Author: The Griffin
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Interview with Duke de Ben Jules
By Naaemah Trader Duke de Ben Jules was born and raised in Haiti before coming to America at the age of 12. Mr. Jules has been a close friend of mine for about a year now. He talks about his culture, family, and country all the time, so I felt it would be very interesting…
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One Person’s Experience of the Pandemic’s Mental Toll
By Kaliah Darby COVID-19 has been an unexpected moment that has impacted the world in numerous ways. Our lifestyles have been altered greatly, we had to change the way we used to live now in this new world. These changes were very drastic and sudden; no one was prepared for a pandemic like this. These…
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What Is Intelligent?
By Dante Clark What is intelligence? According to Google dictionary, the definition of intelligence is “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.” According to the Oxford Dictionaries, however, other definitions of intelligence that you can find mention the abilities of self-awareness and emotional intelligence. These two qualities reference something more specific relating to…
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Instagram Competes for Your Attention by Adapting — and Copying
By Marina Favacchia Since the birth of the Internet, people have been competing relentlessly to create a popular social media platform that can attract people all across the world. There have been many successful contenders, but the one that triumphs over them all is Instagram. Created back in 2010, the photo sharing app has been…
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How SoundCloud Profits From Attention
By Sammi-Jo Wall In the digital age there are a plethora of platforms that host music and other audio content. What platforms are popular, though, has shifted over time. In 2009, SoundCloud overtook MySpace as the dominant online music platform. Now, in 2020, SoundCloud has managed to stay relevant and make a hefty profit while doing so.…
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The Importance of Shutting Down Schools by Marina Favacchia
August and September are when students across America prepare to go back to school. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 back to school time has looked different this year. Many schools have attempted one of two options: going online or a hybrid method that allows students to come back to school. My college chose to go online…
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Intern Diaries
October 2016 This issue’s diary entrant is: Courteney Glennan ’17 Human Services Where are you interning? I am interning with The United States Marshals Service in the Eastern Pennsylvania district. What is your role at the internship? My role as intern is to help the marshals with any aspect of their job as I am…
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Dia de los Muertos Comes to Campus
By Miranda Ali ’18 Don’t fear death; celebrate it. That’s the theme of Dia de los Muertos celebrations which the Office of Global Education Office brought to campus on Nov. 1. There is a common misconception that Dia de los Muertos is the Mexican equivalent to Halloween. However, this celebration is entirely separate from Halloween.…
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Trump Set To Make American Great Again
By Richard Cotto ’19 Republican Donald J. Trump shocked the entire world on Nov. 8 by winning the 2016 presidential election, beating out the Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton with 62 more electoral votes. President-Elect Trump won the Electoral College and thus the election, coming in with 290 votes compared to Clinton’s 228. Clinton won the…
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Philadelphia Council Denounces Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution Oct. 13 condemning Chestnut Hill College for its appeal to the Commonwealth Court of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission’s finding of racial discrimination involving a former student, and urging the school to withdraw its appeal. College officials, however, say they are not backing down, denying “any and all allegations…
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Warnings Balance Education, Well-being
By Mimi Ali As a reaction to the national dialogue on safe spaces, students and professors at Chestnut Hill are beginning to question whether trigger warnings would be useful or detrimental in a classroom setting. According to Merriam-Webster, a trigger warning is a statement cautioning that content may be disturbing or upsetting. Trigger warnings may…
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Round Two: Trump, Clinton Face Off in Town Hall Debate
Charles B. Neusch ’18 The second presidential debate of the election season occurred on Oct. 9 with major party candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at Washington University in St. Louis. The gates opened, the gloves came off and the mud went flying. The debate, unlike the first, was in the form of a town…