-          ment. By being a D1 school, the      en’s rugby will be offered as a
                                     sions, D1 is the most competi-       university will attract a greater    varsity sport in fall of 2021 to
                                     tive for its athletes and schools.   number of athletes and students.     begin competing in spring of
                                     Member institutions must               Zenger said that the priority      2022. This is the third varsity
                                     sponsor at least seven sports for    in becoming a D1 school is to        sport added since 2017, follow-
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                                    STUDENT LIFE
It’s Commuter Appreciation Month? Commuters don’t think so
 BY BETH BEAUDRY                      Commuter club vice president       living far away and remote stu-              commuter students under-             period in the fall where com-
                                    and sophomore chemistry major        dents, this isn’t a great set up.”           whelmed by commuter appreci-         muter students were not allowed
    Student Life Editor
                                    Natalie Deesources, felt that          Deesources said that while the             ation month?”                        on campus. She said that the
  It’s Commuter Appreciation        most of the responsibility fell on   giveaways did require in-person                Stevenin received several          university could have increased
Month at the University of New      the club.                            attendance – as well as an art               replies of students with the same    events during Commuter Appre-
Haven, and commuter students          “I feel like [the commuter club    night that required supplies to              sentiment.                           ciation Month to make up for
are feeling disappointed because    has] been trying to do events        be passed out – the commuter                   “This is my first year as a        the time lost.
of the lack of publicity and        each week, but there’s only so       club tried to create events that             commuter student, so I thought         She said, “The school demon-
proper event planning.              much we can do because we’re         were mostly remote.                          that this lackluster appreciation    strated that they don’t really
  Some of the events were           just students as well,” said Dee-      Other events include Twisted               month could have been due to         appreciate commuters by having
meetings or programs held by        sources. “We can’t allocate all      Thursday events that, as Steve-              [COVID-19],” said Stevenin.          a poor attempt at a commuter
the commuter club. While the        of our time to planning things.”     nin pointed out, “would have                 “However, the comments from          appreciation month.”
club assisted the Center for          Some events that were              happened anyway.”                            other students suggested that it’s     According to Charles and
Student Engagement, Leader-         planned for commuters included         On March 16, Stevenin posted               like this every year.”               Deesources, CSELO is plan-
ship, and Orientation (CSELO)       a giveaway for a succulent and       to the Class of 2021 Facebook                  University commuter liaison        ning to host a town forum to
in planning the month, many         a food truck voucher. Senior         group saying, “Are any other                 Erica Gardner emailed Stevenin       receive feedback on commuter
students felt that there were not   forensic science major Erin Ste-      Graphic courtesy of Christopher Colquhoun   that same night, inviting her        appreciation month. Commuter
enough options.                     venin, said that these                                                                      to join the commuter       academic peer mentor Amanda
  “I feel like we should have at    events are inconve-                                                                         club in a meeting to       Rickett will be sending students
least a few events each week to     nient, and not consid-                                                                      share her thoughts on      a Google Form survey asking
make it seem like we’re more        erable of students who                                                                      Commuter Apprecia-         for opinions.
appreciated,” said sophomore        are fully remote.                                                                           tion Month. Ultimately,      “I want a campus commu-
civil engineering major and           “The giveaways                                                                            Stevenin responded         nity that allows all students to
the club’s executive assistant,     required you to be on                                                                       with an email detailing    participate and get involved no
Yasmine Charles. “It’s just like,   campus at specific                                                                          what she thinks the        matter where they are located
‘here’s a few events here and       times to participate,”                                                                      university can be doing    or how comfortable they are
there,’ and that’s all we get. I    said Stevenin. “For                                                                         better for commuters.      with in person events during
don’t feel like they did enough.”   commuter students                                                                             Stevenin spoke on the    [COVID-19],” said Stevenin.

The mind behind the notes of positivity posted across campus
 BY BETH BEAUDRY                    en, she thought it was a great       day she had gone out to post                 & warmth, and on breaking            interest in joining the organiza-
                                    idea.                                the notes, and was stopped by                stigmas, especially, but not only,   tion. “We live in a world where
    Student Life Editor
                                      “I love seeing quotes posted       a facilities worker who told her             involving mental health and          we can all use more positive
   Guests visiting the Univer-      around campus, it definitely         she was not allowed to leave the             suicide.”                            affirmations than ever before.”
sity of New Haven’s campus          helps to brighten my day,” said      notes around campus.                           The organization had some            Price said, “The organization
may be surprised to see sticky      Price. “I feel it also boosts the      For verification on the issue,             difficulty starting, as COVID-19     is definitely achieving their goal
notes placed across buildings,      positivity on campus, which          Lippa called the vice president              hit during the early process of      of making the campus happy
light fixtures and furniture, but   is something we all need right       of facilities, who told her it was           becoming an RSO. Now, the            even if only for a few minutes in
to many students, seeing these      now.”                                not an issue to post these notes             organization is known for the        the day.”
small messages of encourage-          Lippa started writing the          around campus.                               sticky notes they put up in addi-      Students interested in joining
ment has become a regular           sticky notes after her therapist       With permission from facili-               tion to the discussions they hold    Happy UNewHaven can attend
occurrence.                         advised her to find ways to          ties, as well as multiple sugges-            on mental health.                    meetings on Tuesday at 5:30.
