Evidence emerges that COVID vaccine harms menstrual cycles
By Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnist In an article entitled “Pfizer Director Admits Covid Vaccine Affects Women’s Menstrual Cycles—After We Were Told It Was All In Our Heads,” published on Feb. 3, 2023, Gina Florio—a culture writer for the online women’s publication Evie Magazine—addressed one of the major allegations in regard to Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. […]
The Origin of Academic Corruption
By Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnist Courtesy of Dr. Stephen Sammut, one of the esteemed psychology professors here at Franciscan University, I recently discovered a video released in 2019 entitled “The Grievance Studies Affair – REVEALED.” Although the initial concept explained in the video was exposed before the pandemic, I believe its consequences are in […]
Sex in “The Big Bang Theory”
By Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Culture Columnist Let’s start the semester off with a big bang, shall we? Pun intended. “The Big Bang Theory,” the most popular CBS network sitcom, recently entered my peripheral vision over the summer. Most widely available to stream on HBO Max, “The Big Bang Theory” was, and still is “the longest-running […]
Going Viral: A new take on the TLM
Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnist “The Mass’s purpose is not supposed to be evangelization; it’s supposed to be for worship,” said Branden Agnew, John Carroll University, class of 2024. Over Easter break, I was fortunate enough to attend my first TLM in downtown Cleveland. For you charismatics, that stands for “Tridentine” or “Traditional Latin Mass.” […]
Going Viral: Corruption veiled by the beat
Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnist “Why Satan is all the pop-culture rage in 2021.” That is the title of an actual article. You can find that on the internet. Published exactly a year ago this week, Datebook’s Tony Bravo elaborates on the artist Lil Nas X’s music video and subsequent sneaker release. Bravo describes what […]
Going Viral: An apologist’s guide to purgatory
Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnists Welcome back to the second special edition column where we walk through the most fundamental beliefs of the Church and their basis. Now that Easter is closer than we think, the pop-trends topics are coming back on the rise again, I promise. But for now, let’s talk about the Catholic […]
Going Viral: Why Baptize infants?
Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnist Wednesday, March 2, marked the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent, a time for Catholics to unite in prayer, almsgiving and fasting in preparation for the Lord’s resurrection. Lent is a season of repentance, a time for us to establish new, healthier habits and clean out some of our […]
Going Viral: Jesus is the master of counseling
Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnist “Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.” Matthew 6:34. You gain consciousness. You’re in the library. Everyone in your study group has left already. What time is it? Your eyes vacillate between your […]
Going Viral: Why Conservatives Lose
Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Trends Columnist “Conservatives are weak and don’t stand up for what they believe in. They give in to the left and go along with the current culture we see in America instead of standing up to the horrible things we see destroying and corrupting our nation,” said Will Witt in “How to […]
Is there really a climate emergency?
Samantha Apanasewicz Pop Culture Columnist People tend to believe one, two or three of the following statements about global warming. First, they believe the planet is warming catastrophically because of certain human behaviors. Secondly, they believe that, thanks to powerful computers, we can project what the climate will look like up to 100 years from […]