If you have ordered a drink from Starbucks recently, you may have found an uplifting and personalized message written on your cup, such as “Slay the day!” or “U R A STAR!” Have these messages positively changed your mood? Or were you annoyed that you could have gotten your drink sooner if the barista hadn’t taken the time to think of and write an unnecessary message on your cup? Either way, these new handwritten messages on Starbucks cups have raised controversy with many Starbucks customers. Starbucks just recently implemented many...
Despite coping with the typical New England weather of snow and ice throughout the winter, Montrose’s Indoor Track team concluded another record-breaking season. The team maximized their three-day-a-week practice schedule and exercised outside when possible. Sprinters utilized the school parking lot for 200-meter intervals, whereas distance runners traversed Medfield’s neighborhoods for two-mile tempo runs. If brutal winter weather limited the team’s usual outside workouts, the team opted for indoor full-body strength training. The...
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 3, directing the Treasury Department to develop a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) within the next year, reactions immediately emerged — some hailed it as a visionary move to transform the American economy, while others saw it as a financial gamble the country cannot afford. The proposal thrusts the US into a league of nations like Norway, China, and Saudi Arabia, where such funds manage vast national assets and drive long-term investment strategies (Quartz). But unlike oil-rich...
