Lifestyles

Lifestyles

Healthy lifestyles begin with diet

Good health is a prized possession many Americans wish to attain, but instead continue to engage in bad, unhealthy habits.  Due to poor dieting and heavy indulgence of unhealthy foods, junk and cheap fast foods, people suffer from being overweight or obese.  According to USA Today’s “Percentage of severely obese […]

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Technology aids law enforcement to nab criminals

With most cases, hard evidence is found when police or investigators search the offender’s home or near a place the crime occurred. However, with the evolution of technology, evidence can be found through a variety of avenues. All hard evidence collected in a recent rape case against two young men […]

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Oz no longer child appropriate

Oz the Great and Powerful is not a children’s movie.  Womanizing, open morals, and promiscuity can all be found in Disney’s new prequel to the classic tale, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  James Franco plays Oscar Diggs, or Oz, a circus magician known for never being able to keep a […]

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Death penalty used as a deterrence from crime

The death penalty is a scare tactic that has been used since the 1800s. It was used as both a punishment and a statement, a statement displaying the consequence of breaking the rules. The death penalty has evolved from hanging to needles, but the question is does it do the […]

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Black women struggle with dating stereotypes

The Takeover, an online short film by North Carolina State University graduate Shequeta Smith, brings comedic and ironic qualities to a prevalent topic in the female community: black women vs. white women vs. black men.  The story is based on Smith’s real life experiences and revolves around an interracial friendship. […]

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Campus police encourage students to “say no” to illegal drugs

Random drug searches and being more visible on Prairie View A&M University’s campus has helped the local police department with the decrease of drug related criminal activity. Sergeant Frank Wallace, department of public safety, said, “We put on a Drug Symposium every year. The symposium is to educate students on […]

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Approaching sexual crossroads: stigma and prejudice in lesbian community

On Sunday morning Ashley Hicks and Ashley Charles, both college students, pull into a Subway parking lot. As they approach the counter to order, other patrons in the facility and two female employees stop and watch. They cannot be blamed either, because these girls command attention. Hicks towers over the […]

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Locator app effect

Have you seen the commercial for the site Been Verified?  Well, recently they launched updates to their free app which can help you do a simple background check on anyone. This could be helpful in many situations.  On a blind date, you may want to know a little more about […]

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STDs plague racial minority communities

Society and the role it plays on us may be the cause in racial minorities having the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases in America.  “Society in a way manipulates us into getting STD’s.For example, a man has a 15-year-old son that is a virgin and the father and friends […]

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Consumers bite into Apple brand

Many people in the United States have acquired an unusual craving for Apple electronics over the years. Apple has been on a roll releasing new and updated products, which could be a product overload.  At any place and time an Apple product is in plain sight, from little kids sliding […]