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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is approaching and the East Valley area has been decked into a winter wonderland. But instead of snow, the communities are decorated in holiday lights.
Since 1927, TIME has presented a Person of the Year awarded to the most influential person of the year. From the first winner, Charles Lindbergh, to the most recent, Pope Francis, the types of individuals who “best represent the news of the year” varies greatly. How then could this even be an accurate competition at all? “It has a great origin story — or maybe more of a legend. At the end of 1927, the editors of TIME looked at the year’s covers and realized they had somehow failed to put Charles Lindbergh on the cover” Kelly Conniff wrote in a TIME Magazine article about “Everything You Wanted to Know.” While now pretty deeply rooted in news history as far as being a notable “award” to an individual every year like Conniff says, it was originally the result of an oversight. It was TIME's way of catching up and reminding people of someone significant to whom they may not have paid attention. The Person of the Year award is often a fairly controversial choice. Fair enough, considering the criterion is "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year." As a news company, TIME has the right mindset to create the award based on influence and representation of the year as a whole instead of on praise for good deeds. But how in the world are TIME editors supposed to choose one person or even a group of a few people to represent the year as a whole? The range of individuals has no bounds and the different contestants are often incomparable. How could one, in 2012 for example, compare several people on the shortlist like Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, Undocumented Americans, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai? These six parties come from different walks of life and are of totally different social and economic statuses. While one could argue that all of their contributions to society were intangible forces of good and bad, they also did completely different things. In what way could one compare Yousafzai, a young women’s rights activist to another runner-up, Apple CEO Tim Cook? There is no real way to compare the reach of their actions and stories. There is no way to measure the significance those achievements have had on both society and individual lives. In short, it’s all relative to the audience looking at TIME's shortlist for the award. Of course, TIME puts out its reader polls for the public to vote on who they think should be the winner despite it being independent from the actual choice. Voters can vote on who they think is the Person of the Year for 2014 from options including Taylor Swift, Elon Musk, President Barack Obama and the Chibok Girls. In a way, this is a closer indication of who truly is impacting the most people. However, sites and organizations like 4Chan are known to troll many of TIME’s online reader polls which then misconstrue data. Therefore, there is no real way to judge one Person of the Year across so many different disciplines and backgrounds. However, Time is doing a great job with publicity to help increase awareness of influences the public and many of its readers may have overlooked, like Charles Lindbergh and his historic flight way back in 1927. Between poll updates and Twitter hashtags, it's obvious that Time is doing a great job of recognizing these individuals. However, they should move toward a general recap of the year and go for “People of the Year.” After all, you don’t see just a single Nobel Prize handed out every year.Reach the columnist at kayla.chan@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @kaylarc214.Editor’s note: The opinions presented in this column are the author’s and do not imply any endorsement from The State Press or its editors.Want to join the conversation? Send an email to opiniondesk.statepress@gmail.com. Keep letters under 300 words and be sure to include your university affiliation. Anonymity will not be granted.Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
Jordan Wessel feels pretty out of place when she has any rare moment of down time. But she doesn’t look like it.
When Claudia Schulz pulled up at the house in south Phoenix, Martha Alvarez was standing on the sidewalk under the plum tree in the front yard, wiping tears from her round face. In the midday of an Arizona July, the heat was oppressive.
Nursing senior Paige Ramirez doesn’t have time for labels.
SPM asks students what traditions they have before a game in order to ensure a Sun Devil win.
The once quiet Sun Devil stadium transforms into a sea of gold and maroon as the anticipation of kickoff draws near. The silence is broken as Arizona State students pile into the beloved student section. But just as the stadium atmosphere transforms, so do the students. These academics morph into chanting fans by Saturday night.
