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STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu How do you think that the perception and treatment of sexual assault victims has changed in the past decade, if at all? We have cases, like the one involving Harvey Weinstein, that brought up many reactions from the public. What do you think of

JESSICA RUF jnruf15@ole.augie.edu When two planes struck the World Trade Center on September 11, Condoleezza Rice was serving as the U.S. national security advisor. Reflecting on the attacks a year later, Rice remarked in an CNN interview, “We’re in a new world. We’re in

No, hashtags promote passivism, not activism #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, #Kony2012, #BringBackOurGirls and many more. What do all of these hashtags have in common? Each one has been used millions of times by internet users making commentary on current events. Hashtag activism is the act of supporting a cause through social

Yes, hashtags help social movements gain momentum KATELYN CLEMENT kmclement16@ole.augie.edu The hashtag has been a trending form in social media and has become more popular within the past decade following the first hashtag use in 2007.  Hashtags, when tagged onto a post, make the post easier to

SHAUNA PAULI sdpauli16@ole.augie.edu Last Friday night, I tweeted two pictures. The first was of a young man named Cole Paulson dressed as Colin Kaepernick, the American quarterback who has come under fire for kneeling as a form of protest during the National Anthem. As part of his

STEPHANIE SANCHEZ sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu The first shocking piece of advice I remember receiving from my mother was to not walk through dark streets, to stay alert and to not bring attention to myself. “Ignore the catcallers,” she said when I was barely 10 years old. “They can be