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  By Tyler Salisbury Stonehill News Staff Writer Concussions in boys' football rank highest among youth sports, leading some parents to keep their children away from the game and prompting calls for changes in the way teams approach the problem. According to a recent report, “ America’s Most Divided Sport: Polarization and Inequality in Attitudes about Youth Football,” a study written by Andrew Lindner, The rate of concussions for boys’ high school football is 9.7 per 10,000 AEs(games or practices where there is a possibility of sustaining an injury), more than triple the rate for soccer (3.14), and well over six times the rate for basketball (1.46), and baseball (1.35) A big reason children get head injuries is the lack of information parents have on head trauma. athletic trainer Evan Chandra had a lot to say about the fact that parents aren’t informed enough about the risk and negative effects of brain trauma.  Chandra currently works at East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School, w...

  By Darryn Hylton Stonehill College News Staff Growing up, Ratliff had very few teachers of color. She wasn’t alone in her experiences, and although the diversity society has accepted as a whole has gotten better, the lack of diversity in educators remains a challenge. A recent study done by the Pew Research Center showed that majority of the schools in the United States education system lack diversity within their educators and people of authority. The population of students continuously increases in diversity while people of authority are remaining the same, according to the 2021 study. “ I think in terms of higher education, similar to primary and secondary education, representation matters.” said Sade Ratliff, a senior at Stonehill College. She is the student government association executive diversity chair.   According to the study, elementary and secondary public-school teachers in the United States are considerably less racially and ethnically diverse as a ...

  By Paige Bettencourt Stonehill Staff Writer   College enrollment rates have reduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three years later in a post-pandemic world, universities across the country continue to face decreasing enrollment rates.   Studies over the past three years show the slow incline of college enrollment rates since the start of the pandemic. According to the National Student Clearing House , as of May 2022 there was a 3.5% undergrad and graduate student enrollment decrease since the prior spring in 2021.    Admissions offices faced many new challenges. With the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic came the safety guidelines required for an applicant to meet, such as being up to date on their covid vaccinations.    Scott Seseske, assistant vice president for enrollment & dean of undergraduate admission at Stonehill College, said that colleges everywhere were facing new challenges during the pandemic.   In general, colle...

Paige Whaley JRN-100 Staff Writer Massachusetts native, Josie Mendeszoon, experienced fewer opportunities being a female athlete playing ice hockey.  The sophomore transferred from Union College to Stonehill College in the fall of 2022 and noticed her current school’s effort to support women in sports and ensure that resources are available for all to best achieve success. During her freshman year, Mendeszoon experienced Union’s men’s ice hockey team reefing benefits and having an advantage over the woman. From getting the best workout slots to having multiple locker rooms with TVs and lounge areas, the women’s team was a lower priority she said.  “Here at Stonehill women get a lot more respect from staff and coaches. The coaches always make sure that everything is getting done (such as our laundry and management of equipment) so that when we show up to the rink whether it’s for a game or practice, we don’t have to worry about anything but playing,” Mendeszoon said.  Mend...

By Caroline Leone Stonehill News Staff Writer College freshman Katherine Doherty has been blasting her favorite music through earbuds since she was a child. A few years ago, she noticed a ringing in her ears after wearing her listening devices for long periods of time and she couldn’t hear her television at low volumes. Her doctor diagnosed her with early signs of hearing loss. A recent study shows that Doherty is one of more than over 1 billion young people worldwide who are experiencing early hearing loss due to overexposure to personal listening devices. “I was worried about my hearing, so decided to get my ears checked, and that's when I found out I was showing early signs of hearing loss,” Doherty said. According to a recent study by BMJ Global Health , it is estimated that 0.67 to 1.35 billion young people worldwide are likely to engage in unsafe listening practices. Listening to sound at high volumes can fatigue the sensory cells and structures in one's ear. If this ...

By: Sophia Thomas Stonehill News Staff Writer   March 25th of 2020, when schools’ country-wide shut down, students couldn’t have been more excited. What was supposed to be a two-week break turned into months, and even years before going back to school. The world shut down, and people were left prisoners in their own homes. Some students couldn’t bare being away from their friends, while other students thrived while being by themselves. However, many students could agree that school online was much more convenient than in-school learning.  Nicholas Salem of Westport MA, a high school student, who had been a serial cheater during the pandemic.  “I had access to tools that would get me a good grade on my quizzes and tests; the internet,” Salem said.   Students have found creative ways to cheat and not get caught. A study that Brandeis University had done showed that 99.8% of the students they did the study on confessed to at least one count of academic misconduct. ...

By Madison Darmstadt  Stonehill College Journalism  As vice president of her high school’s women empowerment club, In Her Element, Mason Jupinka, wanted to recruit boys to join as well as girls. Despite her best efforts, Jupinka was only able to recruit a few, as most other boys felt uncomfortable joining a club that was perceived to be for girls only.  “We really wanted to get more guys involved to make them aware of minority issues but it was hard to do so,” said Jupinka, who attended Phillipsburg High School in New Jersey and is now a freshman at Ohio State University. The recruitment process highlighted for her the complicated differences between the ways men and women view the feminist movement as well as gender equality. Recent research further exemplifies this idea.  The 2020 Pew Research Center survey found that men, more consistently than women, think that the feminist movement actually harms demographics of women rather than helping them.  This was de...

By Kate Marino  JRN 100 Staff Writer   Research shows that many people will continue to struggle financially because of the pandemic and in the face of inflation. “ In the U.S. and around the world, inflation is high and getting higher”, a Pew Research Center  analysis discovered in 2022 , from 44 advanced economies finds that, in nearly all of them, consumer prices have risen substantially since pre-pandemic times, said Drew Deliver.   “ People treat inflation as one problem,” said Texas Christian University Economic Professor and Inflation Expert John Harvey. Many people are not even aware of what inflation is or what it does. Here is a general simple definition of inflation to educate everyone to be more understanding of a global issue.  “ Inflation is known to be a general increase in prices, and a fall in the purchasing value of money,” said Harvey.   It is always caused by money supply growth. There are many different causes. A big cause was COV...