As I sit writing this column, it’s hard for me to believe that I have only five more full days of high school left. High school, for me, was quite a ride filled with many ups and downs.
Freshman year...
It’s a common perception that the debate over global warming is fiercely raging. Ideologues clash on the evening news over the polar ice caps, various emissions-curbing schemes and the credibility of...
It’s a beautiful sight: the green checks lined up next to each other on the online Common App form, all of your supplements turned in and the most stressful part of high school just about over.
Hopefully,...
The government shutdown has dominated the political discourse for the last month and a half, and I’m sure many people know the basic circumstances around which the government shutdown revolved. Basically,...
The recent Syrian conflict has ignited a lot of controversy. This debate has largely focused on the legitimacy and wisdom of intervening in the conflict based on the Syrian government’s use of chemical...
Imagine this: you apply for work at the Dairy Bar down by Glenview Road. You do fine in the interview and get hired. Two days in, you’re fired and told that you’re “too ugly to work here.”
Pretty...
We all know that we got Osama bin Laden in Paki- stan two years ago. But what people don’t talk about is how we failed up until that day in 2011.
For example, according to The Nation, in Feb. 2002,...
Most of us have had that experience at one point or another. We reflexively check HomeLogic and find out that our participation grade in our favorite class is a C! We ask ourselves what we did and how...
“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
More than 40 years ago, Martin...
I turned 18 Nov. 13, 2012 (along with over 12 other classmates that have their birthdays a week within mine). I have to say, it was the most meaningful birthday I have had yet (well, second most meaningful).
First,...
Political sex scandals seem a dime a dozen these days. Bill Clinton, Herman Cain, Anthony Weiner, John Edwards…the list goes on.
It may be getting a little old and tired – but even the cover of Time...
Today, everything seems connected to the Internet. From Facebook to Google to WebAssign, everything seems like it’s being transplanted online.
So is this a bad thing? Unfortunately, yes. It can be.
According...
