Embrace the Chub Being chubby is awesome, not going to lie. I love being chubby. Chubbiness is one of my favorite characteristics and is also a very entertaining word to say. Along with being heavier set, there’s a lot of negative energy aimed at me. First off, chubbier individuals are [...]
Not Nuts About Nuts It was a normal summer afternoon about eight years ago. I was just a small fourth grader when my sister came home with a container full of cashews. Since I always enjoyed snacks containing peanut butter and tree nuts I was eager to taste them; not [...]
The Lundquist Brand I am a Lundquist. To most, that doesn’t mean anything. To teachers, it means I am related to one of the brilliant students they have had before. To me, being a Lundquist means attempting, usually in vain, to meet expectations set impossibly high by siblings and upheld [...]
Sorry, I'm American The sun hurt my eyes as I stepped out of the small plane and into the hot, humid air. I walked down the stairs, across the tarmac, and into the airport baggage claim. As I retrieved a cart for my luggage, a cry rang out. “Luis! [...]
Lack of Appreciation Michael Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009. Congress held a moment of silence on June 26, 2009 to recognize the singer’s unprecedented talent and his humanitarian efforts. Meanwhile, the number of casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq are amounting to numbers in the thousands. And the numbers [...]
A Dose of Reality Growing up, I was always told to appreciate life; I was always told to never take anything for granted; I was always told to remember that things could be worse. These cliché phrases swirled around me my entire childhood, yet it wasn’t until I was fifteen [...]
Group projects for many teachers are perfect situations where students can help each other learn. For many students, the word means...
By Rebecca Friedemann Never forget Brett. Those are the three words printed on the orange basketball I have attached to my keychain. The problem is I never even knew Brett. He died back in 2004, before we were in high school, before we yearned for a license, before any of [...]
The construction of the Islamic Center being built two blocks north of Ground-Zero in New York City has caused too much controversy, provoked too much...
Stress: the feeling that makes you want to punch an innocent freshman in the face, otherwise known as a state of mental tension resulting from...