In a capitalist society, our strongest asset is our credit card. In a society ruled by the classical argument that wealth is finite, we must ask how we can make businesses more ethical. Our spending habits are how we show our...
Fires are catching in one of the most precious ecosystems on Earth. The Amazon Rainforest is currently under siege from a variety of unsustainable practices ranging from mining and deforestation to urbanization and farming. This...
There have been almost 300 mass shootings in the United States in 2019 thus far; that’s more than 1 shooting per day. Odessa, El Paso, Parkland, Orlando, Las Vegas--the list is never-ending. But instead of addressing the issues...
Generation Z is growing up in an age with technology different from any generation before. One of the most notable differences between Generation Z and other generations is that Generation Z has grown up squarely in the digital...
The emergence of social media has encouraged rising patterns of engagement and activism. Prior to the advent of social media, platforms which shared ideas existed on obscure blogs that could be difficult for readers to find. Through...
A place where students can further pursue their passions and desires in an ever so common American rite of passage: College. An experience that upon first glance refers to institutions of higher learning and research, and on closer...
My life as an assassin began on April 1 at 12:10 a.m. When I was assigned my targets, my life changed to one of distrust and paranoia. I loaded my crossbow along with a box of 100 bullets into my back seat and went to sleep with...
Every day for nearly three years, I walked into my post-lunch class drenched in sweat with a grin on my face. It was always obvious to my classmates that I was a member of LASA’s Futsal Club, and had just spent the last hour...
My best friend and I created Grandioso Brand during the summer of 2018. We’d never identified as artists, but we both wanted to create something that would change the world. Yes, I know everyone wants to “change the world”,...
When I was accepted into LASA, I was excited because it is such a renowned program, but I was still hesitant to attend because I expected it to be a more difficult version of what I had experienced in elementary and middle school...
