Finding Humility: Lessons learned in poverty-stricken Guatemala
“Will you buy a walking stick? They are only 30 quetzals,” the shabbily dressed little girl said in Spanish to my father. She carried a...
Mental Healthcare for its Own Sake
The day after the high school stabbing in Pennsylvania in April, one of my teachers announced that the student who stabbed 16 people at his...
Winter Soldier Review
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the latest movie in both the Captain America and Marvel franchises. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (Arrested...
Miley Cyrus concert review
Mind blown. The feeling anyone would have after stepping out of Miley Cyrus’s 3 hour-long Bangerz concert. Cyrus performed at the PNC Arena in Raleigh,...
When should schools intervene with social media
Our world is getting smaller and smaller; not literally of course, but through the use of the Internet and social media websites. As teens get...
The Last Season
Whether you want to call it fútbol or soccer, it’s hard to disagree that it is a beautiful game. For all of my life, ever...
Teens forced to make important life decisions
The pressures of society for youth to plan out their lives are huge. Yes, some type of general idea is necessary, but it is harmful...
People just passed me by: the horrors of my car accident
The worst part wasn’t the car tumbling, it wasn’t the roof collapsing on my head; the worst part wasn’t even my uncontrollable screaming. The passing...
Why I became an Atheist
My mother and I found Bo at a rest stop in Virginia when I was two. He was a German-Shepherd mix, more mutt than purebred....