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Gervais gets blunt at the Golden Globes
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Tom Hanks’ face said it all. This year’s Golden Globe Awards featured a slew of controversial speeches, with the host, Ricky Gervais, mercilessly roasting the awards show in the opening monologue. As his fifth and final time hosting the Globes, Gervais has been praised immensely for his past runs. Historically charismatic, clever and funny…
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Docuseries captures a cat killer
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An internet killer is caught, but not by the police. “Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer” is one of the newest Netflix true crime documentaries was released on Dec. 18, 2019 on Netflix. In three addicting episodes, it walks the viewer through a Facebook group’s hunt for a man who posted videos…
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Your body will change but your worth will not
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I’m lucky, I’ve never hated my skin; it’s never been a source of insecurity for me. I’ve always been proud of the cultural history that it held. With primarily light-skinned female movie leads and skin lightening creams thrown at young Indian girls like me left and right; I’m the one in a million who’s…
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Letter to the Editors: Dec. 20, 2019
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Dear Prowler staff, In the November 8 issue, the Panther Prowler published an opinion article titled “Humans are parasites” in which author Rahul D’Souza advocates giving up on fighting climate change. The article drastically misunderstands the impacts of the climate crisis and dangerously suggests that it is not a problem we should be concerned…
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Letter to the Editors: Dec. 10, 2019
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I want to first say how much I respect your newspaper. It has a history that is legendary and the current staff does an excellent job living into that legacy. I am blown away by the insight and courage of the staff. I went to bat for the Prowler years ago when it was…
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Slacktivism won’t cut it
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As I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, I noticed something in common between the people that I follow. Everyone had reposted a video on the effects of climate change on the coral reef on their story. While the video was very informative, I had to wonder: do that many people really care…
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Bloomberg is out of touch with the Democratic party
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Former New York City mayor Micheal Bloomberg is just another power hungry billionaire who wants to become president. The Democratic party needs to make a statement that they are the party of the people if they wish to beat Donald Trump and to have a billionaire as their nomination would undermine their message. Bloomberg…
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“Ok boomer” claps back
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The rhetoric “ok boomer” is a joking way to clap back at baby boomers from younger generations for the years of ridicule for fighting against climate change, gender inequality, and for how our youth is incompetent. The viral phrase emerged after a video of an older man criticizing the younger generation surfaced on the…
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United Airlines continually mistreats animals
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United Airlines has got to get their pet-flying policies under control, or they will be the face of airline malpractice to pet owners all over the world. A two-and-a-half year old Neopolitan Mastiff named Bam Bam died on a 2012 United flight after being put in a metal luggage cart without air conditioning. “His…
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Christmas corrupts the holiday season
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Each year, it seems as though Christmas is approaching earlier and earlier, knocking out other holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving. The haunting sounds of Jingle Bells ring sooner and sooner every passing year and commercial companies have decided to “celebrate” this holiday as early as October by bringing their Christmas deals and decorations to…