Small businesses have taken up just about every corner of social media pages, with owners advertising on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and even Tik-Tok. These small businesses offer a wide variety of items,...
“Renegade,” Charli D’Amelio, The Hype House. All these things have one thing in common: TikTok.
TikTok is the latest trending social media app that has trudged its way into everyone’s lives. Vine...
Imagine that you just got out of class and head to your favorite spot to tackle some homework. You sit down, pull out your homework from your backpack and ready yourself for some hardcore thinking. Before...
Some topics are hard to talk about, but as poet Kyla Lacey says, “the conversation may stop, but the racism continues.”
This was one of the ideas behind her poem titled “White Privilege,” which...
April 27, 2016
What is the purpose of school?
We, as a society have lost track of the purpose of school. Technology has gotten in the way of what’s really important. School is about learning, listening...
April 20, 2016
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
Earth Day is about more than planting trees, Woody Guthrie songs and picking up trash off the highway. It’s about coming together as cohabitants of our natural...
April 20, 2016
Nearly 65 percent of American citizens utilize some form of social networking. However, amidst the countless cat videos, family photos, news, and other common postings, are comments and...
March 1, 2016
I woke up to a Facebook message from a former Royal Purple editor in chief, three emails threads and one really anxious news editor, the morning of Feb. 17.
Through the night, the...
Nov. 3, 2015
Over and over, candidates vying for a nomination from their respective parties have attempted to appeal to the youth voter. The candidates flock to social media encouraging young adults to...
Oct. 20, 2015
Oct. is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In Oct., we see this awareness everywhere, including the color pink on clothing, social media and even in the National Football League (through their...
Oct. 13, 2015
Students have become extremely dependent on social media, both academically and in their everyday lives. Social media selfies have become an addiction that is reliant specifically on the...
Column by Vesna Brajkovic
Sept. 10, 2014
In a world where nothing is official until it’s Facebook official, and all the most important family news only reaches us through a post, it’s easy for...
