This year I had the privilege to attend the the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which is held annually at the United Nations, and listen to various speakers addressing multiple issues of women’s rights and the threat...
The bell rings and you have three minutes to get to class. Do you rush to your next class to avoid being late? Go find your friends in the hallway to talk and joke around? Find your significant other to walk to class?
Or do...
87 percent of high school students are sleep deprived. Society is treating sleep like a luxury when really, it is a health need.
Teenagers are more prone to sleep deprivation because once they hit puberty, their circadian rh...
The tragic attacks in Paris, France and Beirut, Lebanon, which have casualties in the hundreds, and even more injured, left the world speechless and appalled. This is the first time a major Western nation was attacked by ISIS in ...
Many people - even human rights activists - are unaware of one of the most important days of the year. This day is International Day of the Girl which is celebrated on October 11th and promotes the years of struggle and hard ...
Whenever I would think about graduating high school, the first words that would come to my mind were always “see ya suckers.” And even now, amidst all my misty eyed, nostalgic classmates, I am not even slightly sad about...
My whole life I’ve been a huge advocate for rescuing dogs as opposed to buying them from a breeder; the rugged I-have-a-story-to-tell look always appealed more to me then a pristine history-free face. As a dog and overall animal-lover,...
The prominence of social networking has allowed the Internet to essentially develop into an expansive new society within itself that exists right under the radar of the general public; it consists of a wide variety of views and...
What is your ideal teacher? Does a familiar face come to mind? Or is that teacher you? Both teachers and students around VHS have similar yet different expectations for what makes a “good” classroom environment.
“A good...
I am largely expected to be a Hillary Clinton supporter, as most liberals are. And, until recently, I expected myself to be too. But that was before I found the modern messiah of American politics, a man I, along with many other...
