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https://dailycollegian.com/2022/04/satire-face-reveal-day-sparks-unrest-within-the-umass-community/ This satire piece is written by Kelly McMahan on the current reality of the lifted mask mandate at UMass. McMahan highlights the experiences of both professors and students after the mandate was lifted in an exaggerated and humorous way, especially focusing on how strange it is that everyone can see each others whole faces now. She includes fictitious interviews from students discussing how they did not expect their professors to look the way they do. This story also has…

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https://dailycollegian.com/2022/04/online-classes-were-a-mistake/ This opinion article is written by Will Duffy who voices his opinion on online learning and why it should have never been implemented throughout the pandemic. Duffy starts this piece by explaining a personal experience he had with a class being held on zoom stating that there was a lack of participation and enthusiasm from students in the class. He then goes on to site studies that claim educational environments are not places of high transmissions of COVID as…

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https://dailycollegian.com/2022/04/the-global-car-shortage-disproportionately-affects-women/ This article written by Julia Oktay discusses the current car shortage due to the COVID pandemic and how it is negatively affecting women specifically. As with many things, the pandemic caused a shortage of semiconductor chips that are needed for a lot of the essential functions of a car. With an already high demand of these chips pre pandemic combined with the increased purchases of electronics that use them throughout it, cars have been much more difficult to find…

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https://dailycollegian.com/2022/03/charli-xcxs-fight-for-artistic-autonomy-in-the-pop-industry-has-made-her-one-of-the-genres-most-exciting-artists/ This article is written by Nic Roy for the Women’s History Month Special Issue and follows the challenges and triumphs of pop star Charli XCX as a woman in the music industry. At the beginning of Charli’s career, she signed with the label Atlantic Records in 2010. Her second album titled “Sucker” was pushed to lean more towards pop than punk by her label in order to appeal to a wider audience, as her first album did not gain…

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