Category: Walter Proulx
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Technology Interaction Era #2
Written by Walter Proulx Finally, Oprah Winfrey and the Chinese government have something in common: they’re letting technology help them with everyday tasks. According to the Los Angeles Times, Oprah bought a smart home recently that will melt snow off her driveway for her. Meanwhile, the Chinese government have recently…
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Handling Suicide on Campus
Written by Walter Proulx Photos by Alyssa Luongo TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses suicide and death, which may be triggering topics for some. If your mental health could be affected by this topic, please read this at your own discretion. On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, Ethan Parker took his life…
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Why I Feel Bad for Zuckerberg
Written by Walter Proulx Being a Data Analyst, I already knew that there were no ethics around tossing a consumers data to other companies. As seen in Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in front of congress, it was obvious that Facebook had inadequate guidelines for sharing data. What was also quite evident was…
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Calling All Bystanders
Written by Walter Proulx Recently, a group named Calling All Crows came to Arts Riot in Burlington to talk about active bystander training (ABT). For those unfamiliar with ABT, it involves informing all bystanders (so, everyone) on how to identify sexual violence and how to potentially stop it. Instead of…
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Into the Minds of Chiv
Written by Walter Proulx A smartphone is the equivalent of a best friend; if you accidentally drop it in the ocean and you’d feel real bad. Having this electronic rectangle of life is so important. Without my phone I’d be a complete mess, missing most of my classes due to…
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Sad Neutrality
Not knowing what Net Neutrality is today is like not realizing Game of Thrones is a show: either you intentionally avoid the subject because your friends won’t stop talking about it, or you just went off the grid and are returning from your five-year journey hiking in remote mountains. For…
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Star Trek Predicted the Future
Think about Star Trek and there will be a couple of close associations. Star ships and that famous actor – who was it? William Shakespeare? No it was… William Shatner. Take a look at the original set of Star Trek and everything seems like it was from the 1960s. That’s…
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Salt & Wonder
Like many students who go to Champlain College, Thomas Rose decided to study abroad. Unlike those before him, Thomas decided to make the most out of this trip by creating a magazine. Rose’s destination of choice was Lisbon, Portugal. Offering a huge blast of rich culture, this capital city gave Thomas the…
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Things that Don’t Exist
The wonders of Champlain College never cease to amaze me: except when they do. During my time looking at colleges I found Champlain College to be exceptional. It had a cool community, beautiful campus, and clubs that I wanted to join. Little did I know that Champlain College’s website like…
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News For You
For a country that prides itself as being a Democratic Republic, it is amazing how inefficient America is at giving valuable news to its citizens. Sure, censorship doesn’t official appear in the United States, but it is blatantly obvious that there are only a couple of things major news sources…
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