Month: April 2018

As of 2017, the number of social media users was reported at almost 2.5 billion by Statistica.com. Out of almost 7.6 billion people worldwide, this means more than 30% of the population uses social media.With such extreme traffic, events on social media often make headlines. These stories—most pertaining to trends and viral videos—have likely led people to question social media influence. Here are some positive and negative viral videos and trends that made headlines in the past year. When something is popular on social media it is considered to be “trending”. On Twitter, users can even search through the content that is trending. One of the most common trends on this network are specific hashtags, which are commonly used to reach a niche audience. Actress Alyssa Milano started a social...

As a college student, there are some things that you may not want to give up when you arrive to college. In other words, it would be super fun if you could feel like a king and queen again and participate in such a memorable event like prom. At AUM we do have various clubs and organizations that allow the inner kid to come out. Even those events that make us remember so good and not so good memories of high school! However, what if there could be one big prom that every student on campus could attend? What a great way for us to relive that precious high school dance. Now ,think about it that would be one amazing party! Here are four reasons we need to experience prom in college: First, you will have the chance to relive your high school days. Everyone would like the chance in life...

“When he told me that he would be deployed, I was a wreck for a few days,” my friend, Hannah Wolf, told me last week over Face Time when we discussed her husband’s recent six-month deployment to Turkey. At the time of his departure, the couple had not even been married a year yet, and Hannah knew that six months would drag by slowly. She was not alone, however; thousands of military spouses endure deployments every year. According to the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, over 50 percent of military marriages undergo deployment and only 43 percent of military spouses feel that they can cope adequately with a 6 to 7 month deployments. Adjusting to married life is difficult as it is but being physically separated for half a year or longer only adds to the challenges. Myles and Hannah...

Southern Hospitality isn’t just a saying or a catchphrase it almost becomes a way of life, when you grow up in the South. Growing up in the smallest of cities in East Alabama- so small and quaint, even finding it on the map would prove to be challenging. Many of us were raised to respect our elders. The common courtesy to say “yes ma’am” and “no sir”. Southern hospitality is just a way of life. Weather it is sipping lemonade or sweet tea on your front porch or having Sunday dinner at grandma’s house. Southern hospitality has several trends that follow along with it. Politeness is a charming key to southern hospitality. Even before we were old enough to count to five or say our ABC’s, we knew how to say please and thank you. Good home cooking, hospitality, and food in the south go hand i...

What does it mean to be color blind? According to Google, the definition of color blind is, “not influenced by racial prejudice.” Basically, that means you do not notice someone’s race when you first meet them. A couple of months ago I attended one of the many, “Being Black in America” panels Housing and Residence life host once a semester and it was intriguing. To paraphrase what our host that night said, “white people act like they do not see color because if they did it would provoke white guilt, something we do not want to feel.” So, I wondered, “Is someone’s color the first thing you notice when you meet them?” I posed this question to my Twitter followers and Facebook friends. 58 people voted in my twitter poll. 67% said, “yes” while 33% said, “no.” On Facebook, 23 people said, “...