2020 tossed us into a new type of school environment that forced us to quickly adapt. Being a full-time student is hard enough and navigating the technology that many of us now rely on is even trickier. Having a good laptop has never been more important.
As our lives are becoming increasingly more technology-dependent, discovering radio can be a stimulating way to take a break from all the screens. It's also an opportunity to learn about our surroundings in France and the world! Discover French radio day-by-day with this guide!
Ever heard of the expression, "liquor to beer you're in the clear, switching liquor will make you sicker"? I had not heard this expression before, so when I went to Barcelona with my family on vacation I made the fatal mistake of switching from wine to sangria (in all fairness, I was not aware the sangria had brandy in it) and therefore the night did not end well. I got so drunk I Facetimed the guy who had been my boyfriend for one week and proceeded to leave him on the phone as I threw up.
Who doesn't dream about being a billionaire? Mostly everybody does and this morning routine, which is quickly taking social media by storm, proposes that this is what a billionaire's morning looks like. Essentially, the "1 Billion-Dollar Morning Routine" is a list comprising of 13 tasks for you to follow to get your day started just as any billionaire would. While upon first glance, the list seems rather doable, but it's tougher than it looks. Trust me.
What would have been another unexciting Friday evening, turned into an educational, networking experience. On Friday, February 26, over 50 students and staff from AUP joined EPA representatives Kelly Witter, Holly Wilson, Matthew Tejada, and Tai Lung on a fascinating discussion and open panel regarding environmental justice. Among others, the panel's major takeaway was learning about what environmental issues mean for different people. Depending on where your social-economic standing and living situation is, these issues can even be a matter of life or death.
For a couple of years now disposable cameras have been the “new” hype, but if you're old enough you will know they’ve always been great. Maybe it's nostalgia for childhood or a longing for some form of “realness” in a social media controlled world. Whatever your reason for using a disposable camera, they are a lot of fun. They’re small enough you can carry anywhere and in pre-Covid times they were great accessories for a night out.
It's been a year since our lives were completely turned upside down by a stranger, a novel virus we thought wouldn't spread and one we didn't see as a threat. It's made us give up most of our social life as we knew it. We stopped seeing friends, family, and lovers, and our attitude towards ourselves, our empowerment, and most especially, our sexiness, has drastically changed. Some people have been through three lockdowns, come more or less. But everyone has experienced the self-alienation that accompanies this pandemic.
In 1918 the deadly Spanish Flu began to spread across the globe. It would go on to take approximately 50 million lives according to the CDC. Fast forward 100 years and the and the situation in this modern age is unnervingly similar.
Glossier was created in 2014 following the success of founder Emily Weiss’s blog, "Into the Gloss", and has since built up a cult following on social media. The brand has also been praised for redefining the beauty industry, marketing towards millennials with pink, minimalist packaging and practicing a direct-to-consumer business model. Although still a startup, the brand reached “unicorn status” in 2019 after being valued at $1.2 billion (€1 billion).
