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6 IOPINION
EDITOR: LOUIE DIAZ | @STMURATTLERNEWS | SEPT. 20, 2017
Graphic by Samantha Ramos,
The United States versus North Korea: the new Cold War?
Chicago
Schuller
STAFF WRITER
The Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea (D.P.R.K.) has been pressuring the
United States with nuclear threats for the
past several years. It was in the past month
that tensions have been consistently rising
especially after the United Nations placed
further sanctions banning the D.P.R.K.
from importing oil and exporting textiles.
The aim of this was to exhaust North Korea
of resources to fuel their nuclear weapons
program, ultimately lowering a larger area
of devastation.
This does not mean that the D.P.R.K.
is not ready to strike at any time. Many
people scoffed at North Korea’s ability to
strike at any moment when they tested their
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs),
which only covered a small distance. What
these people do not take into account is that
D.P.R.K fired these missiles with almost
no arc trajectory, meaning they shot the
missiles straight up into the sky. The D.P.R.K.
currently has 17 ICBMs in their arsenal that
are ready to fire. All can reach U.S. territories
or allies such as South Korea or Japan.
This is scary for some people, but in
reality, the D.P.R.K. does not have the gall or
resources to fight off the U.S. The D.P.R.K.
tries to remain tough and show no weakness
because that is what a communist country
does. It is all about retaining propaganda for
their country. Their residents are so deluded
by communist ideology that they would not
believe their country was at a weak point
even if they were told so.
These recent tensions cannot all be
attributed to North Korea but also the
executive branch in the United States.
Trump said in August, “[Kim Jong Un] has
been very threatening beyond a normal
state, and as I said, they will be met with fire,
fury and frankly, power, the likes of which
this world has never seen before.” There can
only be one thing that President Trump is
referencing to when he says “power... which
this world has never seen before,” that being
nuclear power. His threats, along with the
threats of the D.P.R.K., have been fearsome
for most Americans and threats only began
to heighten as North Korea continued to test
ICBMs later in the month.
History is bound to repeat itself and
sure enough, the prophets have spoken.
This is the Cold War of the 21st century
or the competition of who’s got the bigger
hands, except in this case, these hands could
annihilate mankind. In this case, Trump’s
hands would be as big as he claims them
to be.
This still does not mean that the D.P.R.K.
could not harm anyone if a war were to
break out. They have the ability to wipe out
an immense amount of human lives, those
that the United States must protect. The
United States is not to simply shrug off these
threats but to take them seriously.
Write to congressmen and write to
President Trump urging them to solve this
with diplomacy instead of threats. Heed the
words of the late President Kennedy, “Let us
never negotiate out of fear. But let us never
fear to negotiate.”
Old-school versus new-school, which is the true gold standard of hip-hop?
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Rap music is not always loved by
everyone, but that is what makes it great. Rap
has been around for a very long time, with
the style relatively changing throughout its
history. Throughout those years, there were
many great artists. There were revolutionary
artists in the ‘90s like Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre,
Ice Cube, Tupac, Notorious B.I.G, Nas and
Jay Z, then there were rap groups like Wu-
Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Public
Enemy and N.W.A. Now there are rappers
like Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar,
J. Cole, Chance the Rapper, Tyler the
Creator, Schoolboy Q, Big Sean, Nicki Minaj
and Migos.
Many people say that the best rap music
came from the 90s, with Tupac and Notorious
B.I.G having one of the most controversial
feuds in history. Others say that today’s rap
music is better and has improved from its
90s personas. Rap music in the past focused
more on the story, or what was going on in
the neighborhoods of where that artist is
from. They talked about the violence they
would see against them and other social
issues happening at that time. Today’s rap
is more about what the artist has more than
what they have gone through. However, it is
still very popular and the music is still great.
Steven Clinton, sophomore international
studies and English major, said, “There is
more of a variety now when it comes to rap
music and there is something for everyone
to listen to.”
While there may be more of a variety,
it’s not better than the music from the past.
There is too much showing off with today’s
music about who is better, how they have
tons of money and what they can do with
that money. The only rappers who make up
Today's hip-hop music is not
better than old-school hip-hop."
Tawny Davis
Staff Writer
for the rest are Kendrick Lamar and Kanye
West. This is because Kendrick learned
from old-school rappers like Dr. Dre, which
helped create his music talking about today’s
issues, while Kanye is a true artist, writing
about things that matter to him and not just
what he has.
Today’s hip-hop music is not better than
old-school hip-hop. It doesn’t have the same
value that the old hip-hop music had years
ago. Whether one agrees with this position
or not, old-school hip-hop fans will continue
listening to music consisting of A Tribe
Called Quest and Snoop Dogg while others
can enjoy listening to Drake and Migos.
Graphic by Natalia Zuniga
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