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Recently, vegan diets have experienced in increase in popularity. A vegan diet is associated with many health benefits because they are higher in dietary fiber, magnesium, folic acid and vitamins. With that being said, in America we are experiencing a dietary health epidemic. If you had to guess, what do you believe to be the […]

With today’s dating culture there are so many dating rules to follow, too many almost. Women have to be available to men, but not too available otherwise it’s a “turnoff.” You have to wait a certain amount of time to “friend,” “follow” or “add” someone on all social media platforms— and there’s a specific order […]

Justin Timberlake was recently asked to perform at the Super Bowl in 2018. This will be Timberlake’s third Super Bowl performance. His first time performing was in 2002, then quickly following he was back in 2004. In 2004 he was invited to perform with Janet Jackson. Since the announcement of Timberlake performing this year, the […]

I am confused Ms. Donna Karan, are you not a woman in Hollywood? As a female in the fashion industry, I would imagine that you have had an impact on female empowerment. I imagine you understand what clothes can do for women, how they can express a women’s personality. I imagine you understand how the […]

There’s a reason why Adult Swim’s ‘Rick and Morty’ has earned the title of television’s #1 comedy series for ages 18-34 and is the most-watched show on Adult Swim – it’s incredibly funny and surprisingly emotional for an adult cartoon. In terms of sci-fi conventions, pop culture references and side-splitting humor, no other show compares. […]

The ideal image of an attractive figure for a woman has fluctuated overtime. However, some of the methods used to achieve an ideal body image date back to the 1500’s. In the 16th century, corsets were used to enhance the shape of a woman’s bust. Corsets became more common among European and American women in […]

It’s time for the music industry to apologize to Janet Jackson about her treatment following Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was recently announced that Justin Timberlake will return to the stage and perform at the Super Bowl halftime show this year. While Timberlake is an international popstar with an impressive resume, his credentials aren’t what’s causing […]

Declining enrollment rates and growing budget concerns at the University of Wisconsin System’s two-year campuses drove the recent announcement of a proposal to keep the schools afloat by merging them with four-year universities in the region. Ray Cross, president of the UW System, proposed the restructuring changes as an effort to cut costs, increase enrollment […]

You know how wearing certain color clothes say different things about the person wearing them, or how when you wear certain colors it makes you feel a certain way? Some people wear orange for energy, or blue for tranquility. Well, the same can apply to your nail polish. I call it nail polish moods. Can […]

In today’s world, you can do almost anything with your smartphone. With a few taps of the screen you can order a pizza, watch a movie or even summon a complete stranger to pick you up and take you somewhere else. Smartphones have conditioned us to avoid communicating with other people and this impersonal relationship […]

The conversation about Colin Kaepernick within our country has been an interesting one; it has also been a conversation with a lot of very different perspectives. The newest conversation revolving around Kaepernick deals with his grievance case against the National Football League. Kaepernick believes the league is colluding against him, which is why he is […]

Ann Yi’s Sensoria performance punctuated the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Music Hall with a multi-faceted and sometimes eerie series of piano compositions. Yi is one of six musicians commissioned by Amanda Schoofs, a lecturer of Music Composition and Technology, who is also the artistic director of Sensoria. She co-founded the project with Paul Mitchell in 2014, […]