   Sophomore forensic psychol-      make other people smile. She         tions that she turn the project                “I received a lot of positive      More information can be found
ogy major Mary Lippa anon-          said that mental health has          into a RSO, Lippa decided to                 feedback from the sticky notes       on Charger Connection.
ymously began this project in       always been an important topic       take her work to the Center for              and so far I’ve received posi-                            Mary Lippa
2019, evolving into the Rec-        in her life, and she wanted to       Student, Engagement, Leader-                 tive feedback for meetings and                Photo courtesy of Mary Lippa
ognized Student Organization        raise awareness on the subject       ship and Orientation (CSELO).                the topics that we discuss,”
(RSO), Happy UNewHaven.             and help to spread positivity.         On Sept. 19, 2019, Lippa post-             said Lippa. She said that many
She wrote inspirational mes-        She attempted this project in        ed on the Happy UNewHaven                    students thank her for beginning
sages such as, “You are loved,”     high school, but that her peers      Instagram that she had initiated             the project.
“You are not alone” and “Start      did not respond as kindly to the     the process of becoming an                     “On a college campus where
the day with a [smile].” Oth-       notes. She knew that she wanted      RSO. Lippa finally introduced                there are many stressed out
er sticky notes offer phone         to try again in college, and was     herself as the creator of the proj-          students and faculty, I believe
numbers to suicide hotlines         overwhelmed with positive            ect, as she had run the account              seeing the sticky notes posted
and additional information on       reactions.                           under the alias ‘M.’                         around campus gives a posi-
mental health.                        At first, however, there were        The announcement was writ-                 tive and reassuring feel,” said
   Junior criminal justice major    many questions as to how she         ten on a series of sticky notes,             freshman hospitality and tour-
Ashley Price said that when she     could post the notes on school       one reading, “This RSO will                  ism management major, Emily
first heard of Happy UNewHav-       property. Lippa said that one        focus on spreading positivity                Smidt, who has also expressed
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                                      STUDENT LIFE
Managing money amid a pandemic: How the university made it through
    BY TYLER WELLS                    particularly hard by the COVID        salaries that began last April.      to students.”                       to the House of Representatives
                                      pandemic, being forced to adjust      The cut ranged from 3% to 9%,          Flonc said that the increases     requesting a supplemental fund-
           Staff Writer
                                      to online courses and virus out-      depending on the salary. While       are likely not related to the       ing bill to “include at least $120
   When students walk across          breaks. It has exposed previous       the cuts were originally slated to   COVID pandemic.                     billion for higher education.”
the University of New Hav-            challenges in the higher educa-       be in effect until June 30, they       “From a budget perspective, I       With the new $1.9 trillion
en’s campus, it is clear that         tion system, including the rising     are still in effect today.           don’t anticipate that we are go-    COVID relief plan, there is
life is different. From weekly        costs of tuition and accessibility.     Deborah Flonc, the budget          ing to have the need for greater    more hope for universities to
COVID-19 tests to updating the           However, throughout all of         director at New Haven, said that     than usual tuition increases,”      receive federal funding. $35
CoVerified app, New Haven has         this, one of the hardest battles      the university has yet to decide     Flonc said.                         billion of that is allotted as
been forced to shift their opera-     they have had is staying afloat       when many of these cuts will be        According to Flonc, this fol-     additional relief for helping
tions around an unprecedented         financially.                          reversed, as it depends on how       lows the plan that New Haven        higher education institutions
challenge. So far, the university       The university acted during         the pandemic progresses.             has approached the pandemic         cover student aid and reopening
has largely succeeded.                the beginning of the pandem-            “I don’t anticipate that it will   with; cut costs while maintain-     costs. However, it is unclear
   For graduate student and           ic, shutting campus down and          be this fiscal year, just with the   ing the quality of education.       whether private universities will
business administration major         sending students home last year       costs that we are incurring,”        These cuts have come in the         be included.
Gaetano Famiglietti, the shift        on Mar. 10. The move was made         Flonc said. “Everything is really    form of minor changes, Flonc          The university has still had
in university norms has been          to protect students from the          driven by how the pandemic           said.                               to spend money on food for the
apparent.                             virus and avoid a potential out-      plays out.”                            “Every decision about where       dining hall, maintaining class-
   “Not a single one of my            break. However, it also aimed to        However, since this news           we spend money, where we cut        rooms and operating facilities
classes was in person in the          ease projected losses including       about New Haven’s financial          spending, is always with the        like the Beckerman Recreation
fall,” Famiglietti said. “It was a    $10 million in room and board         status was posted at the begin-      students as the first thing we      Center for students. However,
weird feeling. I was a student,       credits for the spring semester.      ning of the pandemic, little has     look at,” Flonc said. “Things       COVID has forced spending
but it never really felt like I was   University President Steven           been publicly released since.        like conferences for staff, for-    on a testing system, personal
‘attending’ school.”                  Kaplan also said in a March 25        Student tuition is already set to    going a membership for a year,      protective equipment (PPE) and
   While Famiglietti lives            email to faculty that the univer-     increase by $1,200 for the 2021-     the pay cuts... those cost-sav-     room sanitation.
