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May 16, 2018
Mark 16:15 “and He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” This is one of many bible verses telling christians to go out and spread god’s word, But where do we draw the line? Who gets to decide especially when the Supreme Court has ruled that Creationism has
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114- May 15, 2018
In Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the phrase “mirror, mirror on the wall” is never stated. It’s actually “magic mirror on the wall.” The Berenstein Bears don’t exist; It has always been The Berenstain Bears. There are even some who remember a 90’s movie that never existed, called Shazaam. Some would suggest this is
Read More183 - May 15, 2018
“Money and the power, once you get a ‘lil they just want to take you down”-Kid Ink Just goes to show that money is mostly idealistic. It is a want, but is there any relation to happiness? People of all ages get a job to pay the bills, learn valuable work skills or even buy their
Read More136 - May 14, 2018
Summer. Three months of sunshine, sitting by the refreshingly blue pool, and eating melting chocolate ice cream on hot summer days. The inevitable stress of school disappearing with the cold weather. No more dreadfully long seven-hour school days followed by hours of seemingly pointless homework. Waking up to the delightful sound of birds chirping outside
Read More162 - May 14, 2018
I’m a very high maintenance teenager. I’ve been this way since I came out of the womb quite honestly. Everyday myself, and many of my other teen counterparts wake up at the crack of dawn to get ready for school. I wake up at 4:45 am before school in order to get myself put together.
Read More107 - May 11, 2018
When Bryan’s wife first hit him, he was shocked, but knowing that it was inappropriate to hit back, he remained submissive, curled up in a ball, hands around the head, as she screamed and hit him. Like a lot of other victims of domestic violence, Bryan believed that he was to blame for this, as
Read More110 - May 11, 2018
My aunt and mom have previously been Lutheran pastors, and my dad is currently a pastor at a Lutheran church. My family has a religious background. Sometimes when people hear that both my parents are pastors, they immediately think I’m a saint, and that I could never do wrong. Others call me a snob (not
Read More187 - May 4, 2018
Collapsing in tears and overwhelmed by the increase of school demands, high school teenagers like Carolyn Walworth constantly long for sleep. During school days she fights to stay awake in her morning classes, nodding off every few minutes struggling to focus. Like many other teens, she must climb through piles of homework before finally crawling into
Read More159 - May 4, 2018
Imagine getting killed by your spouse for them only to inherit your money. Well, this happens more than you believe it would. In July, a CBS news article released that a woman named, Uloma Walker-Curry was convicted of murdering her husband for $100,000. After being tens of thousands in debt, almost in financial ruin. Causing her
Read More148 - April 12, 2018
People who live with spinal cord injury may feel like there is no hope for a cure, but The Big Idea is a treatment for those living with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). The treatment is Epidural Stimulation which is an application of electrical current to the lower spinal cord using little chips that are implanted over
Read More204 - April 12, 2018
On May 31, 2014 a twelve-year-old girl named Payton Leutner was stabbed 19 times by two of her twelve-year-old friends who were trying to please a fictional character called Slender Man. Leutner’s friends lured her into a Waukesha park, stabbed her and left her for dead. If the two twelve-year-old girls were convicted in juvenile
Read More255 - April 10, 2018
In 1607, the North American colony Virginia was established by the English. These colonists wished to compete with the Spanish who found gold and riches in South America. The English named their new colony Virginia, in honor of their Queen Victoria. The name Virginia refers to the Queen’s supposed chastity, rather than her leadership abilities
Read More238 - April 9, 2018
JonBenet Ramsey was a very successful pageant girl who was found murdered on December 26th, 1996. This little beauty pageant girl had a great history in the beauty pageant world, winning several awards according to CNN, ranging from Little Miss Colorado, Americas Royale Miss, National Tiny Miss Beauty, and several others. Unsurprisingly, the media is automatically more
Read More127 - April 9, 2018
Henry, a 94 year old man living in a nursing home, has suffered from dementia for the last ten years of his life. He sits in his chair with his head down and only speaks to others when he has to. One day, a pair of headphones was placed on his head playing his favorite
Read More159 - April 9, 2018
The media, our teachers and professors, globally renowned celebrities and so many other self styled victims have become pawns in spreading the greatest deception that continues to perpetuate the American and Global society: The Gender Pay Gap. In celebrating women’s equality, our country, the great United States of America, seems to be at fault for
Read More149 - March 28, 2018
featured image by Pixabay I am clinically diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Now before you begin to process that, let me tell you some common reactions to this statement: “Get over it.” “Your problems are irrelevant if you’re not homeless, abused, or living in battlefield.” “So what if you feel like a mass of loneliness
Read More212 - March 28, 2018
Most of us are liars, we put on an act that the honest to god truth should come before all else and that every other factor should start to falter in comparison. However, when faced with a dangerous truth, it would be a safe bet that a strong majority of us would prefer to stay
Read More518 - March 28, 2018
My oldest cousin, Heidi, is a foster mother and has recently been taking care of an 8-month-old baby girl named Charlie. Charlie’s birth mother is a methadone addict and was pregnant with her while taking methadone. This caused Charlie to have many difficulties when she was born including, an early birth with a premature weight
Read More171 - March 27, 2018
