"Who am I?, What am I" Some people live their entire lives trying to answer these questions, and some die, not knowing. We have our parents, friends, our dreams and aspirations who guide us in our quest for our identity. We need fathers to provide us with the backbone of our personali...

POWER AND POLITICS Fran Gibson was placed in an awkward position when Jennifer Chung, a financial analyst in Ken Hamilton's Department came into her office at 6:45 a.m. to complain about Ken's 'off-color' comments made her when they were alone within a month after Jenni...

Ring, ring, went Mandy's phone early Saturday Morning. It was Tori, Liz, and Kim, asking if she wanted to go to the mall and look for Halloween costumes. They all started talking about how much money they each had to spend and then on to boys and about their trick or treating plans. By the t...

Approximately six months ago I noticed a lump on my left hand. At first I was nervous because I've never had anything like this on my body before. But after talking with some friends and relatives, the general consensus was that I had some sort of cyst. I decided to take no action against ...

Modern Day Parallels to Macbeth Shakespeare Macbeth was a very greedy and unhappy man who was very susceptible to pressure. Everyone in todays modern world fits the Macbeth mold in one sense or another. There is not a living being that has never fallen prey to peer pressure, greed or jealous...

Christina Aguilera and Lil' Kim sing about the women of today's society. The song conveys the idea that woman in today's world 'can't be held down', in this case by men. Simply, it means that they will not be placed under the thumb and forced to do what the men wanted ...

Are you positive you want to do this? I heard this in the back of my head as I walked into the gym at Freeport Middle School. I was there for the first practice of the Freeport Force basketball team. As I moved closer to the doors I could hear basketballs bouncing continuously. I also heard shoes ...

Homecoming Night October is normally a very chilly time, but tonight was different it was actually quite pleasant with a great, cool, calm breeze. You could hear the crickets chirping in the meadow across from the football field. Everybody was out enjoying the beautiful weather for...

The Accident That Changed My Life I used to read in the news about people getting in car accidents all the time. The trouble is, I never thought it could happen to me. I guess you could say that I saw myself as invincible. With the way I'd been living my life, something was bound to ha...