off-campus, his experience of         sity could lose $5M more during       2022 school year. The standard       ing measures were intended to         Despite this, the university has
classes moving online highlights      the summer semesters.                 housing fee for the base dorms       avoid having to do anything         remained in a sustainable spot
the university’s attempt to save         “We can minimize that loss         is also rising by $669 from last     that would directly impact the      financially.
operating costs.                      if we can teach most, if not all,     year.                                students.”                            “We went into the pandemic
   In the last year, education-       of the summer courses online,”          “Nobody likes to see the cost        This reflects the adaptations     in a good place,” Flonc said.
al institutions have struggled        said Kaplan. The university did       of tuition go up,” said soph-        colleges and universities have      “Other universities that may
with reopening while keeping          not have in-person classes over       omore criminal justice major         made with the severe financial      have been on the verge of strug-
students and faculty protect-         the summer.                           Alessandra Alves. “UNH is            toll that has been taken. Ac-       gling, the pandemic probably
ed. Universities have been hit           Kaplan also announced a            already really expensive so rais-    cording to a group led by the       amplified those struggles. Com-
Photo courtesy of Kayla Mutchler      reduction in employee pay and         ing the price doesn’t look good      American Council on Educa-          pared to other schools, we’re
                                                                                                                 tion, the pandemic has had a        probably doing better than
                                                                                                                 greater impact on their financial   some and maybe not as good as
                                                                                                                 situations than first expected.     others.”
                                                                                                                 In September, the group wrote
                                                                                                                                                          Graphic courtesy of Elisa D’Egidio
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                            E N T E RTA I N M E N T
The Snyder Cut is finally here Snubbed Grammys
      BY EMILY                        version. From the character          Clark Kent, Superman, played                                                 Follow the Charger
                                      development to the score, every      by Henry Cavill.
                                                                                                                 BY CAM GARDEN
    MCDONOUGH &                                                                                                    Contributing Writer                  Bulletin on Spotify!
                                      aspect of the film was changed.        The main villain, Steppen-
      ELDRICK
                                      The most obvious difference          wolf, was also allowed more
     GREENWAY                         between the two films is their       time and his origins were better
    Contributing Writers              runtimes, Snyder’s version is        explained. He is an antagonist
  After years of fans demand-         four hours and two minutes,          that exceeded the strength of the
ing Warner Brothers (WB) to           while Whedon’s was two hours.        Justice League, Amazons and
release Zack Snyder’s version         Even though this was longer          Atlanteans. As the film pro-
of “Justice League,” they             than most superhero films, four      gresses the audience is constant-
announced that Snyder will be                                                                                  We all know that the Grammys, among other award shows, have
                                      hours was truly needed to fulfill    ly shown how powerful he is.        been recently scrutinized for their racism and unfair reward sys-
finishing his version of the film     Snyder’s vision.                        Snyder was also able to
last year and it has finally come                                                                              tem. While there were some excellent nominations and winners
                                         The heroes are what make          include Darkseid, a Thanos-like     this award season, there were a few artists who were snubbed.
to HBOMAX.                            this version stand out. In this      villain, and Desaad, who
   When “Justice League” was                                                                                   1. Savage – Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
                                      film, the little things matter and   acted as Darkseid’s messenger.      Billie Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted” won “Record of the Year”
filming in 2016, Snyder had           Wonder Woman, played by Gal          When Darkseid first spoke to
to step away from the project                                                                                  over “Savage,” which Eilish herself recognized was an incorrect
                                      Gadot, actively demonstrated         Steppenwolf, Snyder did an          decision during her speech for the award. “Savage” first became
to deal with a family tragedy.        this in a wide variety of ways.      amazing job demonstrating how
Snyder decided to bring Joss                                                                                   popular in March 2020 with the help of a viral TikTok dance.
                                      The iconic fight scene at the        much Steppenwolf feared him.        From there, it dominated the radios and pushed Megan Thee Stal-
Whedon on to finish the film.         beginning of the movie, where        Steppenwolf kneeled in front of
Whedon rewrote and reshot                                                                                      lion to her current level of notoriety. Savage also kicked off a year
                                      she saves the hostages in the        Darkseid, his armor retracting,     of strong female empowerment in music.
parts of the movie, changing the      museum, was outstanding. The         showing how vulnerable he was,
plot and bringing it down to its                                                                               2. Rockstar – DaBaby
                                      audience will also enjoy a short     which was something cut from        Also up for “Record of the Year,” DaBaby’s song would have been
two hour theatrical cut. After the    yet heartwarming moment with         the 2017 version.
original “Justice League” was                                                                                  another excellent winner. The fairly new, young artist released
                                      Wonder Woman and a young                Darkseid’s appearance was        his song in the heat of the pandemic and right before the George
released in theaters, fans were       girl she saves, telling her she      meant to set up a sequel movie.
unhappy with the final prod-                                                                                   Floyd protests. The song and his live performances have been
                                      can be whoever she wants to be.      Despite the fact that Snyder said   praised for their commentary on the harmful nature of police cul-
uct. They believed a different        Cyborg and Flash, played by          that he had plans for two more
version of the movie existed and                                                                               ture in America.
