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Formerly: ASME Intern, Editor-in-Chief of The Lantern
BA in Journalism ('22) from Ohio State University
Minors in Public Health and Neuroscience
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PHOTO CREDIT: INSTA_PHOTOS As pandemic restrictions eased and students returned to classrooms this year, more than the threat of the virus loomed over their academic success. After having unobstructed access to cellphones during virtual learning, students were distracted by the devices more than ever, some schools report.
This is a profile on Georgeann Wells, the first woman to dunk in college basketball.
Aside from being a PR nightmare, a new study suggests that corporate fraud may stoke crime rates in the community. Researchers at Ohio State and Indiana University found a "spillover effect" of corporate misconduct on local financially motivated crimes such as robbery and theft.
The Karamu House is famously the first Black theater in the United States.
PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON SCHOOL FACILITIES Mike Pickens joined the National Council on School Facilities (NCSF) as executive director in 2021 after nearly 20 years at the West Virginia Department of Education, leading in facilities and transportation.
Amid widespread promotion of vaccination against COVID-19, researchers have found a way to draw on the science of inoculation to combat misinformation. The technique, known as inoculation theory in communication, works similarly to inoculation through a vaccine: users are exposed to misinformation techniques so that they are less susceptible to such messaging when they encounter it later.
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Students typically enter college around the age of 18 but for some, party culture cannot wait until they come of drinking age. Fake IDs, described by one student as 'very versatile social tools,' allow them to circumvent drinking laws, entering bars and purchasing alcohol before they turn 21.
Health insurance is a headache, so much so that students may avoid health care on campus entirely. Two Ohio State students opted to travel home to California and Washington, D.C. for costly care to save a few thousand dollars per year on the student health insurance fee.
In the process of moving out, getting a job, going to college or a combination of the three, college students undergo a great deal of change and mobility. This change in their lives, coupled with Election Day confusion, voter ID requirements - and now this year - the possibility of being sent home early due to COVID-19 and distrust of the U.S.