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Every year thousands of students experience sexual harassment or assault due to self/emotional manipulation or many times no reason at all. When it comes to sexual harassment on campus how do / should you react to it , and what should be done for it. Are colleges doing enough to help those who are emotionally and self manipulation into things that will hurt them. How can we help those who aren't ready to speak up? 13% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation. Among undergraduate students, 26.4% of females and 6.8% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation. Only 20% of female student victims, age 18-24, report to law enforcement. ~Nicy

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Are schools doing enough to end bullying? According to The National Bullying Prevention Center, 1 out of 5 students are bullied year around.

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-Kevin Tracy

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With recent developments within the world economy, how does the extensive world of internet chat groups efffect the recent turmoil within the stock market? How do these chat groups affect other aspects of life?

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a referendum in November 2020 stated 57% of Puerto Ricans want statehood. Would Puerto Rico be better off as a state or a territory? What would that mean for the U.S and U.S Puerto Rican citizens?

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In multiple recent studies, teen and young adult users who spend the most time on Instagram, Facebook and other platforms were shown to have a substantially (from 13 - 66%) higher rate of reported depression than those who spent the least time. Are teens who spend more time on social media more likely to suffer anxiety and/or depression than those who spend less time?

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- Marissa Altshuler

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Every year, millions of cats and dogs are euthanized in our nation's animal shelters, because there are more pets than there are responsible homes for them. Research studies suggest that 7 to 20 percent of pets entering a home are no longer in that home six months after acquisition. www.AmericanHumane.org Many people will get rid of their pets, because they either don't want them anymore or can't take care of them for whatever reason. These pets usually end up in animal shelters contributing to the overpopulation issue. How can we make sure all the animals find good responsible homes? What can be done to reduce the number of pets ending up in animal shelters?

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Statista released the top leading beauty manufacturers for the year 2020, with L'Oreal ranking the top global beauty manufacturer, followed by an accumulated a revenue of 33.4 billion in U.S dollars. How do we know these products are safe, and is social media marketing responsible for the brand's successfulness? https://www-statista-com.umiss.idm.oclc.org/statistics/243871/revenue-of-the-leading-10-beauty-manufacturers-worldwide/ -Sarah Taber

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How to Prevent bullying at schools? according to educationcorner.com nearly "90% of students in grades 4-8 report having been harassed or bullied". Bullying occurs all across the country with different types such as verbal or physical. Ways to prevent this is by having teachers focus on it and discuss to their students at a young age the  reason around it. Another way to stop it is if you see it you need to act immediately and try to stop it.  There are students who witness bullying, and allow it to happen, and if we can teach them to stop it the schools would be a safer place. -Sam Brody

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"The National Alliance of Mental Illness shows some troubling statistics. About 44% of students experience symptoms of depression, 80% of them feel overwhelmed by all their academic responsibilities, and 50% of them struggle with anxiety." What are the effects of these mental health problems in college students? Are there ways that Universities can help students? Are there any ways that students can help themselves and other students cope with academic pressures and such? -Kaitlyn Skeen

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Should the government be able to baker act children dealing with mental health issues? Many children deal with mental health issues on a daily basis but institutionalizing them and taking them away by force might make matters worse. These facilities are also underfunded and can hurt the children by taking them away from their loved ones.-Liam Bielik

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Should Mental Health be included in all insurances?  Lots of people who struggle with mental illness can not seek help due to the high costs. Everyone should be able to get help and feel pressured or even more stressed because of how expensive it is. Especially living in a pandemic that has changed all of our lives completely.

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How an internet addiction effects your brain in the short term and long term?  How does technology effect our sleep quality positively and negatively?- ethan cepluch

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Our society is said to be a progressive economy, yet women still suffer from the gender wage gap. According to one frequently cited metric based on U.S. Census Bureau data, women in the United States earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man, amounting to an annual average gender wage gap of $10,194. How can our society respond to this unequal treatment? How can we enforce financial equality in the workplace when a male and female are faced with the same tasks? -Margaret Cimino

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As the need to be "perfect" spreads to men and women across the globe more and more people choose to alter their appearance with plastic surgery. Introduced in 2003, ABC's popular “Extreme Makeover”  boasted about 7 million viewers each week. With the amount of reality TV shows we watch, are makeover specials not being entirely truthful about the transformations? According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, during the time of the show the popularity of plastic surgery grew from 7,401,405 to 9,210,627 procedures a year. What is the reason to change your appearance so drastically? Do TV makeover shows give the wrong impression about cosmetic surgery?-- Carson Miller

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Are schools doing enough to stop bullying?

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As COVID-19 spread across America, one sector feeling a profound impact was the movie theater business. Most theaters closed for much of 2020, with revenues plummeting. AMC, the nation's largest chain, has teetered near bankruptcy.  The LA Times reported that, “the abrupt closure of nearly all the nation’s 5,477 cinemas was probably the most visible sign of the industry’s disruption from COVID-19 — one that industry veterans and filmgoers worry will do permanent damage.” “With no movies, and box office down nearly 80% from last year, the multiplexes that reopened struggled to stay afloat. Many closed again or reduced hours.” After seeing these statistics, how has Covid-19 affected Hollywood and the film industry? -Matthew Frey

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Anxiety is the leading concern of mental health in college students. A recent study shows that 24.1% of students struggle with anxiety just in the 2019-2020 school year alone. Another leading factor is depression among college students. The same study found that 18.3 % of students are faced with depression. In the instance that a person struggles with both anxiety and depression, how does that person continue to push through the pressures of schoolwork?- Alex Sanford

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Does taking ADHD medicine affect the person in the long run? How does one with ADHD have social standing compared to someone who doesn't?

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For today's padlet discussion, use this handout on "Developing Research Questions" to develop a research question based on an inspiration source from either Statista OR CQ Researcher.  To get links to tutorials on using these databases, see our calendar.  Post your research questions, being sure to hyperlink your inspiration source from Statista or CQ Researcher.  **Remember, you do NOT have to use this research question for the upcoming unit.  This is just to practice developing research questions (and to maybe give your peers different options and ideas for their research).