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The Impact

AI takes over!

AI takes over!

Alexis Flores Ramirez, Impact Staff October 25, 2025

                 It may sound odd to state aloud, but artificial intelligence can now write headlines, grade papers, create portraits, and even carry on conversations that, on a good day, may...

We Spun the wheel and lost everything

We Spun the wheel and lost everything

Alexis Flores Ramirez, Impact Staff October 24, 2025

              A surge of luxurious casinos that promised billions in income, thousands of employment, and a revolution in entertainment in the Empire State were dubbed the next big bet for New York....

Image Description: a photo of Cassidy when they were nine years old, face down. They are fair skinned wearing a black sports bra and black sports shorts. They have long, brown, hair in a high ponytail. They are laying on a red mat that is next to grey concrete. To the left is a strip of red, pink, and orange.

Behind the Bows: Competitive Cheerleading Pushes Beyond Safety

Cassidy Robideau, Impact Staff October 22, 2025

I remember the first time I was told to leave my problems at the door, I was eight. My grandfather had died days prior. I wasn’t being a “sassy robot.” It was competitive cheerleading. A highly unregulated...

Madison Rivera: Up and Coming Music Artist

Madison Rivera: Up and Coming Music Artist

Jaden Ruiz, The Impact Staff October 9, 2025

Many have a passion for listening to music.  Whether it's listening to it at a party or hanging out, while doing errands, or even just checking out your new artist's album.  But not every artist puts...

Letter to the Ones Who Came Back

Letter to the Ones Who Came Back

Erykah Beaulieu, Impact Staff October 9, 2025

Dear Returning Students, First things first: you are not late. I know it might feel like you missed the train, but really, you just took the scenic route. You lived a little, learned a lot, and then...

Round Two: Do We Owe Bad Sex a Second Chance?

Round Two: Do We Owe Bad Sex a Second Chance?

Samantha Rosa, Impact Staff October 2, 2025

Bad sex. We’ve all had it. The kind that makes you stare at the ceiling, wondering if you should’ve just stayed home with a bottle of cheap sauvignon blanc and your vibrator. But here’s the question:...

Jimmy Kimmel's Show is Back Already?

Jimmy Kimmel’s Show is Back Already?

Jaden Ruiz, The Impact Staff October 2, 2025

As we all know, the American comedy host Jimmy Kimmel had his show suspended temporarily, with talks suggesting it might be canceled.  When it happened, this was revealed to be a result of Mr....

The Addictive Glow of Nostalgia

The Addictive Glow of Nostalgia

Cyress Medina, Impact Staff September 28, 2025

There’s a worm in all of our heads, eating away at our brains ever so slowly. It doesn’t announce itself with sharp pains or warning, just a quiet gnawing that becomes part of us. And yet, strangely...

"You Hit Like a Girl!"  Really?

“You Hit Like a Girl!” Really?

Jaden Ruiz, The Impact Staff September 22, 2025

We’ve always heard of the sentence “You hit like a girl” or“You throw like a girl.”  Since when did that start, and when did it first become an insult?  Normally, when it is used,...

When Women Say Yes : How We Really Feel About First-Date Sex

Samantha Rosa, Impact Staff September 22, 2025

Ladies, let’s be honest for a second — we’ve all gone out on a date telling ourselves over and over, thinking a few select thoughts.  “I will not sleep with him...just to wake up the next...

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