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by Alaa Alharbi Have you ever felt like everyone has judged you just because you dress differently? Well, I have. The first time I traveled to…
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By Toni McDowell Traditionally, going away to college is supposed to be the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in your life. The one where…
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By Logan Belew All Americans are familiar with our historic triumph over the German and Japanese forces in World War II. The United States was a…
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By Greg Amentini A popular thing to do in America is to drink diet soda to lose weight or while dieting. This however is not the…
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by Samantha Jordan I broke up with Mark a little after four years of us dating, two months before he was going to propose to…
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by Ian Selzer There is a sliver of immaturity in all of us. You can disregard the previous comment, or conform with it, but when it…
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by Clayton Graening The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines photography as “the art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and especially light…
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by Clay Kozlowski When you picture a diesel engine, what do you see? An old truck, dirty and heavy with clouds of diesel smoke pouring…
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by Jacob Sweet When our time on Earth has passed how do you want people to remember you? Do you want them to remember you…
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by Zakirah Woods Chapter 1 I stared at the women laying in the casket, body wrapped in a thick black blanket and tied together with…