BY BRIA KOEPKE
STAFF WRITER

Have you ever wondered why your lips are so excruciatingly dry? Well, let me inform you why. A lot of chapstick companies purposefully will make their chapstick to dry out the buyers lips. The whole point of buying chapstick is to fix the dryness and the dryer your lips are the more chapstick you’re going to buy. The companies are well aware, and of course they take advantage of this by manufacturing the chapstick to stop your body from being able to heal itself which can then lead to having health issues. The ingredients that are found in the chapstick actually pull out the moisture in your lips and sometimes leaves them dryer than what they started as.

BY KAMEIL BHOLA AND BRIANNA KOEPKE

STAFF WRITERS

There are seven species of turtles in the world, 6 of them are threatened or endangered, this is extremely troubling because sea turtles are keystone species vital to marine and beach ecosystems. They help keep the jellyfish population in check, keep coral reefs healthy by preventing sponges from outcompeting corals, provide habitat for an array of “aquatic hitchhikers,” but most importantly keep the seagrass beds in check. Sea turtles help “mow ” seagrass; the grass needs to stay short because it’s a breeding and developmental ground for many species of fish, without it many marine animals would die out. If sea turtles were to all die out the sea grass would become too long, making it unsuitable for breeding/development, and if one part of the ecosystem fails, the rest will soon follow, leading to a full collapse.

BY ANSHI PEDDAREDDIVARI

STAFF WRITER

St. Patrick’s Day is an annual holiday that is celebrated on March 17th. Originating in Ireland, it has become an important holiday in the states. March 17th, 461, was believed to be the day Saint Patrick passed away.