                                      Raymond Fisher and Ezra Mill-        Justice League movies. Warner-      3. Be Your Girl – KAYTRANDA
took to Twitter, calling for WB       er, were also given more time        Media CEO Ann Sarnoff said
to #ReleasetheSnyderCut.                                                                                       Another song popularized by TikTok, Kaytranda is a breakout
                                      for character development, plac-     that with the release of “Zack      artist in the 2020 music world. Although she won a Grammy for
   It is apparent in the first five   ing them above comic relief.         Snyder’s Justice League” it will
minutes of “Zack Snyder’s                                                                                      “Best Dance Recording,” she lost the award for “Best New Artist,”
                                         There was also more focus on      conclude Snyder’s superhero         to Megan Thee Stallion.
Justice League,” that this ver-       other characters, such as Lois       trilogy.
sion told a very different story                                                                               4. Last Supper – D Smoke
                                      Lane, played by Amy Adams.              “Zack Snyder’s Justice           D Smoke was another rapper up for the “Best New Artist” Gram-
in comparison to Whedon’s             She was a relatable character        League” is now streaming on         my. His song “Last Supper” was first performed on the music
A scene from Justice League           because of her struggle with de-     HBOMAX.                             competition show Rhythm & Blues, making him the show’s first
Photo courtesy of Creative Commons    pression after losing her fiancee                                        winner.
                                                                                                               5. Canyon Moon – Harry Styles
                                                                                                               “Canyon Moon” is one of the best songs on Harry Styles’ album
                                                                                                               “Fine Line.” Its strong vocals and beautiful melody make it a fan
                                                                                                               favorite. As a part of his best album, it should have helped push
                                                                                                               Styles to win “Best Pop Vocal Album” over Dua Lipa’s “Future
                                                                                                               Nostalgia.”
                                                                                                               6. Lightning & Thunder – Jhené Aiko featuring John Legend
                                                                                                               Losing to Beyoncé’s “Black Parade” for “Best R&B Perfor-
                                                                                                               mance,” this is still one of the best tracks released by Aiko to date.
                                                                                                               John Legend has one of the smoothest voices in the music industry
                                                                                                               and the two of them together create an irresistible R&B feel.
                                                                                                               7. Do It – Chloe and Halle
                                                                                                               The young vocalist duo was up for the “Best R&B Song” Grammy
                                                                                                               award this season, losing to “Better Than I Imagined” by Robert
                                                                                                               Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson. Although they
                                                                                                               didn’t win this time around, Chloe and Halle are far from done.
                                                                                                               8. HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY – Giveon
                                                                                                               Almost everyone knows this song now. It also has gained popular-
                                                                                                               ity with its presence on TikTok. This song is from Giveon’s album
                                                                                                               “Take Time,” losing to “Bigger Love” by John Legend for Best
                                                                                                               R&B Album.
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The evolution of sex in entertainment: What’s no longer left to the imagination
 BY ELISA D’EGIDIO                      as, “She would hang on him,         Lucy” were a married couple            With content from the 90s and     Since then, music has become
                                        as if increase of appetite had      in real life, and the two slept     early 00s, entertainment was       more explicit and leaving its
           Staff Writer
                                        grown by what it fed on” from       in separate twin-sized beds.        changed forever. Songs with        mark on the music industry
  Modern entertainment has              his play “Hamlet” and “Thou         Shows such as “The Munsters”        sexual references became the       including recent hits, such as
changed immensely since the             wilt fall backward when thou        and “Bewitched” from the 60s,       craze, such as “Let’s Talk About   “WAP” by Cardi B featuring
entertainment of yesteryear.            hast more wit” from his play        were some of the firsts to show     Sex” by Salt-N-Pepa, “I’ll         Megan Thee Stallion, “Savage
What once was black and white           “Romeo and Juliet.” Though          married couples sleeping in         Make Love To You,” by Boyz II      Remix” by Megan Thee Stallion
is now in color and what was            often overlooked, they were         the same bed, but the charac-       Menn, “Hot in Herre” by Nelly      featuring Beyonce, “Positions’’
silent now has audio. Since the         very significant in his era as he   ters were only seen holding         and “Any Time, Any Place” by       by Ariana Grande and “Physi-
classic movies and television           included other bawdy matters.       conversations in bed. Jiggle        Janet Jackson. A Time article      cal” by Dua Lipa.
shows from the 50s, 60s and             This artform allowed the readers    TV was a new crave in the 70s       describes this era by saying,        At the 63rd Grammys, viewers
70s, sex and nudity have be-            to interpret suggestive messages    with shows such as “Charlie’s       “Society pushed back [women]       watched Cardi B and Megan
come more common in today’s             and their double meanings in        Angels,” “Three’s Company”          by reducing them to gruesome       Thee Stallion perform “WAP.”