Students in classrooms complain of having to sit in classrooms all day. A story from ideas demco about changing the seating in classrooms is, “With 7 different types of seating available, it took about 2 ½ weeks for students to try all of them.” She gave students many different options. The story continues, it states,
Read More176 - March 27, 2018
“The Labor Department reports that nearly 5,000 American workers die from workplace accidents each year. Ninety percent, more than 4,400, are male. We are often reminded that only 24 women are CEOs of the Fortune 500. But what about the Unfortunate 4,400?” -Christina Hoff Sommers in a 2016 Time magazine article. Have those 4,400 men
Read More503 - March 26, 2018
In the United States in 1800 felony disenfranchisement did not exist. After the war ended southern states were bitter over their loss of one of their biggest economic staples, slavery. Racial discrimination was common in those times and most people didn’t want African Americans and other former slaves to be able to contribute in one of
Read More115 - March 26, 2018
If you asked adults about their childhood they would probably tell you how they would go outside and play hockey in the street with the neighborhood kids or go over to a friends house to play in a treehouse. My dad tells me all kinds of stories like this, even some crazier ones like when
Read More207 - March 23, 2018
In a Huffington Post article titled “Honor Roll Student Banned From Graduation Because Of This Shirt” explains that an honor roll student from Hickory Ridge High School was picking an outfit when she decided to wear a shirt that showed her shoulders. The school administration did not think this was appropriate for school, so she was asked to change. She
Read More785 - March 23, 2018
Death, violence, and unnecessary arrests. What do all these things have in common? These words are all results of protesters trying to take down Confederate monuments across the United States of America. Why People Want the Statues Removed June 17, 2015 will be a day remembered in history as a tragic event that brought awareness
Read More299 - March 22, 2018
Franz Kafka, an author, wanted his writing to be burned after his death because he was worried people would hate his work. Kafka wrote during the 1900s and was severely under appreciated. He would write a few books and pour everything into his work while he was alive, but they would get no fame until
Read More176 - March 22, 2018
When Danish engineer Peter Laurits Jensen invented the loudspeaker in December of 1915, it revolutionized the way we listen to music. However, no one could have predicted who would benefit the most from Jensen’s invention: Adolf Hitler. The Nazi party brainwashed German citizens by installing loudspeakers in every public place they possibly could. That way,
Read More221 - March 21, 2018
When you think of the 1920´s, what comes to mind? Prohibition? The Roaring Twenties? Whatever it may be, on August 18th of 1920, a monumental decision in American history was made. That decision? Women, for the first time in U.S history, were granted the right to vote. Since then, much has changed in regard of
Read More326 - March 21, 2018
“Marilyn Monroe found dead in the nude,” was a common news headline after Marilyn Monroe’s death. She was found on August 5th, 1962, lying face down on her bed, naked, having overdosed on Nembutal. She had been struggling with a mental illness for a couple years and had been fired from the movie Somethings Got to
Read More265 - March 20, 2018
Charlotte was 3 months old when the first one struck. The second came just a week later. By 6 months they sent her to the hospital repeatedly. In a frantic search to find what was wrong with their baby girl, her parents Matt and Paige had “a million-dollar work-up” done which consisted of an MRI,
Read More148 - March 19, 2018
Dogs and cats have been the two most popular pets for years on years, with this they have also been compared a lot. With both sides have many supporters. However in my opinion dogs are the better pet, however that doesn’t mean that cats are a bad pet, it’s just dogs are that good. One
Read More296 - March 16, 2018
Competitive video games? That’s not a real sport, there’s no action, excitement, no physical competition, not much of anything, right? This is how almost everyone not exposed to the competitive nature of video games would react. The fact is Competitive gaming is big and here to stay. Competitive video games more commonly referred to as
Read More176 - March 16, 2018
Attention, the school you are attending is now going to have school all year round. If you are reading this you are probably going to be a little mad at first. You also probably think that this means that you are going to be in school longer, or that we have to do more work
Read More253 - March 14, 2018
Imagine your house burnt down. Completely obliterating everything you love and own just because of a mistake you did not even notice you were making. Alison is a single mom who lives in Colorado and one mistake made her whole world literally burn down. Alison tells how harmlessly doing laundry caused her house fire; “I
Read More227 - March 14, 2018
The U.S Government–our government–the backbone of our country–the group of people that we have trust in to make smart, strong, fearless decisions that will affect how we live our everyday lives have been questioned, examined, and challenged by the people of its country because of the many conspiracy theories regarding the attacks of Septemeber 11,
Read More204 - March 12, 2018
Animals are pretty chill. With their strong sense of smell, detection dogs are used to help find drugs, contraband, blood, etc. which helps the police keep us safe. Sea lions that are trained to monitor the ocean have sensors attached to their fur and they go deep in the ocean and track water pressure and
Read More312 - March 12, 2018
On Christmas eve in 1982 a polar bear was born. Her name was Zara. Zara was born at a zoo in Germany. Less than 3 years after she was born Zara would be sold away from her family and to an animal trainer with questionable credibility. For the rest of her life Zara was sold
Read More477 - March 9, 2018
In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every single day. Not many people think about what racial profiling is, some people think it doesn’t even think it exists or how it affects everyday lives, but you or anyone could have possibly done it. Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity
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