What is AVID? Advancement Via Individual Determination, (AVID), is an organization that helps prepare students for college. AVID helps students become more organized by using a planner and helps students write and answer higher levelContinue reading
The Biggest Misconception
“Yes I do it big/ Call me little astronomical/ Weezy F baby and the ‘F’ is for phenomenal”. Just let that sink in. Phenomenal doesn’t even start with the letter ‘F’. However, that did notContinue reading
Starvation Diets More Like TheDumb
Starving yourself to lose weight is probably one of the more stupid things you can possibly choose to do. It’s up there with drinking saltwater to stay hydrated, shooting yourself with smaller caliber bullets toContinue reading
Do Drugs and Escape to Reality?
Life is all a lie. Earth is really just an experiment under a bigger power. Ever think about our world being just one big set up, where were all being controlled like the mazeContinue reading
Health for Everyone, Everywhere
Here’s the story of H. Alan Scott: “So sit back and let me tell you a story of two Americans that have been denied coverage. It’s the true story of two brothers, living in twoContinue reading
Animal Holocaust: How the Suffering from the Holocaust Never Ended
Auschwitz was regarded as the most effective concentration camp established by the Nazis in pursuit of the “Final Solution.” Unknown numbers of people of various nationalities perished in the camp. Even today the name holdsContinue reading
Do animals really help people with anxiety?
Many cancer patients have said having a animal such as a dog or getting to hangout with them has lowered their stress levels. J. Michael McFarland says “There is mounting evidence in human and veterinaryContinue reading
The Silent Killer: Cyberbullying
In October of 2006, just a few weeks before her 14th birthday, Megan Meier hanged herself. She had been talking to a boy named Josh, who she had met via MySpace, for about 5 weeksContinue reading
Raindrop, Drop Top, Does Rapping Need To Stop Stop?
A$AP Rocky Live Concert at Forest National Bruxelles-5462 Image by Kmeron on Flickr A$AP Rocky’s single “F*cking Problems”, is a song widely known among teenagers in the USA. Rapping explicitly about calling women female dogs,Continue reading
Less is more: The minimum wage battle
Post by LeannaC. Featured image by Pixels The book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is a true story published in the New York Times about an undercover journalist who tries to prove minimum wage is notContinue reading
Smoking: Why it should be banned
Posted by Kelli K. Shane, decided to share his story with the world to try and stop smoking. Shane was from wisconsin and never knew how bad smoking was for him until eventually it took hisContinue reading
If you want to stick it in, stick it in
In January of 2012 Char, a single mother of four, noticed something about her body slightly abnormal. She would have odd bleeding whenever she would participate in sexual intercourse. For months she would put asideContinue reading
From Worship to Warship
Hitting Close to Home Eight people were stabbed at the Crossroads mall in St. Cloud. Those eight people did not know the day was going to take a terrible turn. Violent acts like this withoutContinue reading
DIY Digital Design: A Guide to Designing Fabric on Spoonflower.com
Personalizing something is definitely not a new idea. Many companies, including Shutterfly, for digital scrapbooking, WH Hostess, for monogrammed products, and even Gap, with their variety of sizes, fits, and colors, are centered around people’s originality.Continue reading
Is Apple becoming a monopoly?
In the early 19th century the railroad companies had a great monopoly. The railroads were most people’s only form of transportation. Westward expansion was progressing and the railroad companies were booming at the time. The railroad companies controlled theContinue reading
Live More With Less?
Two guys with six-figure jobs, luxury cars and oversized houses with rooms upon rooms in “need” of things. Sounds like the American dream, huh? How about this? They worked 70-80 hours each week just to buyContinue reading
Does the label “transgender” actually reinforce the gender binary?
Penis and vagina! Can you believe these things divide and conjecture the behavior and actions of human beings? I can because people love categorizing! Sexual organs hold the answer to the only difference between theContinue reading
Will 2017 Hold the Best Movies In the US?
The year 2017 will hold the best movies to ever be made compared to the previous years. Logan, Cars 3, Transformer The Last Knight, Kong Skull Island, Justice League, Thor Ragnarok, The Fate of theContinue reading
Plight of the Pitbull
Posted by Maddie Johnson Featured image by stiv xyz Pit bulls are routinely forced to fight one another for the twisted amusement of humans. At just ten weeks old Oogy was tied to stake andContinue reading
Pretty Girls Don’t Eat
Featured image: mojzagrbinfo Not many people look at a skeleton and think “Dang those are some pretty bones.” So if this is the case then how come every hour one person dies because of anContinue reading
Has the school of hard knox changed for football?
