In The News: College of Liberal Arts
There's a fantasy for everyone on TikTok. Should you yearn for a moss-covered existence in a quiet wood or a slick skyscraper apartment towering high over New York City, rest assured the algorithm has your back. Recently, my own "For You" page began supplying a steady stream of "French-girl-aesthetic" TikToks, defined by smudgy red lipstick, Juliet balconies and spritzes of Chanel No. 5 in marble bathrooms. I scroll these videos instead of practicing my own French on Duolingo.
The 2022 local elections are also the day when a referendum on constitutional amendments for 18-year-old citizens will be held. Although this referendum was unanimously approved by all parties in the Legislative Yuan, President Tsai Ing-wen strongly appealed before the election, and the former Kuomintang opponent Han Guoyu also shouted for it the day before the election. The final result of the referendum was 5.65 million votes in favor and more than 5.02 million votes against votes, but because it is far below the threshold of 9 million (a total of 18 million legitimate voters, half of which need to come out to vote in favor), the referendum case did not pass.

Despite efforts by Republicans to make inroads with Nevada’s Latino voters, early CNN exit polls show that outreach was largely unsuccessful.
Actor Chris Hemsworth announced that the results of a genetic test he took have revealed that he is at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease because he has two copies of the APOE4 gene.

It didn’t take long for Nevada Democrats’ redistricting maneuvering to pay off. A year after the Democrat-controlled Legislature redrew the state’s political boundaries, Democrats defended all three of the competitive congressional districts in Southern Nevada while also expanding their majorities in both chambers, including regaining a supermajority in the state Assembly.

All of Nevada's Democratic congressional delegation, in a joint statement, called on the Democratic National Committee to put Nevada's Primary Election first on the calendar in coming years.
Finding that the evidence for jumping the broom’s “origins” pointed to western Europe, I wanted to better understand how groups adopted and adapted rituals for their own communal needs, and what this suggested about its popularity in African American history. If the broomstick wedding was “forced” into enslaved communities, as some have claimed, how then is it remolded into something that many embraced over time? If it was accepted willingly in some circumstances, what does this suggest about agency and the evolution of Black culture in the antebellum era?
Alzheimer's disease—the most common type of dementia—affects roughly one in nine people age 65 and older in the U.S., the Alzheimer's Association reports. And many people experience mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as they age, which can be "a midway point between normal cognitive aging and dementia," Brenna Renn, PhD and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, tells Best Life.

The upcoming holidays mean people spend —on food, on gifts, clothes and so much more.

The upcoming holidays mean people spend —on food, on gifts, clothes and so much more.
Hurricane Nicole's storm surge last week eroded parts of the east Florida coastline and unearthed a Native American burial ground dating back hundreds of years, according to local news reports.

Now that we have the midterms in the rearview mirror, Nevada Democrats are using the opportunity to renew their push to have the first presidential primary in the country.