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Suzannah Young

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Exposing Amazon - Barry Student Shares Scary Secrets of Same-Day Shipping

It sounds like a dream - to work for the company ranked as the world’s second most admired company for the past six years by , to work for a company that has been named by as one of the World’s Best Employers, to work for the company that is continuously among the Best Managed Companies.

Working for Amazon should be a dream.

But what is it really like, according to Barry sophomore MaKayla Hudson?

"I call it modern day slavery," she said.

Hudson, who is studying pre-law, began working for Ama
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The Empty Throne - A Bittersweet End to a Remarkable Reign

Once upon a time, the British Empire ruled in all corners of the globe. As the largest empire to ever exist, it encompassed 24 percent of the world's total land area and ruled 23 percent of the world’s population at its peak in the early 20th century ( ).

While the British no longer hold international control, on Sept. 8 the whole world felt the loss of the former empire’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

From America to China our phones chimed with notifications from Apple News,
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Judgmental English Speakers

Learning a new language is no easy feat. But facing judgement for speaking that language is much more difficult.

On Sep. 1., Tatala – a 24-year-old Chinese Harvard student – posted a 7-minute video on the Chinese social media platform, Bilibi/Weibo, titled The video received more than 100 million views and went viral almost immediately.

In the seemingly innocent yet debatably controversial clip, Tatala recounts her 20-year journey of learning to speak English, beginning with the first English
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A Student’s Double Abortion Story

The summer of 2021 was one of much needed relaxation, especially for the student athlete and nursing major who will be referred to as Kat.

The following accounts the story of a young woman who needed an abortion and details its process from the point of conception to physical expulsion.

Twenty-one-year-old Kat spent her time outside of school and practice in the library or working at her retail job. She was at the time, and still is, a woman who lives for her career and will let nothing stand
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Rowing Coach Departure Mid-Season: Reasons Unknown

Nicholas Johnson’s appointment as head coach of the women’s rowing team at Barry ended abruptly at the start of February to the dismay and shock of his players.

On Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 6:32 p.m., women on the Barry University rowing team received a text message from Assistant Coach Emily Stasi in the team’s WhatsApp group chat.

The message read, “Hi guys, we will not be rowing tomorrow. We will be having a team meeting under the canopy at 8:30 a.m. The ENTIRE team is required to be there inju
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Top 4 Coffee Shops: College Student Edition

College life is rough - sometimes it even seems impossible. But coffee is the drug that helps us survive. It is our best friend, our number one fan, and it is our life.

As someone who lives on a solid five hours of sleep and gets her nutritional needs met by mystery substances served in the cafeteria, coffee is my green juice. It’s the extra three hours of sleep I should’ve gotten. It’s the fuel that wakes me up for my 9 a.m. theology class and keeps me alive in my 3 p.m. lecture. This is why I
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Notification Nightmare: Digital Distractions Haunting Today's Students

We’ve all been there. You’re scrolling through your phone at 3 a.m. on a Friday night when suddenly, you get an email from your professor telling you they have graded an exam or reminding you of an assignment due Sunday night.

Or it’s Wednesday at 10 a.m. and you’re in class when you get a text from your friend, trying to figure out plans for Friday night.

What do you do? How soon does your English professor need a response about the upcoming assignment? Should you reply within the next five m

Nadege Green, Director of Community Research and Storytelling at the Community Justice Project

Nadege Green may tell the stories of others for a living, but on Feb 22., Green told her own.

A researcher, writer, editor, community archivist, and audio producer (just to name a few), the Barry alumna shared stories with students of Dr. Andrea Greenbaum’s Magazine Article Writing class about her time as an undergrad at Barry and her subsequent transition into the field of journalism. In her inspirational speech about making the most of a college education and working in media, Green articulat
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Quarantined Christmas no more

Think back to last Christmas – or what we now remember as The Quarantined Christmas. For students on campus, travelling home was difficult, sometimes scary, and in some cases, not even possible. Despite this, those fortunate enough to be at home for the holidays experienced limited family gatherings, broken traditions, and cancelled events.

According to a repost from , numbers of both automobile and air travelers decreased significantly in 2020, with 25 percent less people traveling on the road
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Two Classes of Freshmen: Welcoming Freshmen and Sophomores to Barry’s Campus

Being a freshman is tough. You are starting over in a new place and are probably the youngest at your school. Now, Barry students are facing a new dilemma: being a freshman... twice.

Due to the quarantined 2020-21 academic year, many students in the class of 2024 were unable to tend classes in person, making Fall 2021 their first in-person college semester. At the same time, Barry is welcoming the class of 2025 to its campus for the first time.

Only some students in the class of 2024 decided t
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Dorm Room Organization: Kondo Connoisseurs Share Their Best Organization Tips

For college students, keeping a clean dorm room is not an easy feat. Students must find places to store luggage, toiletries, clothing, and shoes, and decide how to share the little space they have with their roommates.

Still, with many resources to help improve organizational skills, keeping a room clean can be made easy. Most famously, Marie Kondo, a celebrity organization consultant, has built an empire advocating the “KonMari” method for organizing, advising people to keep only the items tha
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Extended Eligibility Means Extended Education for Athletes

While the pandemic turned the world upside down, one industry that was undoubtedly changed was the sports industry. With the cancellation of large-scale events, populous crowds at sports games were prohibited and the future of sports enjoyment was put into question. Even more, cancelled college seasons brought two years of extra eligibility to student-athletes.

