Every day I sit out of the workforce, the harder it will be for me to find a job because of the stigma that is currently swirling in our society: unemployed folks are a bunch of deadbeat, lazy, trifling individuals looking for a handout.
College was the gateway to a better, more fulfilled, happy, glorious life. A week after graduation and I've quickly come to realize how untrue that really is.
Last week, I laid into the Mormons and Brigham Young University for their codified bigotry. I also noted that the Mormon Church is but one villain in this drama, and that Brigham Young University is by no means the only campus where homophobia and abuse of LGBT students is…
One Thursday night this teacher called me at home. “I’m out of cigarettes,” she said. “Could you do me the biggest favor, and come bring me a pack? My roommate’s out of town, and my car’s not working. And I’m just dying for a cigarette.”
Tucked away in the lower echelons of today's news, and rather reluctantly presented, is the story of two pre-university age teenagers who have taken the government to court over its decision, courtesy of 'Business Secretary' Vince Cable, to allow unversities across England (but not Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland,…
Spitting Game: The College Hook Up Culture opens Pandora’s Box and takes a penetrating look into the social lives of students. Hooking Up, described as a drunken, no strings attached sexual encounter has eclipsed traditional dating on college campuses across the nation. Spitting Game is a provocative and…
Ms. Henry For the past two years and two months, I have resided in a garbage can. The smells of old garbage, urine, and human funk permeate the air of my surroundings, and stray cats yowl in the middle of the night. The garbage can where I live actually…
By Gina Volpe Like vacations and naps, all good things must come to an end, and so went my love affair with Facebook. Much like a boyfriend who started out so promising, letting you in on his world filled with cool people who knew how to spell, but who…