May 30, 2017
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 level thinking questions. AVID changes people’s lives, and in this video you will see how. How has AVID Helped me? Before
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“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 not stop Lil Wayne from putting that into his song “Yes”(verse 4 lines 1-3). For the average listener, hearing these types
Read More303 - May 29, 2017
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 to build up a resistance to larger ones, and doing that one thing where you trap your thumb in your fist
Read More172 - May 25, 2017
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 maze runner or when you’re in the hunger games ? Read on. WARNING/DISCLAIMER: I’m not being serious that I believe in
Read More169 - May 24, 2017
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 two different health care economic enslavements, and how they are navigating their way to, what’s that? Yeah, freedom. Well, a kind
Read More146 - May 24, 2017
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 holds a cold and somber connotation. The camps had no heat or running water and the prisoners lay 10 per bed
Read More706 - May 23, 2017
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 veterinary evidence medicine that the emotional bond between people and companion animals can have a positive impact of emotional and physical
Read More108 - May 23, 2017
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 weeks when he had suddenly began to send messages stating that he heard Megan was mean to her friends and didn’t
Read More126 - May 23, 2017
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, using racial slurs such as the “N” word, having sex with multiple women at a time and including the use
Read More114 - May 23, 2017
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 not enough. She traveled to three different states, Minnesota, Maine, and Florida. Barbara got a job and rented a place to
Read More214 - May 22, 2017
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 his life. At the age of 18, Shane had already began smoking cigarettes because everybody else in his family did. His
Read More235 - May 22, 2017
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 aside her worries and continue her life as normal. But in June due to the man in her current relationship, she
Read More102 - May 22, 2017
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 without a motive seem to point towards terrorism. The Star Tribune reported that the “attack suspect referenced Allah during attack”. It is
Read More214 - May 11, 2017
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. Spoonflower uses this idea of creativity and personalization. What It Is Spoonflower is an online company that allows people to
Read More151 - May 11, 2017
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 the pricing of the railroads and they set ridiculously high prices that the people were forced to pay since they needed
Read More150 - May 11, 2017
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 buy more and fill the void. This is the story of Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, theminimalists. Fed up with
Read More158 - May 10, 2017
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 the male and the female. But over many, many years, society has attached certain traits to the genitals and as humans,
Read More196 - May 10, 2017
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 the Furious, Spider-Man Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, and Wonder Woman are some of the reasons why 2017 is
Read More119 - May 10, 2017
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 and used as bait for a larger pit bull, he was inflicted with mortal wounds to the left side of his
Read More122 - May 9, 2017
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 an eating disorder?More and more girls are starting to grow with the idea that being “skinny” is the key to success
Read More134 - May 9, 2017
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 failure or suicide. Beyond their actual cause of death these men are connected in their past. Athletes in their early twenties
Read More139 - May 1, 2017
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 walked down, talking about butts is probably one of the most common subjects or at least talking about someone else. Entering
Read More206 - May 1, 2017
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 illegal brutality. In 2012 Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer for being black and looking guilty. In an
Read More183 - April 28, 2017
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. The original was definitely, as Gretchen Weiners would say: “So Fetch”. When I heard that their was a second movie, I
Read More322 - April 28, 2017
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. Reality is men and women are not equal when it comes to pay day. Women earn just 79 cents for
Read More465 - April 25, 2017
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 know that they were actually serial killers. She thought they were four people chosen at random for her to try to
Read More111 - April 25, 2017
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 room down for examination. Meanwhile, in the room next door, an 8 year old boy is fighting for his life, in
- April 25, 2017
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 the Washington State’s Department of Labor and Industries looked the other way should outrage every mother in Washington State” (K. Anderson).
Read More152 - April 25, 2017
“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 about 5 years ago. They were deep in credit card debt from careless spending. The Wilsons realized they needed to make
Read More148 - April 25, 2017
One of the most known hockey players over the years has been Sidney Crosby. He plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL hockey team. Crosby is a leader in the league for points, he has had 338 goals and 600 assists over his career. He is a has won two stanley cups, and has won a
Read More166 - April 25, 2017
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 that you don’t want everyone to see. Snapchat has this feature. This makes Snapchat a great app for sexting. Salvador Rodriguez,
Read More173 - April 25, 2017
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 fans began criticizing the images. Many even say they are not real. Fans are lashing out on the fact that their
Read More119 - April 18, 2017
“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. One in every five adults claim they have seen a ghost according to a 2009 Pew Research Center survey. Most people’s minds
Read More136 - April 18, 2017
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, with the parents knowing of all the interactions. He succeeded with relative success, and posted the video on YouTube, showing how
Read More134 - April 18, 2017
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.” A picture of a dessert is posted with the caption: “This brownie looks like diabetes.” Even a simple Google search
Read More189 - April 18, 2017
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 to do drugs, be violent, skip school, and many other things that are causing them to act out. But is the
Read More127 - April 18, 2017
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 pay for it – itś gone forever. There are many ways people are careless on the roads, two of which include
Read More147 - April 18, 2017
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. Once she got out there, she found her husband mowing the lawn naked. He was asleep while doing so, and Rebekah
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