Archives for April 2015

  Many individuals who exercise with the goal of gaining weight look towards workout supplements to improve their performance and hasten their progress. Protein powder and creatine are two common supplements that are readily available and have proven benefits. The effects of protein powder are fairly straightforward – it provides more protein with which muscles can … [Read more...] about Trust Me, I’m Premed: Creatine as a safe workout supplement

Syria has been in a civil war for four years; in the meantime, 10.9 million refugees (approximately half of the population) have been displaced. ISIS has exploited the crisis in Syria by making itself one of the key players in the war, sweeping through Syria in 2014. The majority of Syria’s northern border is Turkey (Syria’s neighbor to the west is Iraq, itself not exactly … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Turkey’s Shuttered Gates

The two things that people enjoy either alone or with friends is eating and watching visual media. If you’re a “foodie,” then you might call yourself an expert on different types of food. If you cook, your appreciation for food can be even higher. With all this appreciation and knowledge about food, how important would the representation of food in TV and film be to … [Read more...] about That’s Not Ice Cream: Fake Food in Visual Media

Engaging in BDSM behavior has oft been touted as one of the most vehement forms of erotic and societal deviance. Popular culture purports a monochromatic dichotomy between it and “vanilla” sexual preferences with regards to psychological health. Various mediums have been popularized in recent years, such as 50 Shades of Gray, which brought the erotic culture of BDSM to the … [Read more...] about Psychological Phenomena: Whips & Chains