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Throughout their developmental years, a person is only properly exposed to a limited number of professions, potentially narrowing their aspirations for the future. For example, picture books often illustrate the lives of firefighters, teachers, policemen, and construction workers early in one's life. This is done because it is simple for a young child to understand these jobs, but the exclusive exposure typically leads...
"If you don't care about music, I'm going to say two things: 1. You should.2. If you still don't, go to Record Store Day and watch how excited people get about something they can't even see. You can't even see music, right, but there is something so magical about it." Michael White 15' DALLAS-Early Saturday, 6:40AM, in a meandering line of...
Imagine losing interest in your favorite activities. Imagine becoming hostile and aggressive over mild accidents. Imagine having delusions so strong you can not separate them from reality. Imagine how hard it would be to constantly feel these polarizing emotions and then be isolated from your “friends” for something you have no control over. This ridicule is the harsh reality...
"Freedom of speech suggests that you can say whatever you think and that you stand next to your ideas that you defend. The others cannot agree with you but, if what you say doesn’t affect the life of others, you are still free to express yourself." - Marianne Demarolle, a 12th grader at École Internationale Bilingue The recent tragic events in...
“The whole point of feminism is being equal and the playing field being equal.” — Michele Elchlepp, Theology Department Co-Chair “I guess my question is, if feminist is the negative, what would be the positive?” — Anne Blackford, Mathematics Department Co-Chair “At its core, the question to ask is ‘do you believe in equal rights?’ If you do, you believe in...
"I want to see a man beaten to a bloody pulp with a high-heel shoved in his mouth, like an apple in the mouth of a pig." — Andrea Dworkin "I haven't the faintest notion what possible revolutionary role white heterosexual men could fulfill, since they are the very embodiment of reactionary- vested-interest-power. But then, I have great difficulty examining...
If one day you were diagnosed with a terminal illness that would most likely result in an extremely painful death, and you only had six months to live, how would you react? What would be the first thing to go through your mind after receiving this news? How would you feel? Would you decide to break bad and follow...
Airlines, common outposts of casual banter, are no stranger to the ire of travelers. In a world post-2008, when airlines introduced a slew of ancillary fees, such as baggage and change fees to augment their quickly sinking revenues, scrutinizing the performance of airlines seems almost ingrained in our beings. The Airline Quality Index, calculated by researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical...

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