On Nov. 12, Paper Magazine released an issue starring the one and only Kim Kardashian titled, "Break the Internet." The issue included a stimulating interview about Kardashians' selfies, reality show and daughter. It also included racy nude photos of the socialite. With those photos, Paper Magazine most definitely broke the internet.The evening before the release of the issue, the reality star did the honors herself and posted one of the photos on Instagram. It did not go over well. Many took to Twitter to trash Kim. User MelissaB said, "#KimKardashian is disgusting. She is a mother now. Her first thought should be how is what I am about to do going to affect my child."Not only did Kardashian's pedestrian haters jump on the comments, fellow celebrities did as well. "Glee" star Naya Rivera commented on Kardashian's Instagram photo saying "I normally don't. But...you're someones mother..." Even "Lovely Bones" star, Saoirse Ronan, stated, “She was naked. Not in a kind-of beautiful, kind-of artistic way. It was disgusting."Kardashian isn't new to the scene; she knows how to get people talking. She may not be a singer or an actress, but we shouldn't hold motherhood against her. For some reason, we seem to think it is appropriate to tell mothers what they can or cannot do, but no one has the right to tell Kardashian what is best for her own child — even if it is Kim Kardashian.Being a mother does not and should not inhibit you from feeling sexy. It is a rarity for women to feel good with themselves after they have given birth. Studies also show that women who are dissatisfied with their bodies after pregnancy are less likely to breastfeed, and more likely to suffer postpartum depression and psychological distress. If that is the case, shouldn't we all back off of Kardashian and stop slut shaming her for being a mother?One of the most courageous actions a woman could do is bare it all for the world to see, especially after giving birth. If Mrs. Kardashian West feels so inclined to pose nude on the cover of a magazine, let her do so.Celebrities like Beyoncé Knowles and Jessica Simpson have posed nude, but their provocative actions have never been vilified like Kim's.We can look at Kardashian's photos as a body movement. Maybe she is telling us, that whether you are old or young, male or female, mother or not — you should feel good in the skin you are in.Perhaps it is the anomaly that is Kim Kardashian that makes it so easy to rip her apart, but being a mother doesn't mean she should stop doing her thing. If you are still concerned about her daughter, I can guarantee you North West doesn't know how to use Instagram or Twitter yet, so it is safe to say that she won't be seeing her mother's nude photos any time soon.Reach the columnist at ambice@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @alliebiceEditor’s note: The opinions presented in this column are the author’s and do not imply any endorsement from The State Press or its editors.Want to join the conversation? Send an email to opiniondesk.statepress@gmail.com. Keep letters under 300 words and be sure to include your university affiliation. Anonymity will not be granted.Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
It's game day.
As friends reach for one another’s arms and hands, excitement forces pressure on the air and threatens to break their grasps. Masses of maroon and gold spirit-wear congregate in dense splotches along all sides of the stadium. Awaiting entrance, fans are packed into a line that slowly filters into the stadium like the rhythmic ticking of a metronome. Each game, it is a wonder how the mob squeezes in and somehow files neatly into the long parallel rows around the field.
It is near the end of the first day of November when the sun is setting over Tempe. Deep maroons and light golds paint the sky as it does the streets. Tonight is game night.
Give me an A! Give me an S! Give me a U! ASU!
SPM's final issue of the fall semester is about ASU's football culture. Game Time hits stands November 12th.
Grasping the pole saw with both hands, Deborah Thirkhill attempts to establish a rhythm in its movements as she saws away at a branch holding a bag. The bag contains the dates still growing on the branch, as well as those that have already fallen off. The saw, though, keeps getting caught on the bag, and the rhythm eludes her.
While supporters of the feminist movement continue to spread their message, recently through viral videos, some are taking inappropriate and distasteful stabs at Disney classics.
At 5 years old, she knew she wanted to play the violin. She was persistent for an entire year, begging and praying that her parents would come around. In a family where she and her sisters were required to play the piano, she would be heading into uncharted territory. With her parents unfamiliar with the instrument, she continued to push for the chance to play the violin.
A number of girls are sitting alongside one another, exchanging photos of their attire for the upcoming event. Each of the girls let out a silent sigh of relief as they realize no one else is wearing the same outfit as them. But there’s always one girl who feels a surge of panic wash over as her eyes scan everyone’s photos. Unlike the girls around her, she still doesn’t have an outfit.
This time of year brings with it a unique kind of aura, but it’s hard to place exactly what that feeling is. Why exactly does this time of year feel different than the rest, and what’s the meaning behind it? See what these ASU students had to say.
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