entertainment.                          their own way, all the way back     and “I Dream a Jeannie” where       sexual fantasies and misogy-       As many of the lyrics were
  William Shakespeare was               in the 1590s.                       women were seen in a more           nistic stereotypes.” Women are     censored out, they unchastely
known to make subtle innuen-              In the 50s, the idea of any-      alluring light, wearing bikinis,    seen in music videos in sexually   crawled across the floor.
dos within his work. Lines such         thing sexual on prime-time          tighter fighting outfits and were   graphic and explicit manners.        In attempts to censor some of
WAP performance at the                  television was nonexistent.         allowed to wear cropped shirts,     Madonna’s song “Justify My         these explicit demonstrations,
Grammys                                 Ricky and Lucy from “I Love         showing off their midriffs.         Love” was so controversial and     there have been maturity ratings
Photo courtesy of Cardi B’s Instagram
                                                                              However, the 60s and 70s          explicit that it was even banned   in place, such as Motion Picture
                                                                            allowed some promiscuous            from MTV.                          Association (MPA) film rating
                                                                            behaviors, which can be seen           More recently, in the 2010s     system and the Parental Adviso-
                                                                            in Playboy. Marilyn Mon-            to 2020s, entertainment has        ry label (PAL) in hopes to warn
                                                                            roe, Pamela Anderson, Jenny         become completely sex-driv-        an audience of what is to come.
                                                                            McCarthy, Madonna and more          en, whether it be featured in      With time qualifications for
                                                                            have been seen nude in Playboy.     literature, film or music. Shows   ratings have been changed and
                                                                            In the privacy of one’s home,       such as “Blue Mountain State”      updated.
                                                                            the popularity of this stype of     and “Euphoria” revolve around        Different types of erotica
                                                                            pornography was growing pri-        a variety of sexual relations.     are promoted all throughout
                                                                            vately, yet was being publicaly     We have seen Miley Cyrus’          entertainment today. It is no
                                                                            shammed. A Time article from        “Wrecking Ball” music video        longer considered “suggestive
                                                                            1976 said “what was once a          and read snippets of the novel     material,” as there has been a
                                                                            ‘marginal underground cottage       “50 Shades of Gray” by E. L.       great shift in the amount of nu-
                                                                            industry’ had become ‘an open,      James, in which there is almost    dity, explicit material and other
                                                                            aggressive $2 billion-a-year’       nothing left to the imagination    material in hopes to attract the
                                                                            business.”                          or to interpretation.              attention of viewers.

Broadway musical, “In the Heights,” set to see the big screen
BY SHAYLEN STANCIL                      Original Score,” “Best Orches-      is a bodega owner, played by        underrepresented community:        will also be streaming on HBO
                                        trations” and “Best Choreogra-      Anthony Ramos; Nina Rosario         Latinos.”                          Max for the first 31 days of its
           Staff Writer
                                        phy.” “In the Heights” also had     is a struggling college student,      “In The Heights” is set to       release.
The newest trailer for the movie        the most nominations that year,     played by Leslie Grace; Vanessa     open in theaters on June 11, and   Photo courtesy of In the Heights’ Twitter
adaptation of the Broadway              receiving 13 nominations. It ran    is a salon worker who dreams
musical “In The Heights’’ was           on Broadway for three years         of having her own apartment,
released on March 14. “In The           until Jan. 9, 2011, performing      played by Melissa Barrera. The
Heights” was conceptualized             over 1000 times. In a 2020          movie explores many themes
and written by Lin-Manuel               interview, Miranda said that he     such as poverty, heritage and
Miranda, who is also known              was inspired to write “In The       love. Miranda describes it as
for writing and composing               Heights” because he didn’t see      “a community on the brink of
the Broadway hip-hop musi-              Latino stories being told in the    change, full of hopes, dreams
cal “Hamilton.” The movie is            musical theater world.              and pressures” on his website.
directed by Jon M. Chu, director          The movie-musical takes             Audiences will also enjoy
of “Crazy Rich Asians” and the          place in the New York neigh-        energetic and vibrant Latin-in-
screenplay is by playwright and         borhood of Washington Heights       spired musical numbers and
author Quiara Alegria Hudes.            and was shot on location. It fol-   choreography. Thanks to its
  The Broadway production               lows the stories of several peo-    star-studded Latinx cast, Chu
won four Tony Awards in 2008            ple and their experiences while     says, “’In The Heights’ is poised
for “Best Musical,” “Best               living in The Heights; Usnavi       to bring its moment to another
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                                                         POLITICS
How American politics have been impacted by the internet
       BY SAMUEL                    while making government               being a primary vessel to spread     enhanced American politics and         ogy does, which means that we
                                    services more widely available        information, they have been          made it more inclusive. On the         must be deliberate in the way
       WEINMANN                     to citizens. Although e-govern-       well-used by presidential candi-     other hand, it has made misin-         that we consume information
         Staff Writer               ment has effectively provided         dates to quickly spread import-      formation run rampant and is in-       and engage with social media.
