The BRIT Awards HISTORY REWRITTEN: FOR BETTER OR WORSE?

Paige Blakemore News Editor

In 2021, the BRIT Awards made progressive steps forward by eliminating male and female categories and introducing genderless categories for Artist of the Year and International Artist of the Year. The goal was to make the show more inclusive for all artists and their identities.

“Celebrating artists solely for their music and work, rather than how they choose to identify or as others may see them, as part of the Brits’ commitment to evolving the show to be as inclusive and as relevant as possible,” said the show’s organizers through a statement on the BRIT Awards’ official website.

This year, the BRIT Awards took place on Feb. 11 at the O2 Area in London, England.

The evening was filled with the brightest performances and appearances from Britain’s top and upcoming artists, including Wet Leg, Sam Smith, The 1975, Charli XCX and the big winner of the night, Harry Styles.

Harry Styles swept all four categories he was nominated in: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Pop/R&B Act.

Styles was one of the five males nominated for the established gender-neutral Artist of the Year category. The nominees led many to question if the Brits were actually working towards inclusivity with their failure to include female and nonbinary artists.

Singer Charli XCX found herself dubious of the award show’s efforts — or lack thereof — to highlight the work of non-male artists.

Hannah Adams Asst. Opinion Editor

When looking at history from a micro lens, the truth can be difficult to distinguish. This is because with every new year, history books are rewritten, and new editions crafted. Miniscule details are discovered, some completely changing an instance in history as we once knew

GC Men’s Basketball’s Senior Night

The GC men’s basketball team beat Flagler University Wednesday, Feb. 22, by a score of 101-87.

This was a big game for the Bobcats, as Flagler is a huge rival of GC. It was also senior night, meaning this would be the last time some players ever play a home game at GC.

Three seniors, forward Christian Koneman, forward Chris Parks, and guard Brandon Thomas, were honored before the start of the game.

it. In other times, writers record history from a lens that is in favor of their personal feelings or to aid the integrity of their country. It is not always easy to be truthful in writing the gruesome realities that come with war and tragedy.

This distortion of history can have horrific repercussions on society, as over time, people are left to believe what they read in books, as there are no longer any survivors alive to tell the tale.

The game was a fantastic match up overall with the two teams going back and forth taking the lead until the Bobcats made some second-half adjustments that helped them seal the victory.

The Bobcats had five players in double-digits for points and scored a season-high 101 points.

Richard Crawford III, a redshirt junior at GC, led the Bobcats in scoring with a season-high 26 points. Crawford went 5-for-8 from beyond the arc, while also going 5-for-6 from the free-throw line.

For example, what is referred to as “Holocaust denial.” Holocaust denial is an occurrence when individuals deny the truth of the Holocaust or that it happened at all.

Chapin Rierson, a redshirt senior on the team, was the second leading scorer for the Bobcats. He had a season-high of 18 points to go along with his four rebounds and three steals.

Rierson also drained a half-court buzzer-beater to end the first half, putting the Bobcats up five and electrifying the senior night atmosphere.

The Bobcats did not let the momentum slip in the second half, shooting just under 50% from behind the arc.

Once our favorite stars reach a certain level of fame, many fans notice a change in their demeanors as they begin exuding satanic symbolism.

Earthquake

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There have been criticisms regarding the state of the collapsed buildings and the governments’ responses to the earthquake. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been blamed for the late response in getting aid into the devastated areas by saying more people could have been saved with a more timely response and that he lacked providing support for survivors.

In Turkey, the government investigated more than 550 people and issued warrants for more than 100 people for their responsibility in the poor construction of the buildings. The Turkish Justice Ministry has ordered officials to set up “Earthquake Crimes Investigation Units” to charge the construction workers with criminal charges of failing to meet codes that were set in place after a previous disaster in 1999.

Multiple legal actions have been taken in identifying and charging people who may have contributed to the deaths of those from collapsed buildings. Residents have criticized builders and contractors who failed to follow safety codes in order to increase their profits. This criticism also falls on the government, which has been granting “amnesties” to the builders who did so.

These buildings are not only old buildings in the region but newly built ones, like a luxury

14-story building that housed around 90 apartments that collapsed during the earthquake. These charges have been presented as involuntary manslaughter and violation of public construction law. Constructors have been fighting back by stating that their buildings have been licensed and audited by local and state authorities.

The government’s response to the earthquake has been criticized as slow, and residents’ worries continue to build about their own safety and well-being in a country where inflation passed 80% last year.

In addition to the devastating impacts of the earthquake, Syria continues to struggle, as they have been mostly cut off from outside aid due to political issues from their 12-year civil war.

Humanitarian aid has been consistently politicized throughout those years and continues to be so even through this ident. al-Assad wants aid to come through the central government, while Western aid agencies want to deliver it directly to Syria’s northwest.

Even with the death toll continuously rising, there seems to be a disorganized effort for aid because of politics. The situation is increasingly becoming more devastating for the coun- other issues that they face. With sanctions, economical issues and a collapsing currency, the response to the earthquake only becomes harder. The international community needs to rise to fulfill its responsibility for aid and emergency measures to prevent further issues from arising. crisis. As the United Nations Security Council attempts to send aid to Syria, it has been stopped in Russia by the refusal of allowing other crossing points to function because of Russia’s support for President of Syria Bashar al-Assad. Pres-

The international response has been mostly positive in supporting Turkey and Syria with an exception of the Islamophobia that remains in the Western world. While social media and the progression of society have improved how the Western world views the Middle East, Eastern countries still face attacks due to religion.

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The rebuilding of the countries is difficult when considering the

Though the Turkey-Syria earthquakes have devastated the countries to an immeasurable amount and people continue to encourage aid and hope for a positive future for the countries, some peo- ple do not seem to agree with them on the basis of their Islamaphobic view.

Two mosques in London have been targeted and received Islamaphobic letters. The letter was titled “To all worshippers of the make-believe religion of Islam.”

“This heartfelt letter is to express my sincerest sorrow about the events in Turkey and Syria,” one letter read. “However I wish to make it clear that it is not heartfelt sorrow I feel that thousands of people died. I am only sincerely sorry that more Muslims didn’t die.”

The letter continues to wish for more deaths from the earthquakes.

“There should have been at least 2 million dead, at the very minimum,” it said. “I could not stop smiling watching people being pulled from the rubble, thankfully some dead, sadly some still alive. I really hope that the recent earthquake will be one of many more to come.”

The letter follows by slandering Islam with non-factual statements and stereotypes that have followed Muslims for years. The writer of the letter hopes for more suffering for Muslims and does not believe that Islamophobia is real.

The mosque community had personal connections to people that died in the earthquake.

The mosques filed reports but inquiries are still ongoing and there have been no arrests, according to the police. There continues to be growing anger in how the residents of Turkey and Syria have been treated with the corrupt infrastructure practices and the Islamaphobic commentary from the international community. The devastation is not just limited to the physical tragedy but also the politics that surround the countries.