Tyler Sash, Terry Long, and Mike Webster are all beloved names in the world of football. They are also a percentage of football players who died a few years too young due to a heart failureContinue reading
Judge me, will you?!
Image created by Eric Bailey seriously, “OH MY GOD Becky, look at her butt, it is so big!”. As a high school student, in the hallways many conversations exist but of the many times I’ve walkedContinue reading
Racial profiling what’s the deal?
Black males are victim to several counts of beating and gunshots from police every year. In 1992 Rodney King was a victim of racial profiling and police brutality. Even today cops get away with illegalContinue reading
Blockbuster or Lackluster: Why Mean Girls 2 Was a Catastrophe
Missing the Mark I was 12 years old when I first discovered the world of Mean Girls, I was at a softball party with friends when I saw the original movie and loved it. TheContinue reading
Why Do Women Get Paid Less than Men?
As little girls, we were told that we can be whatever we want. We were told that girls can do just as much as boys can. We were told that boys and girls are equal.Continue reading
Astrology is Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus
Recently the television show Unsolved Mysteries did an astrological study about serial killers. A well-known astrologist, Carolyn Reynolds, was given four astrological charts of four serial killers but the twist was that she did not knowContinue reading
To Give or to Not Give- Donate Your Life
Donation After Death Beep…..Beep….Beeeeeeeeep. “Time of death 17:38.” Your patient now rests lifeless in the bed with warm, viable organs aching to carry out their functions. The Pathologist arrives to take the body from the roomContinue reading
Should the United States Grant Illegal Immigrants Citizenship?
Illegal Immigration “If current immigration laws had been enforced my son would be alive today! The fact that a LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZEN can be killed on the job site by an illegal alien while theContinue reading
“Materialism” How Do We Really Measure Our Success and Happiness?
“Owing over $35,000 on 3 cars, $11,000 in student loans and $10,000 in credit card debt” is scary, not to mention mortgage payments adding up to $200,000. This is what a Delaware couple was going through aboutContinue reading
What it’s Like to Play Women’s Hockey in a Men’s World
One of the most known hockey players over the years has been Sidney Crosby. He plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL hockey team. [pullquote]Crosby is a leader in the league for points, he has hadContinue reading
Snapchat: The Reality of Teens’ Most Addictive App
What if an app had a setting where you needed a password to access the pictures you take? But why would you need to hide appropriate pictures? Password protection would help to hide pictures thatContinue reading
Think photography is just a hobby? The truth will blow your mind
Back in 2015, Beyonce’s fans lashed out over 200 untouched photos from a previous photoshoot that got leaked on a fan site. There was a mix of feelings about the images but thousands of fansContinue reading
Minnesota schools offer more than just an education: Ghosts
“Old School” by alamosbasement Doors slamming, chairs rocking, footsteps falling none of these things are out of the ordinary until you add in the fact that they were all done with seemingly no people. OneContinue reading
Online Rights, Privacy Vs. Security
In 2014, YouTuber Coby Persin conducted an experiment in which he created a FaceBook account of a 15 year old, in which he lured multiple girls around the same age to meet him, withContinue reading
No, you did not “go to the state fair and come home with diabetes”
A picture of a group of friends holding some variation of deep fried food on a stick is posted to Instagram. The caption reads, “I went to the state fair and came home with diabetes.”Continue reading
Music, the Reason Behind America’s Problems?
What is the problem? From Eminem and Marilyn Manson, to even the Beatles, music has been blamed for many people’s decisions to commit crime. Parents often claim their kids are being influenced by music toContinue reading
Driving Drunk or Drowsy, both are Deadly
Being careful costs you nothing. Being careless can cost you everything. Whether you kill yourself or kill someone else, the end result is terminal. Once a life is taken, you can´t fix it or payContinue reading
Why Do We Dream What We Dream?
During the night around 2 a.m., Rebekah Armstrong awoke to a loud noise coming from outside. She discovered that her husband, Ian Armstrong, wasn’t in bed with her, so she went outside to investigate. OnceContinue reading