                                    millions with open-source data,       ant information.                     accessible to some. Politics will
  There is unlimited informa-       government programs and assis-          In President Joseph R. Biden’s     continue to change as technol-           Graphic courtesy of Christopher Colquhoun
tion at our fingertips; we are      tance, its inclusivity is limited     political campaign, for example,
constantly being bombarded          because of unequal access to the      he sent out a social media guide
with news articles, updates from    internet.                             that laid out tools for his sup-
political officials and misin-        While e-government enhances         porters to bolster his campaign.
formation. For better or worse,     government transparency and           This guide outlined his socials,
the fast-changing nature of         the connection between the            donation methods and other
politics can be attributed to the   government and the people,            information for his supporters
internet and social media. The      social media is also an effective     to share online, highlighting
development of e-government,        tool. While President Franklin        the way that the internet can be
better communication between        D. Roosevelt once delivered           effectively used to support a
officials and constituents and a    “fireside chats” to increase his      campaign.
larger network for campaigning      connection with Americans in            Although Biden is not the first
have all fostered a political en-   the 1930s, that type of relation-     president to employ social me-
vironment that is more inclusive    ship-building has developed into      dia to his advantage, the topic
but riddled with misinforma-        social media updates, in which        of social media in politics was
tion — decreasing American          constituents are able to stay up      pushed to the forefront by for-
political efficacy.                 to date on politician’s actions.      mer president Donald J. Trump,
  One of the biggest changes in     As political officials are now        especially with the way that he
politics is the development of      able to connect with constituents     used it to spread misinformation
e-government — a tool that has      in an immediate and effective         about the COVID-19 pandemic
existed nearly as long as the in-   way, that has, in turn, impacted      and the results of the 2020 U.S.
ternet has. This aims to increase   their ability to run a presidential   presidential election.
the effectiveness of government     campaign. With social media             Arguably, social media has

Third stimulus payments: A boon or a bust for student dependents?
 BY MIA STEADMAN                    not have to be so stressed about         “Honestly I don’t think this      biology major Elizabeth Ford.          his.
                                    bills for the immediate future,”      will even reduce much of my            Ford did not receive the first         “I’m gonna use the rest to pay
    Contributing Writer
                                    Edgeworth said.                       stress because it’ll just be a       two payments and was disap-            off my credit cards since the
  The third round of stimulus         While the additional funds          small dent in the total loans I      pointed to learn about her pay-        rent for my apartment is paid
checks, valued at $1,400, is in     will be beneficial to students,       took out,” said Galliher. “Col-      ment getting lumped in with her        off until the end of my lease,”
the process of being distributed,   some feel that the financial          lege is just so expensive that       parent’s funds rather than being       said Valentine. Although, he
and unlike the first two rounds     relief isn’t as substantial as they   1,400 is not a lot - considering     distributed directly. She also         also said that the payment didn’t
of payments from the govern-        would have liked. The threat of       everything. I can’t imagine what     said that she handles most of her      bring him any real lasting eco-
ment, tax filers will receive       future loan payments beginning        it’s like for struggling families    own expenses while at school.          nomic relief.
payments for dependents over        upon graduation looms in the          right now.”                            “It’s frustrating, but I can’t re-     “It’s nice to have some
the age of 17, provided that        distance for students graduating         Parents and legal guardians       ally do anything about it,” Ford       [short-term] relief, don’t get
all other requirements are met.     in June.                              will be receiving the money on       said. “I’d like to actually put        me wrong,” he said. “But with
College-aged independent filers       Senior criminal justice major       the behalf of their dependents.      the money towards my own ex-           COVID-19, I haven’t really
remain eligible and will receive    Marita Galliher plans to allocate     However, some students aren’t        penses, but I know they’re just        been able to build my savings as
their funds directly.               the money towards paying off          so hopeful that they will actual-    gonna spend it on something for        much as I wanted and if I were
  Students at the University of     some of the private loans she         ly get to see any of the funds for   my younger brother.”                   to be hospitalized for whatever
New Haven responded with            accrued in order to attend New        themselves. Parents or guard-          Other students were able to          reason it would be an issue.”
varying degrees of excitement.      Haven.                                ians are not required to pass the    discuss with their parents how             Photo courtesy of Creative Commons
For Kayla Edgeworth, a grad-          She said that she wishes she        funds along to their dependents,     to best use the stimulus money.
uate student pursuing a master      could use it recreationally, but      even if they are older than 18       Senior communication major
of public administration degree,    after not being included in           years old.                           Devinh Valentine said that he
the third round of payments         the first two rounds of checks           “Since I’m a dependent the        felt lucky that his mother agreed
could not be coming at a better     because she is a dependent over       money is going to be dispersed       to split her first two stimulus
time.                               the age of 17, she would rather       to my parents, who have already      payments with him. Now, he
  “I’m currently waiting for my     put the money where she feels         told me that I won’t be seeing       says that he is going to return
new job to start so it’s nice to    she needs it most.                    any of it,” said senior marine       the favor by giving her some of
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                                                      OPINIONS
College students should get vaccine sooner rather than later
   BY TYLER WELLS                    as Connecticut, are still shifting   the age of 16 eligible starting       Despite students being largely        these ages by not vaccinating
                                     their approach.                      April 1.                              discouraged from leaving cam-         them could affect much of the
         Staff Writer
                                        The Center for Disease Con-         It would be wise for state gov-     pus and traveling home, there is      country.
