Chief Yung

Considering how prominent the motif of sacrifice has been throughout the Bible, it is interesting that it is not really a part of how we worship today. In our last publication we asked why this is, and our readers seemed to reach the conclusion that it is simply not relevant anymore. Some of our readers could not decide what and how to sacrifice, others said they never felt the call to sacrifice anything, others too found the idea quite archaic. Why would you waste a valuable resource as an offering? Wouldn't God be more pleased if you gave that sacrificial lamb to someone poor or starving instead? At any rate, our writers were unsure if they understood the idea of sacrifice themselves, and they agreed that they found the act somewhat pointless. We figured that the stories of sacrifice might be religious and allegorical truths instead of literal ones, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Needless to say, this is a concept that clearly needs explanation; so we did some digging,...

The Knock the Vote campaign by the media company Acronym was quite interesting to me. Though they did not have much material in their campaign it was certainly made up for in quality and creativity. The ad used reverse psychology and invoked strong feelings in its target audience with sensitive insults directed towards their generation. These undoubtedly had a strong impact on those who saw the ad.  The message of the ad got me thinking -- do older generations actually vote more than younger ones? After some research, I found out that this was, in fact, true, and that elderly citizens vote on average in far higher numbers than young citizens.  This is mostly because seniors have more free time and more government benefits to protect. I learned that this age discrepancy between voters can be detrimental to the political state of a nation, as politicians will always play to the whims of older voters instead of younger ones because they know that they must secure their votes. Th...

It's no secret that Colin Kaepernick's demonstrations have caused immense controversy,  and created a polarizing divide between football fans and the politically aware. In this blog, I want to take a moment to hear from both sides of the argument -- those approving and disapproving of Nike's campaign Kaepernick's activism. First and foremost I'd like to note two very revealing surveys conducted by Quinnipiac University and Omnibus. These two polls found that Kaepernick's actions were appreciated and supported by the majority of the voters and that younger voters from eighteen to thirty-four were much more likely to support this side of the debate that voters aged sixty-five and older. Some say that Kaepernick is a hero, and that his sacrifice was duely made. Many of those on the side against Kaepernick and Nike have argued that his protest in incredibly distasteful, disrespectful and misdirected. It seems to some that his fieldside demonstrations are more ai...

Fake news is everywhere, or so we've been told. How prominent is fake news, and what effects does it have? "Fake news" quite a broad term that essentially describes any news publication that spreads lies or fallacies. This encompasses instances when a journalist just intends to make some ad revenue with a clickbaity headline, or spread an ideology with completely unfounded facts. Fake news has a significant presence via likes, shares, and reposts in some social media circles because of their outlandish content. More often than not, these social media users will assume the complete validity of the claim from the headline, without reading the content or fact checking. As is the way with social media, these users might share the article again, and thus the cycle continues. Fake news is harmful to a society and public opinion because it creates opinions that are based on fallacies, rather than opinions founded on facts. Fake news also takes attention away from and discredits ...

Ali Mosslmani, an Aussie teen is attempting to sue three news outlets for defaming him. At first glance this seems like a serious allegation; you might even feel bad for Ali until you hear how he was allegedly defamed. As the story goes, Ali was at the birthday party of a friend when a rather fateful picture was taken This picture, showing Ali on the left, soon when viral. It seemed as if social media users could not get enough of Ali's hilarious mullet. Ali then became the subject of a series of  internet memes that had photo-shopped the picture into creative jokes, all along the theme of making fun of Ali's haircut. These memes did not rest well with Ali however, especially after The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail Australia, and KIIS radio poked fun of his haircut as well. Ali had had enough, and sued each of the publications, claiming that they portrayed him as a hideously ugly and ridiculous person. Unfortunately for Ali, the trials did not pan out in his favor, and the ...

After reading the second article on twitter wars I felt almost exasperated. It seemed as if the entire situation was just a small issue that had escalated to a point where it was blown out of proportion. Though the whole situation was likely much more complex and difficult than I realize, I still think that their disagreements would have been much better settled in person rather than over Twitter. Twitter wars involving online personalities/comedians like Wendy's twitter page, youtubers, meme accounts, etcetera are usually light and humorous. However, twitter wars over actual personal conflicts are, in my opinion, extremely childish and pointless, almost as if both sides would rather engage in the adrenaline of a simulated catfight, and rally the support and validation of all those who care to listen in rather than solving the disagreement like mature adults. I myself have had my share of online beef, but I never aired my dirty laundry publicly nor continue...