Still, not only did the crowds at sporting events pose an obvious problem, but the sports themselves were problematic, as many games an
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Elena Maria Garcia and a galaxy of Latina women return in “¡FUÁCATA!”

Elena Maria Garcia and a galaxy of Latina women return in “¡FUÁCATA!”

Elena María García is the star and coauthor of “¡FUÁCATA!,” a solo show in which she plays a variety of Latina characters. Credit: Justin Namon.

In the revival of “¡FUÁCATA! or A Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe,” running at Actors’ Playhouse Aug. 18-Sept. 12, audiences can expect nothing less than what the title implies.

The Cuban Spanish term fuácata – which means a back-handed slap – is key to understanding the c
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Area Stage’s Giancarlo Rodaz is not your typical 25-year-old

The youngest child of award-winning Area Stage founders John Rodaz and Maria Banda-Rodaz, Giancarlo Rodaz entered what he calls “the family business” at a very young age.

“My parents got the Riviera Theatre in 2008, and that’s when I started helping out – sweeping or helping out around set – stereotypical family business stuff,” Rodaz says.

At 25, Rodaz is a rising South Florida theater star, in large part thanks to his demonstrated creative success as a director-designer. His scaled-down, imm
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Barry’s Most Bingeworthy

If staying at home in quarantine gave us anything, it was the time to binge-watch. As summer begins and the pandemic continues, binge-watching all the latest shows will likely still be a popular pastime.

Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video continue to release new series and movies, sometimes making it difficult to decide what to watch. To help Barry students make these decisions, The Buccaneer talked to some students to determine what they believe is most bingeworthy.

Gabrie
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Medical Apartheid; A Conversation on Health Race and Trust

The current health care disparities prevalent in the black and brown communities have always existed, but COVID 19 has brought them to the forefront of issues in the past year.

Harriet Washington, author of , spoke about some of these issues at a virtual event hosted by the Barry University Africana Studies Program and (SFPoC) on Feb. 22 as a part of a Black History Month collaboration.

Roni Bennett, Executive Director of SFPoC introduced the organization as one that works to “[raise] the cons
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Hey Siri: Should I Use a Dating App?

In the world of Zoom classes, social media, and everything taking place virtually, have become the norm. In fact, according to Statista, an estimated 26.6 million people used a dating app in 2019. The majority of this group was college students.

According to , of the multitude of dating apps, including Hinge, Bumble, and Tinder, Bumble is the second most-used dating app among all age groups, with 5.03 million users. Tinder takes first place, with 7.86 million users.

Barry student Darialy Alvar
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The American Crown

Racism, sexism, mental health, and suicide were just a few of the controversial topics discussed by Meghan Markle and Harry the Duke of Sussex in their interview with television personality Oprah Winfrey. The interview aired on on March 13.

The interview, which took place in California, began with Winfrey and Markle discussing Markle’s entrance as an American into the royal family.

“I didn’t fully understand what the job was,” Markle said. “That’s what was so tricky. When the perception and th
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The First of Many: Ushering in a Historic Era

On Jan. 20, President Joe Biden was sworn into office at the country’s 46th presidential inauguration. Despite the many ceremonies the United States has had, the 2021 inauguration at the nation’s Capitol building contained many “firsts” for the United States.

A small "first" is that Joe Biden, age 78, became the oldest president to ever be sworn into office.

More notably, this ceremony gave the country one of the biggest firsts it’s ever had—the first Black, female Vice President.

This was al
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Astronomy and Astrology: The Connection and the Explanation

NASA wants you to know that astrology is not real, and you should stop reading your horoscope.

“Astronomy is the scientific study of everything in outer space,” stated , a 2020 article published by NASA. “Astrology is not science.”

In the article, NASA explains that throughout history, people have looked at the stars to make sense of the earth and its movements via constellations and other patterns that can be seen by making observations about changes in the sky.

Barry University professor of
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RBG: A Tough Act to Follow - Barrett Confirmed to Replace the Late Ginsburg

The loss of Ruth Bader Ginsberg on Sept. 18 was not only the loss of a supreme court judge - it was the loss of a cultural legacy.

“It's stunning how she became a cultural icon,” said Sean Foreman, Barry’s chair of the political science department. “The fact that people wear t-shirts or jewelry just to look like her. She truly was a trailblazer in the legal field.”

While Ginsberg has been undeniably popular in recent years, the second female supreme court justice made decisions that would infl
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Barry Voter Feedback on Historic Election

When the world woke up on Nov. 4, no one had a sure idea of what the results would be. Still, that didn’t make waiting any easier.

Junior nursing student Jazzonia Walker believes the results took longer than normal because of the complex nature of voting in this election.

“I think just because of all the different ways people could vote this time, the results came in slower,” she said.

In fact, the historic number of mail-in ballots was one of the reasons why ballots were slow to be counted.
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Latino vs. Latinx: Ungendering the Spanish Language

College is undoubtedly one of the most turbulent times in a person’s life. As students struggle to find their sense of self and purpose whilst transitioning into adulthood, many must also grapple with labeling their identity.

For Hispanic and Latin students right now, this issue is especially prominent as a new term, LatinX, has recently gained attention, raising the question – should LatinX be used in replacement of Latino?

Dr. Laura Alonso-Gallo, chair of Barry’s department of English and Fo
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