  As of March 22, over 10            trol and Prevention (CDC) made       ernments to follow Connecticut        little stopping them. This puts         “Now we can set aside,
percent of the U.S. population       recommendations for distribu-        in having college students high-      students at risk of spreading it      perhaps, a larger percentage of
has received all doses of the        tion plans to “decrease death        er on their prioritization list for   within the university campus          the vaccines for older Amer-
COVID-19 vaccine. Many               and serious disease as much as       the vaccine. This is especially       community and their homes.            icans, but I think we need to
states have faced difficulties in    possible.” Their plan calls for      the case after the fall semester         With approximately 19.6 mil-       start getting the vaccine out
fulfilling distribution plans and    healthcare personnel and long-       showed a correlation between          lion college students in the U.S.,    into younger people,” said Dr.
having a completely efficient        term care facility residents to      on-campus cases with commu-           the risk applies to them all. It is   Jonathan Reiner, a professor of
rollout. In contrast, Connecti-      be in group 1a because of their      nity cases.                           critical to consider the impor-       medicine at George Washington
cut has had a relatively smooth      potential exposure to the virus        College campuses can be a           tance of vaccinating college          University. “The younger people
vaccine rollout.                     and the likelihood of being a        dangerous breeding ground             students early to prevent poten-      are the people who are spread-
  The state was moving through       superspreading epicenter.            for COVID-19. It is harder for        tial spreading. Instead, college      ing the virus.”
Phase 1c, with vaccine avail-           This plan hasn’t been met         students living in the dorms to       students remain at the bottom           Graphic courtesy of Christopher Colquhoun

ability expanding to educators,      with much resistance, as many        remain completely protected           of the list, further pushing the
childcare providers and individ-     recognize that those who face        from the virus, making the risk       threat of major spread.
uals above 55. Adults 65 and         a greater chance of health com-      of spread much greater. This            A study released on Feb. 3
older, and residents or staff of     plications should be protected       was evident at the University         found that Americans between
select congregate living settings    first. However, how the vaccine      of New Haven, where all of the        20 and 49 years old contributed
should have already received         should be distributed after that     Winchester Hall community             more than 70% of the corona-
their vaccines. Noticeably ab-       is the challenge that faces each     was placed into quarantine after      virus spread in the last year.
sent from the congregate living      state government.                    a spike in cases.                     Letting the virus run through
criteria were college dorms. The        “Keep it simple, stupid,” Con-      While the decision from the
state made the decision on Feb.      necticut Gov. Ned Lamont said        university’s officials mitigated
22 that the new plan would be        of the vaccination plan. “Com-       the spread, it is possible that
solely based on age, interrupting    plications result from states that   a student could unknowingly
the Phase 1c plan. Now, any          try to finely slice the salami       spread the virus beyond the
adult above 45 is able to register   and it got very complicated to       university community, having a
to get their vaccine.                administer.”                         far-reaching impact that could
  Other states have largely fin-        This follows a trend: the         increase cases in the greater
ished their Phase 1b and are be-     pathway to a vaccine has been        community.
ginning to move into their next      widely overlooked for college          45.6% of New Haven students
set of vaccinations. However,        students across the country.         are from out-of-state and 12.1%
the final path forward remains          The new Connecticut plan          from foreign countries, accord-
largely unclear as states, such      would make all residents above       ing to the university’s statistics.

                                                                                                                                                            Graphic courtesy of Elisa D’Egidio
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                                                        OPINIONS
Teleconferencing software could become a post-COVID normal
 BY ISABELLE HAJEK                    COVID-19 as it became a               prior to COVID-19, University         ers it faces. He said that society   than prior to the COVID-19
                                      necessity during the pandemic.        of New Haven Dean of the              will need to address concerns        pandemic and 37.5 percent of
            Staff Writer
                                      However, over a year in the           Pompea College of Business            regarding access to technology.      students attend multiple virtual
   Zoom and similar telecon-          pandemic has passed, begging          and economist, Brian Kench,             “Access is critical, there’s no    meetings at once.
ferencing software have been          the question: where does this         said that the pandemic has made       doubt about that,” he said, “and       Regarding access, freshman
popularized in various indus-         technology fit into the new           it acceptable in business and         there are certainly groups that      engineering student Laila Soli-
tries because of COVID-19             normal?                               other industries. Teleconfer-         still don’t have access, so that’s   man said, “[Zoom] has made me
pandemic policies. Businesses,          One may turn to economic            encing software has allowed           something to work on.”               realize that the requirement is
medical practices and entertain-      theory. Russian economist             individuals to become more              Mediating this lack of access      innately classist…Some people
ment, among other industries,         and mathematician Nikolai             accessible to their employers         may prove difficult as Kench         do not have the access to that
have found their way to using         Kondratieff proposed the now          without residing near the com-        said, “there are always people       technology.”
