By: Leighton Rowell “Few medical questions have stirred such public interest or created more scientific debate than the tobacco-health controversy.” With its first Report on Smoking and Health in 1964, the Surgeon General sparked America’s battle against smoking. The Committee’s conclusion that…
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The Fried Chicken Frenzy: The Chicken Sandwich Wars and the Fast Food Industry
By: Anu Fawehinmi In 2019, with the intent of usurping Chick-fil-A from their fried chicken throne, Popeyes released their Crispy Chicken Sandwich. This bold declaration of war began the battle for market share turned marketing scheme affectionately known as the Chicken Sandwich Wars of the late 2010s. The battle even made its way to social media, with Chick-fil-A reacting to Popeyes’ recent menu addition and Popeyes responding in jest shortly afterward. Popeyes’ introduction of the Crispy Chicken Sandwich and their marketing campaign that followed revitalized the restaurant chain far beyond the expectations of the company, reestablishing it as a true…
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By: Shuchi Goyal For several years, a movement calling for the rejection of the gender binary fueled the growth of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) communitiy in the undergrounds of Tumblr and Reddit. Society used to dismiss the LGBTQ campaign’s…
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By: Darrian Stacy What happens when you cross a pop-like rapper and a Christian rapper on the fringe of their genre with opposing views? A hip-hop beef is born of course, but not over the things we’ve come to expect out of…
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By: Russell Dye The Georgia Republican Party has been king of the political hill in our state since 2002 when Governor Sonny Perdue was elected by a 4-point margin to become Georgia’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction. Since that time, the Georgia…
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By: Kathleen Wilson In November, Russia launched its squats for rides campaign at the Vystavochnaya subway station in western Moscow. In lieu of paying 30 rubles (92 cents) for a train ticket, willing participants could obtain a ticket by doing 30 squats…
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By: Chris Lewitzke Maybe it was when Al Michaels asked millions of Americans “Do you believe in miracles?” as the final seconds ticked off the clock during the United States’ 4-3 victory over the Soviets in hockey in 1980. Maybe it was…
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By: Shalin Jyotishi From football fans reminiscing on the glory days of Vince Dooley, to ambitious high school students (and their parents) aiming for admittance into UGA’s honors program, the Georgia “brand” has a fairly strong foothold in the Southeast. However, as…
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By: Jacqueline Van De Velde Many of my friends have the same plan for the evening of Feb. 14. Though it is Valentine’s Day, they won’t be going out to dinner, eating a heart-shaped box of chocolates, or purchasing overpriced roses. Rather,…
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By: Jon Wilson This primary season could turn into a race inundated with mudslinging and political attack ads. On Feb. 1, Kennesaw State University hosted Georgia’s second debate between Republicans vying for Saxby Chambliss’s soon-to-be open U.S. Senate seat. Eight candidates are…
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By: Allison Skinner Two leading members of Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, left their bright-colored balaclavas in Russia, bringing their anti-Putin sentiments to America for the first time in early February. The punk band’s arrival in New York City solidified…
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By: William Robinson Russia’s pipelines are not just the foundation of its resurgent economy but the weapon of choice for Russia’s aggressive foreign policy. These pipelines, an interconnected web spanning Eastern European countries that pumped 7 billion barrels of gas daily in…
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By: Andrew Roberts Like Mark Twain said, “Every time you close a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It’s like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won’t…
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There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible. I thought it was only a story… until it happened to me. Ok, so here’s how it works: there’s this stuff called Quicksilver that can bend light. Some scientist made…
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