Category: Volume 2025
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Coral Reef Adventure
Game Setup How the Game Works Turn Sequence On each player’s turn, they will: Winning the Game Players win if they manage to keep the reef healthy (i.e., the Reef Health Meter stays at a high level)by the end of the game. This happens by successfully managing pollution, protecting marine life, and restoring coral. Losing…
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Screens and Solitude: The Impact of Media Consumption on Loneliness and Connection
During the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins turned to heartwarming films from her childhood. She was “reminded of the power of the imagination and the preciousness of experiencing life as a child. [She is] also reminded that no matter how old one gets, there is still a child in there somewhere”…
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Finding Words
July. Words are funny. You know what they mean, but you don’t truly know what they mean. A lot of words are flitting around the house today. Twins. Premature. NICU. Overdose. Accidental. I didn’t even know my cousin was pregnant. Gwen’s not my cousin exactly. My dad’s cousin’s daughter, but that doesn’t matter. Not now,…
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The Sweatshirt
A frigid blast of wind slashed my face, and I shivered, pulling my sweatshirt tighter around me. Despite the crisp, cold air, the June sun shone brilliantly, making the slick mountain ice glitter like diamonds. I could hear the other girls’ teeth chattering as we struggled up the mountain. By the time we stopped, they…
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Exploring the Relationship Between Religiosity and Attitudes Toward Abortion in America
Among the sea of topics and issues that are frequently discussed and debated in the United States, abortion is currently one of the most heated arguments that has been raging for years on the internet, in debates, and even in the Supreme Court. In the light of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973…
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Show Me the Proof: The Unstable Future of Bitcoin
A century ago, coal mining powered the industrial revolution. Then came the extraction of oil, gas, and precious metals to fuel the growth of modern transportation, electrification, and computerization of our modern society. Today, there is a new type of mining gaining prevalency. It is not the mining of raw materials from the ground, but…