by CTS_Admin | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020-2021, Art, Fall 2020, Films
The words “Disney princess” typically bring to mind a specific image. Usually this image consists of a beautiful girl aged 14-22— a royal either by birth or marriage. She is beautiful in the way society loves— with large eyes that enhance otherwise petite features....
by CTS_Admin | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020-2021, Fall 2020, Gender, Language
Misheel (or Мишээл if you can read Cyrillic) is the tenth most common name in Mongolia. I share this given name with 11,633 other people, or about 0.36% of Mongolia’s total population (Mongolian Statistical Information Service). It means ‘smile’ and is generally...
by CTS_Admin | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020-2021, Education, Fall 2020, Literature
A student stares at their computer screen, looking at the document, looking at the wall in front of them, doing anything to avoid looking at the blinking cursor upon their open Word document. The cursor—it taunts them, reminds them that they have ten more pages to...
by CTS_Admin | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020-2021, Biology, Fall 2020, Psychology
Andrina Aepli suggests that children and adolescents are losing sleep because of increased caffeine intake in October 2015’s Brain Sciences Journal. In her study, “Altered Sleep Behavior and Deep Sleep,” Aepli discusses how caffeine leads to a decrease in sleep and a...
by CTS_Admin | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020-2021, Culture, Fall 2020, Gender, Literature
In the past few decades, the word feminism has developed an extremely negative connotation in society. The reason for this is likely due to the meaning of the word shifting, at least for many, from that of equality to one of domination. However, despite this...
by CTS_Admin | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020-2021, Fall 2020, Political Science
Here are listed a few things that are older than the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed a woman’s right to vote in the United States: Peanut butter, recreational skiing, smoke...