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Professional Wrestling: Escapism for Everyone
BY JEREMY MORGAN Pioneer Staff Writer The world is not short on giving people reasons to desire a temporaryescape. Be it personal problems, overwhelming societal drama, or simply the weather.... Read More →
Fish Balls, Brown Cheese, Reindeer & Roast Whale: A Foodie’s Time in Vikingland
Welcome to Norway. Now let’s go eat fish balls, Jarle said. My instinct to resist having been left behind in America, I smiled and got in the car. “Am I... Read More →
Politically, Women Did Well in 2018
On November 18 of last year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein made a bold forecast. “I predict based on what I see out there that we are going to have another Year... Read More →
The Female Experience: Understanding the Life of a Woman Who Works as a “Sugar Baby”
Rain broke on sidewalk. The heat escaping concrete, cast the gentle smell one associates with summer showers, inoffensive, indescribable, and timeless. Sitting inside Elemental Cafe, I watched rain and people... Read More →
The Female Experience: Lindsey Busby Combined Medicine, Science for her Career
Lindsey Busby is a graduate student at a private college working on completing her masters degree in science to become a Nurse Practitioner. This title puts her scope of practice... Read More →
The Female Experience: Women and Technology Don’t Always Mix
We are a mediated culture where mass media and technology have a direct effect on our actions, thoughts, and values. Technology plays a large role in creating social norms because... Read More →
The Female Experience: Women Still Fighting For Equality In America’s Political Systems
Women are still a minority. In 2018, 107 women — 78 Democrats, 29 Republicans — held seats in the United States House and Senate, comprising only about 20 percent of... Read More →
The Female Experience: Despite A Federal Law, the Pay Gap Continues for America’s Working Mothers
In 1963, then-President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. The law’s goal was to eliminate the wage discrepancy between men and women. In that year, women... Read More →
The Female Experience: An Open Letter to My Rapist
November 28, 2018 0 1035A NOTE FROM THE ADVISOR OF THE PIONEER: This letter is real. It was written by Amber Jones, an OCCC student who was raped. Because most newspapers don’t identify the... Read More →