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Elder teaches importance of love

Lauren Puckett February 14, 2013

There’s a lady who lives by herself on the east side of town. She’s one of those women who only gets prettier with age; her hair is always perfectly curled and has an elegant white pigment, never...

Five reasons to ... Valentines Day

Five reasons to … Valentine’s Day

Alyssa Sykuta February 14, 2013

 Do you love or hate Valentines day? Here are some pros and cons... [heading style="1"]Five Reasons to LOVE Valentine's Day[/heading] I’m a single, teenage girl – I should hate Valentine’s Day,...

Teens commercialize Valentines Day

Teens commercialize Valentine’s Day

Alyssa Piecko February 14, 2013

I remember in elementary school when every Valentine’s Day was an excuse to just have a party. I wrote out Valentine cards to everyone in the class because no one should feel excluded. And when I gave...

Optimism creates new perspective

Tyler Dunlap February 14, 2013

Finding inspiration isn’t usually something that we plan on doing. Most of the time it just happens, and it hits us. We are inspired. This summer I decided I needed some good karma and something to...

Awkward moment causes epiphany

Anna Wright February 13, 2013

It was 1:20 p.m. on a Friday. I was on AUT, and all I could think about was getting home. Exhausted, I was more than ready to change into sweatpants, collapse onto the couch with a bag of Gardettos and...

Are guns in school too much? Photo by Asa Lory

More guns in schools will decrease safety, have countereffect

Hagar Gov-Ari February 13, 2013

Following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., defenders of the Second Amendment of the Constitution have been up in arms, fighting to maintain their rights as citizens to legally...

Flipping the bird puts First Amendment freedom to the test

Flipping the bird puts First Amendment freedom to the test

Raj Satpathy February 12, 2013

Every single citizen in the United States should be aware of our “inalienable rights.” The supreme law of the land, the Constitution, guarantees certain privileges to everybody in the United States,...

Death penalty is unfair retribution

Death penalty is unfair retribution

Urmilla Kuttikad February 12, 2013

It’s easy in the United States to watch the world around us and judge it. We look at conflicts such as the ongoing genocide in Syria and feel proud that we’re not like that, that our hands aren't blood-stained,...

art by Paige Martin

Get lost: traveler finds the real destination

Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj February 8, 2013

In Mongolia’s countryside, dirt roads wind together and apart, splitting for two meters or 200, destined for waterless deserts or livestock-filled lake sides, limitless and unending. Mongolian nomads...

Time in foreign country teaches new values

Manal Salim February 1, 2013

Strolling down a cobblestone path in downtown Istanbul, my family and I were enjoying the afternoon of our summer vacation with ice cream cones. Scarfing down our desserts as quickly as possible was no...

Fair-weather friends dont survive the storm

Fair-weather friends don’t survive the storm

Ipsa Chaudhary February 1, 2013

A couple of days ago, as I watched The Help for the fourth time, I thought about how I would never have a friend like Hilly Holbrook. On the surface she is a respectable, polite woman who is involved...

Response to Armstrongs doping is out of proportion

Response to Armstrong’s ‘doping’ is out of proportion

George Sarafianos January 24, 2013

When I was in the third grade, we were taking a math test. I was never good at math, but I had studied and studied and studied and was confident. So that day, I walked into math as ready as could be...

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