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Photo Credit: Stop AAPI Hate 2020 was the year that everyone wanted to forget. The world was welcomed with the COVID-19 pandemic, which was initially believed to have originated at Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China. “In fact, most of the earliest cases in December 2019 had no link to the market,” according to an NRR sum up of the World Health Organization’s investigative report into the origins of the outbreak. About 25 percent of the cases in December 2019 “visited one of 27 other markets in Wuhan besides Huanan, the investigation found. Two of 174 cases in December 2019 were healthcare workers.” However, the conditions of the market such as live animals, and narrow alleyways, made it a super-spreader location and at least 51 cases, most of whom were employees, were linked to the market. The pandemic was not the only problem the United States was facing. Racial tensions were especially high as protests across the country erupted after the shocking video of moments before George F...

Remember that old PBS show called “Reading Rainbow?” I never really appreciated this show nor, to be completely honest, reading for that matter. I mean, I liked books and all, but I never truly appreciated the binding of the pages, that fresh smell of a new book, the yellowing of the pages as it ages, and the power of literature as I do now as a college student who made the decision to dedicate their life to writing and reading. As an English and journalism major, I look forward to watching the news, not only to be up to date with current events, but to get a sneak peek at the guest speakers’ bookshelves. I know, I know. Call me weird. Call me nosy, but I’m not the only one who does it. Apparently, The New York Times does it too . Yes, celebrities are just like us. They eat. They sleep. They read. The New York Times spotted Thomas Hardy’s “Jude the Obscure” on Paul Rudd’s bookshelf. David Ben-Merre, an English professor at The State University of New York Buffalo State College, said ...