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Betting on your life By Zachary Shea Skyhawk View Staff Report December 4 2023 Gambling has always been a controversial topic ever since its rise in the 1940s and 1950s, and newly legal sports gambling is no different.  In today's world, sports betting is legal in 38 states and the District of Columbia.  In the view of the public, sports betting normally gets a negative rep. Lia Nower has spent the last 20 years trying to prove how sports betting is a terrible idea and the effects it can have on people if they develop an addiction. Nower, a professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey wrote in her article Professor: Sports betting on campus is not worth the gamble. "In the U.S., more than 5 million adults will develop an addiction to gambling, and 10 to 12 million will develop gambling problems, leading to consequences like unemployment, homelessness, bankruptcy, domestic violence and family disruption," Nower said. Apart of the 10 to 12 million people who develop gambli...

By Olivia Puppolo   Skyhawk View Staff Reporter     Pancakes, mac n’ cheese, chocolate chip cookies. For many people, these types of foods can trigger events from the past and lead them into a more favorable time or place.      FONA International, a company that helps manufacture and produce competitive new flavors in the food and beverage industry, shared a research done by Mintel that reported , “Food brands can convey a sense of belonging, safety, comfort and all of the other positive feelings that nostalgia creates.”     Whether it be chocolate cake, a specific candy bar, or even homemade cookies, most people have a taste or smell of a food that can take them back to their childhood.      Food nostalgia triggers different parts of the brain to create a sense of comfort and familiarity and can connect an individual with a place and setting from the past according to Health News.       “One of the key players of ...