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Article Review: More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined https://www.npr.org/2016/02/17/466924137/more-died-on-this-wwii-ship-than-on-the-titanic-and-lusitania-combined This article was an interview with author Ruta Sepetys on her book Salt to the Sea, which is about the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German ship that sunk. I found this article extremely interesting because I have never heard ofContinue reading “Week 5”

Reflection: University Says Missouri Professor Stole — And Sold — A Grad Student’s Work https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/699060914/university-says-missouri-professor-stole-and-sold-a-grad-students-work Isn’t it just sad that people are just so greedy and petty in this world? As the great musical Les Miserables once said: “It’s a world where the dog eats the dog and they kill for the bones in theContinue reading “Week 4”

Reflection on FBI: Serial Killers Aren’t All White Loners https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92415012 I have always been interested in crime stories. I remember being in sixth-grade watching Investigation Discovery, religiously. So, I find any crime articles interesting. Just found this little interview on NPR about the stereotypes on serial killers. The interview basically described how the media portrayedContinue reading “Week 3”

Reflection on Low Vaccination Rates Among Missouri Teens, According To Report https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/low-vaccination-rates-among-missouri-teens-according-report#stream/0 While I researching for the research paper we were assigned in class, I found this article about Missouri’s vaccine rates and I found it startling. I have done some schoolwork about vaccines before, but I have never looked into Missouri’s own vaccine records.Continue reading “Week 2”

Reflection on Fyre Festival Co-Founder Billy McFarland Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison https://www.npr.org/2018/10/11/656480640/fyre-festival-co-founder-billy-mcfarland-sentenced-in-manhattan After I watched FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened on Netflix, I became interested in the whole hot mess that was the FYRE festival and the fallout of co-founder Billy McFarland. According to NPR’s article Fyre Festival Co-Founder Billy McFarlandContinue reading “Week 1”