When I first came to Shippensburg University, I did not know what to expect. I attended a few orientation events and then spent the rest of my time in my new room, which I later learned I would have to share with two people.
The Denver Broncos, deciding that the future is now, dipped deep into their pockets and signed Peyton Manning to a free agent contract.
What is the cost of a life taken by someone else? This is a question that I am sure no one could answer because a person’s life is worth more than money.
Many employers are now entering the new “trend” of requesting Facebook passwords from applicants.
Once again, and for reasons that are often unclear to the public, gas prices are rising weekly. What can we, as a country, do to become less dependent on foreign oil?
Everywhere we look we are faced with stereotypes. Many think stereotypes are just used for humor, but that is not true; they are used in media production every day. Last week, the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s released a frozen yogurt flavor dedicated to New York Knicks starting point guard Jeremy Lin titled, “Taste the Lin-Sanity.” This new product was made with lychee honey swirls and fortune cookies.
If the latest reports are true, it appears there may be another “meatball” joining the “Jersey Shore” family tree.
During my time here at Shippensburg University, whenever I proposed any positive change, I always heard, “this is a conservative area.” The more I heard that phrase, the more upset I became.
With the way the economy is right now, many people are scraping to make and save as much money as possible.
When most people hear about the disease anorexia, young girls and women come to mind. People seem to think that this disease only affects insecure, troubled women, but that is not true in our world today. Past all the magazines, pressure from the media and all types of beauty products, anorexia has been affecting a new group of people, boys and young men. Some may think anorexia affects boys and men at a small rate, but according to the National Eating Disorders Association, at least one million males in the United States are battling anorexia or bulimia. Anorexia is a diesease where food cosumption is haulted for the time being, become dealthy thin and malnutrition.
With the recent Dow Jones boost, one may assume that our nation’s economic crisis is finally beginning to gain some stability.
h yes, it is that time of year again, Valentine’s day. There are so many mixed feelings for this holiday that seems so overrated.
In 2009, the United States’ illegal immigrant population was estimated to be 10.8 million people. That was about 3.5 percent of our country’s overall population.
Death makes headlines. Naturally, it becomes a newsworthy topic when a top celebrity dies because it is simply “interesting.” It is interesting how and why he or she did.
If it is not a big enough rush to study at Harvard University, changing your whole life career after graduating with an economics major to playing professional basketball, triumphs all.
There is no doubt in my mind that the numerous advancements society has made in the communications field of technology has helped many people around the world.
Gay marriage has been legalized in seven U.S. states, with Washington being the most recent. In the world we live in today, people of different race, ethnic backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations walk among us on a day-to -day basis.
From chocolate to alcohol, nail biting to tanning, habits both good and bad are spread widely among us.
Should the Plan B pill be dispensed as easily as a bag of potato chips? Are we encouraging our youth to sleep around?
