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Search ArticlesOn the Radar: Brown University AI Cheating, Meta Risks Massive Fines and ChatGPT Sycophancy Addiction
What? Roberto Serrano, an economics professor at Brown University, accused many in his class of using artificial intelligence to cheat on their take-home midterm. Though the class historically averaged between 65% and 80%, these students averaged 96%. When he then made the final in-person, the average score dropped to 48.6%—more than 15% lower than previous class’s final averages. So What? Serrano’s concern highlights growing worry that the next generation is using AI to coast through college.
Conversations with Teens: Ariana Grande and the Celebrity Weight Loss Debate
In 2025, Wicked: For Good (aka Wicked 2) released in theaters. Press junkets featuring the stars of the film—Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba—revealed that both women had lost quite a bit of weight. Since then, there’s been a ton of media and fan discussion, with some voicing genuine concern for the health of the actresses and others offering up criticism.
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
Jump to: Positive Elements | Spiritual Elements | Sexual & Romantic Content | Violent Content | Crude or Profane Language | Drug & Alcohol Content | Other Noteworthy Elements | Conclusion Movie Review The first rule of time travel: Cover your tracks. That’s exactly what Red and Chloe failed to do. You see, the two girls are descendants of the Queen of Hearts and Cinderella, respectively.
Confessions II
Album Review Confessions II arrives not as a continuation but yet another reinvention of the Madonna project, especially from her work over the last two decades. A spiritual successor to her 2005 album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna’s latest swerves away from her recent string of releases both in tone and critical reception. Returning to her original record label, Madonna’s clearly taken back the reins of her creative writing process (9 of the 16 songs contain solo writing credits).
EA Sports College Football 27
Game Review As many video game fans are aware, Electronic Arts decided to restart its college football game franchise on July 19, 2024 with EA Sports College Football 25. So, here we are in 2026 with the third entry in that newly buffed and burnished game series: EA Sports College Football 27. Like all sports game entries, the EA gamemakers want to keep improving their titles from one year to the next to assure that eager fans keep lining up with a shiny credit card in hand.
CinemaWins
YouTube Channel Review A few years ago, we covered a YouTube channel called CinemaSins, which focuses its efforts on pointing out plot holes, nonsensical moments and mistakes in movies. The channel creator, Jeremy Scott, calls such thing “sins.” Well, fellow YouTuber Lee Boucher must have seen some of those videos and thought, “this could use a little more positivity.” And thus, CinemaWins was made.
Glory
Jump to: Positive Elements | Spiritual Elements | Sexual & Romantic Content | Violent Content | Crude or Profane Language | Drug & Alcohol Content | Other Noteworthy Elements | Conclusion Movie Review In September of 1862, the Civil War has been tearing the country apart for more than a year. Rumor has it that President Lincoln is planning to issue an Emancipation Proclamation to free all the slaves.
Apollo 13
Jump to: Positive Elements | Spiritual Elements | Sexual & Romantic Content | Violent Content | Crude or Profane Language | Drug & Alcohol Content | Other Noteworthy Elements | Conclusion Movie Review Jim Lovell had flown several astronaut missions over the years as America’s space program was finding its footing in space. He’d orbited the Earth, gone on space walks and even flown to and orbited the moon. But he’d never left his footprint on that lunar surface.
The Positivity Found in the World Cup
I’ve been watching plenty of the knockout games in the World Cup this year, and I’ve found that, like many people, I’m quite keen on rooting for underdogs. And so, as we enter into the final game with powerhouses Spain and Argentina, I can say I’m a little disappointed that no underdog made it this far. Perhaps the biggest underdog in the whole tournament, however, was Cabo Verde. Let me set the scene: It was the Round of 32.
The Hawk
TV Series Review Lonnie “the Hawk” Hawkins was a big deal. Operative word: was. Back in 2010, Lonnie was professional golf’s undisputed star, standing atop the PGA’s worldwide golf rankings and winner of three of the sport’s four major tournaments. He would’ve had a fourth, too—which would’ve completed the fabled Grand Slam, joining such golfing greats as Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods—but a missed putt at California’s Pebble Beach ended his quest. And it practically ended his career, too.