Project Semicolon was started in order to raise awareness about suicide, however, the founder, Amy Bleuel, committed suicide herself. The movement began in 2013––ten years after Bleuel’s father committed suicide. She wanted to find a symbol to honor him and ended up creating the foundation for the faith-based group. A semicolon is used when an author chooses to continue a sentence instead of … Continue reading Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn’t Over Yet

The new Netflix original show 13 Reasons Why has become an extremely popular topic of conversation recently, drawing the attention of teens and adults alike. 13 Reasons Why tackles issues regarding bullying and teen suicide, and shines a light on how school systems handle such events. While the series does many things right, it has its downfalls as well. With all the controversy revolving around … Continue reading Thirteen Things to Know About 13 Reasons Why

The Electoral College is a group of people chosen to represent their state’s popular vote of who to elect as president. Each state elects a slate of electors, the number based on their representatives and senators, to represent them. The Electoral College was established because the Founding Fathers didn’t want uninformed voters to elect the president and to give power to smaller states, which made … Continue reading Abolish The Electoral College

  The Mandela Effect is a new phenomenon that has become extremely popular on social media. The Mandela Effect is the theory of parallel universes formed on the idea that people have similar memories of past events. The name of the theory is based off many people on social media saying that they remember seeing clips of Nelson Mandela’s funeral on TV back in the … Continue reading The Mandela Effect