such technology as a method to        widely accepted theory of the         pany. This decentralization of        left behind so I think you’re not      Other students have said that a
bridge the gap in contact that        Kondratieff Wave. In the theory,      industry creates a more diverse       going to solve it... It’s really     virtual format is not conducive
the pandemic has brought.             he says that when new tech-           job market.                           about on the margin, can you         to learning. Junior psychology
   Zoom experienced a 67%             nology is introduced into the            “Increase the flexibility and      move it more in the direction        major Jocelyn Daly said, “It can
increase in use from January          market, the economy experienc-        you’ll see self-selection into        that is productive?”                 be harder to focus on the lecture
to March 2020, in response            es significant growth, followed       those industries,” said Kench,          As competition for positions       and fully absorb the content.”
to pandemic social distancing         by a crisis that causes a signif-     “where they wouldn’t have             increases, wages may also de-          Junior criminal justice major
policies. This is a common trend      icant decrease that will recover      observed those particular             crease and the increased access      Amiel Perez-Wilson said that
for most conferencing software        only when the next iteration of       individuals, based on a variety       to employees could cause labor       he does not, “feel engaged or
that had been available before        new technology is introduced.         of demographics. But it’s no          laws and company policies to         motivated. There is no desire to
Photo courtesy of Creative Commons    According to this model, the          secret that the finance industry,     more explicitly dictate the role     go and learn when you have to
                                      U.S. along with the majority of       as an example, is White and           of technology in employment.         do it through Zoom”
                                      the world is in the fifth cycle,      male and so by transforming             Students have voiced similar         As the majority of people
                                      marked by increased access to         the infrastructure you’re likely      and additional concerns regard-      in the U.S. are expected to
                                      information and telecommuni-          to decrease that category and         ing the presence of teleconfer-      be vaccinated by the end of
                                      cations. Under this theory, tele-     increase the others.”                 encing software in education         summer 2021, a new normal
                                      conferencing software is going           Kench views the acceptance         and the workforce. In a survey       that integrates technology with
                                      to remain normal in life.             of teleconferencing software as       from the Charger Bulletin, 93.8      industries’ previous models
                                        Although video conferenc-           a positive in many industries,        percent of respondents report        awaits, along with the growths
                                      ing has been used in business         but he acknowledges the barri-        attending more meetings now          and challenges it will produce.

The problem with affordable healthcare: it exists
BY AMANDA CASTRO                      insurance. And, God forbid,           There’s no point to it. No one        And I think that this fact is        I should just whip up a remedy
                                      we needed any medication to           needs it. The sick are getting        ridiculously beneficial.             to lower my blood sugar and try
       Managing Editor
                                      survive, my only options would        sicker, and ultimately it’s not the      As for the U.S. Declaration of    to not die – to me, this seems
   At the ripe age of 12, I was di-   have been to sell one of my           government’s problem: that’s          Independence, while it guar-         like a fantastic solution.
agnosed with type one diabetes        kidneys, which are vital for any      what GoFundMe is for.                 antees our rights to life, liberty     At this point, many will ques-
– clearly, a uniquely American        diabetic to survive without di-         Instead of coming up with           and the pursuit of happiness,        tion how this will affect those
disease because of the obvious        alysis, or to just drop dead. The     a new option for affordable           it does not ensure that we can       who are ill. It will, by all means,
sugar factor because type one         latter sounds appealing.              healthcare for poor people, such      achieve them. Since good health      but what fault is that of the gov-
diabetes is not autoimmune –            After all, it’s my fault that I’m   as college students, eliminat-        is an important component of         ernment? They are not respon-
and I found out that I had to         poor.                                 ing all government-provided           happiness, all people have the       sible for us acquiring chronic
take insulin. Being nothing but         With this in mind, healthcare       hospitals and health benefits,        freedom to achieve it – but the      illnesses or treatable diseases.
a miserly sixth grader, I had         in the U.S. should not exist.         in general, should do the trick.      government is under no duty to       How are we to hold them ac-
no idea that insulin was even         It’s a waste of time and money        One would pay for medical             assist them.                         countable? The audacity!
a hormone, and I certainly had        for the government that they          or similar treatments out-of-            Many factors contribute to           The one thing the government
no idea that not taking insu-         obviously do not have. Former         pocket if they want to. Neither       happiness, including meaningful      wants us to remember is that an
lin would mean my imminent            President Donald J. Trump and         the insurance industry nor the        jobs, a sense of self, friendships   apple every day will keep the
death. I also had no idea how         his administration proposed the       government would assist or            and loving relationships. It is      doctor away. And we should all
cheap it would be and how little      abolition of Obamacare – oth-         obstruct the operation. It’d be       obviously not the government’s       do that if we want to live, obvi-
it would cost my parents, who         erwise known as the Affordable        so much simpler. It has strong        responsibility to provide us with    ously. And I live by that modest
had no expenses of their own.         Care Act – to then find some-         protection in our Constitution,       the former and it should not be      proposal.
Especially with my father being       thing to replace it with after        which protects human rights           any different for healthcare. And       This article is considered a
diagnosed with an odd brain           building a much-needed wall           including freedom of expression       when a college student such as       piece of satire meaning that it
disease that caused him to lose       between the U.S. and Mexi-            and gun possession, but express-      myself needs insulin for an af-      is not to be taken literally or
his job, and therefore, his health    co. But why replace it at all?        ly excludes a right to healthcare.    fordable price but cannot find it,   seriously.
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