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No Small Potatoes: Dinner sheds light on social injustice

June 4, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

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 […]

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Legislators Get Schooled

June 3, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

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 […]

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Pro Con: Is Edward Snowden a traitor or a man of courage?

April 8, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

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 Agency (NSA) documents to the media has […]

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Design editor’s Spanish translations transform village

March 20, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

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 […]

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The need to end the prejudice against mental illness

March 5, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

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 […]

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Court Rooms and Broadway Shows

February 20, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

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 while […]

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Combating bullying: Falcons ‘roar’ for Katy Perry

December 5, 2013 Zach Godwin 0

What is it like to be a Falcon? At the beginning of my freshman year, I walked onto campus just like many freshmen do, scared and excited. I was scared of the “giant” seniors, but […]

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Feet and journalism: Conference offers new perspective

December 5, 2013 Zach Godwin 0

I have weird feet. They are wide and short and ultimately inconvenient. For years, Rack Room Shoes was my venom, Shoe Carnival was not a festival in any respect and Crocs were just never an option. […]

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October 4, 2013 Zach Godwin 0

Though it was well past midnight, Joan Smith sat at her kitchen table, staring at the pile of bills that needed to be paid. Her $2,700 monthly paycheck — before taxes and Social Security deductions […]

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Should teachers be judged by their students’ scores?

September 23, 2013 Zach Godwin 0

 “We will be judging your success and talent as a teacher based on your students’ test scores and the amount of growth your students show over the course of the year. Whether or not you […]

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