Billboard’s 2018 Woman of the Year: Ariana Grande By: Aelita Arshakyan Billboard’s Woman of the Year, Ariana Grande, has never had more career momentum than she has now. Her fourth album, Sweetener , became “her third No, 1 on the Billboard 200 in August,” according to Billboard. The album has produced two top singles, so far, on the Hot 100. While promoting her new project, her ex-boyfriend, dear friend, and collaborator Mac Miller passed away. Shortly after, her engagement to comedian Pete Davidson ended. Though she went through such difficult times, she still managed to make her fans happy. Ariana Grande has always had a good work ethic. She began performing in public before she was ten and went to Broadway by the time she was fifteen. According to Billboard, “she’s the only artist ever to have the lead single from each of her first four albums debut in the top 10 of the Hot 100, and the first woman in three years to have a single debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100.” The ...
Kavanaugh By Nayiri Artounians In the past couple of months, the Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearing has rocked the whole nation. In the midst of #Metoo and Time’s Up, sexual assault allegations have been brought up against what is supposed to be the epitome of justice and honor: a Supreme Court nominee. Decades later, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford came out to speak her allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh was being reviewed for the position of Supreme Court Justice. This was the last straw for Dr. Ford: she talked of a sexual assault during high school done to her by Kavanaugh. During the testimony, Dr. Ford said, “ I am here today not because I want to be. I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school.” And she proceeded to tell her story about her harrowing ordeal. About the bed, about Kavanaugh’s hands on her mouth, about the laughter of others and about the fear of not surviving. ...