Posts created by students in SOC 101 during the Fall 2022 semester.
Thuy Pham The 1970s was a period of turmoil in Southeast Asia, with civil wars occurring in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. After the Cambodian Civil War (1967-1975), fought between the Communist Party of Kampuchea and the government forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia, ended with the establishment of the Khmer Rouge(1975-1979), families were separated and […]
As a nine-year-old exploring the streets of Seoul, South Korea, with my family, I frequently felt the eyes of passersby follow me. During my time there, I couldn’t help but notice the long stares and occasional scrunched noses I would receive. My mother, however, who is significantly paler than I and fully Korean, would never […]
My art project depicts real examples of the privileged poor at Hamilton College. The background consists of Hamilton’s chapel and real statements made by students in The Privileged Poor and Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School. Admissions offices and colleges with performative equity missions claim that it is who you […]
Have you ever been told that you throw like a girl? Or that you run like a girl? Typically, the phrase “like a girl” has a negative connotation of being weak. Female athletes receive significantly less praise, recognition, respect, and especially pay than male athletes, as shown through the massive wage gap between the United […]
Ignorance to Incels If only one pretty girl had shown some form of attraction to me, the Day of Retribution would never happen. I’d never even consider it. The Day of Retribution is mainly my war against women for rejecting me and depriving me of sex and love. If only one girl had given me […]
“Rising youth hockey fees are not fair to the hockey society, it leaves youth excluded from playing hockey” (Gretzky, W, 2018) As hockey continues to grow via social media, television and through ticket sales, it is surprising to see hockey registration numbers declining among youth (Hyman, Mark, 2012). Why are youth starting to register for […]
The Next Big Thing Flashy sets, petty drama, tears, flowery confessions of love, and a host with quippy one-liners. Perhaps these tropes are familiar– if so, you might be thinking of a reality dating show. Skyrocketing into its current place atop the reality tv roster, dating shows have become the most widely watched form of […]
Last year I deleted Snapchat and Instagram. I immediately felt a wave of relief. I no longer felt subject to the pressures of consistently posting my life online. I could finally focus on the real world. But after a few weeks, I realized the online world seemed just as real as my day to day […]
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is the long-term neurologic consequences caused by repetitive concussive and subconcussive blows to the brain (Omalu et al. 2010). “99% of the National Football League (NFL) players’ brains showed signs of neurodegenerative disease when autopsied” (Smith 2021: pg 3492). This deadly disease was first discovered in 2002 in the brain of […]
For many sports fans around the world, football is a way of life. A recent FIFA report published in 2019 found that there are five billion football fans around the globe, with more and more people supporting clubs everyday. Many young kids have dreams of playing football for the biggest clubs in the world and […]
