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Get Your Lazy Kids off the Couch With the technology we have now days, kids have so many different electronics to play with; they’ve lost their sense of adventure and creativity. It’s rare to see kids playing with anything other than their... (more »)

Ten years ago, a new girl moved to our school. Naturally, we became fast friends and one night I went to her house for dinner. As I was leaving, her mother told me a startling fact. My friend, one of the happiest people I knew, was found... (more »)

Hunger affects families in the Hartland and Brookfield area where I live. And all of the schools in my school’s athletic division are extremely competitive. I want to use that competitiveness to help others in our community. All the schools in... (more »)

Ever since the discovery of evolution and DNA, we must ask, what does this imply for us as a species? The answer is the power we gave ourselves, the ability to change the environment we live in, and importantly, the food we consume. This has... (more »)

“We Don’t Vote, so It Doesn’t Matter” According to far too many teens and young adults in our nation, politics are something that youth of the United States shouldn’t be concerned about. This however won’t work for work for them later... (more »)

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and The pursuit of happiness. That to secure these Rights,... (more »)

Coral reefs are sometimes known as the “rainforests of the seas” because of the diversity among the species that they hold. Even though coral reefs occupy less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface, they are home to 25% of the world’s... (more »)

The choice of words used by the media can be crucial in creating a specific message to subtly (or not so subtly) project to viewers. Even though different news sources report on the same topics, they each put their own spin on the issue by wording... (more »)

Common belief holds that nuclear weapons are horrible weapons that have no place on the face of the Earth. It also holds that the path to peace and prosperity as a global community includes the disarmament of these weapons. The majority of... (more »)

The shootings at Virginia Tech, Columbine and Sandy Hook were all horrible incidents. They were all also statistical anomalies. You are more likely to die by toaster that in a school shooting. Because of these recent events gun control has become... (more »)