We commemorated her 75th birthday two weeks ago, a so-called monument and celebration of another year. We sang and opened presents, yet there is nothing I want to remember about this year. Addressing...

Currency issues have plagued mankind since the first hunter gatherers began trading between each other. These methods of exchange made sense, and they worked. If both traders decided their items were...

One of my favorite parts of birthday parties has always been when other people open their presents. It’s weird that opening presents myself isn’t what I love, but there’s just something about the...

With my eyelids sagging, I was exhausted when I neared the end of finishing my Advanced Placement: Literature and Composition final, two nights before the due date. While typing out a sentence, my laptop...

The phrase ‘high school’ has plenty of different meanings. Some consider it their time to “find themselves”, others make it into a chance to get good grades to enhance their future. Some think...

It hasn’t taken me long, during my yearlong running career, to become thoroughly obsessed with everything to do with the sport.  From spending much of my hard earned money on shorts, Dri-Fit shirts...

Humans have found many ways to govern themselves, from dictatorships to fascism, to democracy or theocracy. Any one system of law able to hold the masses under a common agreement is the recognized pillar...

It seems that every summer teenagers make the items on their bucket list more extravagant than the last. But some things will never change; the “hot spots” they constantly go to, until they are so...

The first day of summer vacation is Saturday, May 25, which happens to only be 2 days away. Many people will be laying out in the sun, hanging out with friends, and enjoying a break. I have come up with...

I’ve always detested reading. Even in elementary school, I remember hating trips to the school library because the teachers always made us check out a book, which just sat on my kitchen counter until...

[tabgroup][tab title="Redefining video games"] In order to sell, video games must contain amazing graphics, ear-ripping sounds and, in most situations, blood. Activision, the creators of the “Call...

Summer is filled with car rides, festivals and sun bathing. An essential part of all of those activities is music. I took it upon myself to develop a playlist filled with music I feel screams ‘summer...