Most of us have, during our lives, reached a point in a friendship that becomes plagued with anger, fights, silences, extended silences, one-sided bad-mouthing, mutual bad-mouthing and/or violence (hopefully...

4,486 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq and 2,345 U.S. soldiers have died in Afghanistan since 2001. That’s 6,831 dead soldiers in 15  years. On the streets of America,  in the last two years, close...

Is it the color itself that influences emotions, or is it the reputation society has given them that has impacted the essence of colors and their meanings? There is no escaping the world of color. It...

Get ready to kiss your local bookstore goodbye! With the creation of new sites, apps, and tablets like iBooks, Audible, Kindles, and iPads, the need for paper books has been virtually eradicated. But...

“You’re fired,” are the words that disqualify contestants on reality game show, “Celebrity Apprentice.” The object of the game is to navigate a job interview and attain employment at a multi-million...

 Let’s play a game. A guessing game in which you, the reader of this story, try to figure out who I’m talking about. I’ll give you two words. Extreme comb over. If you haven’t guessed it by now,...

Plagiarism is defined as “the act of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as your own.” Everything is plagiarism. Originality does not exist. Much of what you do and say is a...

It seems as if there is a polarized debate on this subject: on one hand there are those who believe that it is a necessary and a safer bet to choose higher education; on the other hand, there are those...

What defines a sport? Is it something that involves physical exercise? Something that involves mental exercise? Something that you practice? Is it the viewership? Is it the amount of sponsors? Should...

Skiing has been practiced as a recreational activity ever since the 1800s. Its origins date back thousands and thousands of years. However, snowboarding began just over 50 years ago. The popularity of...

While applying to college this year, I received countless questions from friends and family about the process. Which colleges are you applying to? What are your test scores? What is your essay about? What...

Failure. The word itself makes you want to sink into your shoulders, hide your face and waddle off in shame. However, failure isn’t always a bad thing. When a defeat is taken as a learning experience,...