ENG 103:01 Fall 2019

As most of you have heard of the TV show "Americas Got Talent" that lets ordinary people display there talents. But if you haven't watched the last season of it, you should know that Gabrielle Union was one of the Judges on this show. Recently she has been fired for reportedly, two reasons. One of the reasons was that Union had filed a complaint that there was racist joke being used within the Human Resources and it was not take seriously. Another reason was that producers complained that her hairstyles were "too black". In this day in age we should all know that jokes whether they were meant to be harmful or not that was used in a racist manner should be taken seriously. Also, many black women had to fight to wear their hair how they want too regardless of their race. This is a discrimination issue that needs to be addressed. 

Most of you do know that the 2020 presidential election is about a year from now, and some of you do know who the candidates are for the race as well. As of December 3, 2019, Kamala Harris has dropped out of the presidential race. This was a shocker to most people because she was one of the top candidates for this upcoming election. The reason behind this according to CNN, was that she was not able to raise any money for her campaign events.

If you haven't heard from the news or the media, that Congress are currently in the works of impeaching Donald Trump. For months, there has been a lot of speculation of whether Congress was moving forward with the Impeachment. As of December 3, 2019 the report from CNN states that there was a 300 page report outlining the process of impeachment towards Donald Trump. Do you think Donald Trump should be impeached?

Around a month ago,  Instagram  chief Adam Mosseri announced that Instagram will start  removing likes  on posts in the US. This is an experiment which is already being tested in seven other countries. Users will still be able to see  likes  on their own posts, but not on others. This has caused many people to be upset, mainly famous people. A lot of internet creators gain revenue through interaction on their posts. This new like system would make it harder for that to happen. The cause of all this, is inequality. For instance, if a High School girl only gets 75-100 likes per post, while another girl in her grade gets 350-400, this causes the girl with less likes to feel more insecure about herself. This is something that I see on a daily basis and has lead to many people feeling like they are less of a person if they dont get as many likes as someone else. I truly think it is silly, and no one should compare themselves to others, but it is a real problem s...

Many food providers and producers do not bring full awareness to the ingredients and parts of the products that they make and sell. Many companies hide ingredients to promote it as healthier. For example, Gatorade is known as a "healthier" drink than soda. It is promoted as being a healthy alternative to drinking soda. However, Gatorade contains as much, or more, sugar as soda. Recently, schools across the country have been replacing soda in vending machines with Gatorade. Another example would be flavored drinks. Most "fruit flavored" drinks do not include the actual fruit. The taste is coming from an artificial chemical.

On an average day, how often do you look at the nutrient content on food labels? Have you noticed that the word "natural" is labeled on some items that are not really natural? Yeah.. I did not think so. The food industry is the biggest industry in the world, yet it is the most problematic. We tend to believe the "facts" that is given to us, and don' t really read into the actual truth about the food industry as a whole. Junk food makers spend billions of dollars advertising unhealthy foods to kids. This often sways parents to buy those foods just to make their kids happy. Especially when kids are temperamental in the grocery store. Not looking at a product before buying it, can cause health issues later in life. The food industry is the one to blame. Why lie about the content in food, and why tell the world one thing and then do another? People should not question things that are healthy, because immediately when we see words like "natural" or ...

After a severe record of no rain in 155 days in St. George,Utah, received over a month's rain in over a day. The city of Utah had absolutely no rainfall during the course of 5 months, beginning in the month of June 18 through November 19. Smashing its prevoius record of 121 days without rain, a new and marvelous accomplishment for both the city and the residents. https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2019-11-21-st-george-utah-record-long-dry-streak-record-wettest-november-day?par=flipboard The city of Utah later recieved about "1.29 inches of rain Wednesday morning", and lasted the whole day of 24 hours.According to the U.S Drought Monitor released about 64.5% of the city was in drought, and the rain was much appreciated. Overall, the residents were happy of the rainfall and were given an amazing sight of a beautiful rainbow over St.George.