My least favorite phrase in the world is, “Boys will be boys.” In the last few weeks, I have heard it entirely too much and, to make matters worse, I’ve heard it used in a context where it doesn’t...
Slut. Whore. Fat. Snob. The words reeled through the high school girl’s mind as she cried herself to sleep for yet another night in a row. Every day she heard them whispered as she passed her fellow students...
Pro: There should be an age limit to use a firearm On Aug. 25, vacation turned to devastation for the Maclachlan family when their 9-year-old daughter accidentally shot Charles Vacca. Vacca was teaching...
I have met the future president of the United States. In fact, I have ridden on a bus with, eaten meals with and spent a week sleeping in the same hotel as the future president of the United States. I have met...
I lie to my mother because of ketchup. Heinz first inspired me to be dishonest at Texas Roadhouse when I was five. Hunger and evidently an adventurous spirit led me to order the “Lil’ Dillo Sirloin...
As students walk down the hallway at West, they can’t help but notice the worn, dilapidated state of the hallways or the water-stained tiles in the classrooms. It is no secret that the residents of...
Pro: Edward Snowden, an American computer specialist, former Central Intelligence Agency employee and former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed a large number of top secret National Security...
Sierra! We need you, come over here!” a couple of my friends called erratically. I rose once again from my post among the children surrounding me and responded to the cry for help as I had done consistently...
More than four years ago I met a new friend at my church. Let’s call her Jen. Jen had been home schooled all of her life up until her senior year when she attended Hendersonville High School. She struggled...
I am a social anxiety-ridden Broadway star because of mock trial. Allow for me to explain. From a young age, I feared public speaking. “Show and tell” was a knee-knocking nightmare in first grade...
