Mexico invited Anglo-Americans into Texas, but Anglos refused to become Mexican citizens so they came up with the Texas independence movement. Taking place in 1836, the movement said that Texas would be their own little country, will give religious freedom, and establish an educational program for the public. In 1836, the Texans declared their independence […]

On August 6th, 1945, the Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, the Fat Man atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, another Japanese city, to end the war in Japan. Most people realize that these two bombs were major turning points in World War II. However, not […]

Self-reliance, as put forth by Ralph Waldo Emerson, might seem like an ideal way of forming a utopia. However, Emerson’s advice is not at all practical for a fallen world and is indeed dangerous to fallible man. It is only when man is reliant on something much bigger than himself- namely, God as revealed to […]

When Kenny goes to the grocery store it is daily struggle. His senses are out of order. He hears the carts creak, the soft echo of the music in the background, babies are crying. The teen behind him has not figured out deodorant has been invented. Bleach has been spilled a couple aisles down and […]

Marijuana has become a taboo for many people in the United States; this view of marijuana is common but also very new according to a pro medical marijuana article, (update: marijuana). This “taboo” was once widely used as a medical drug by many civilizations. Marijuana is illegal to use recreationally in the United States, but […]

Preface In recent years, with the rise of numerous genetic disorders and autoimmune diseases, researchers have pioneered the CRISPR-Cas9 system as an economical, convenient, and scalable gene therapy treatment. Originally modeled, or identified, in Haloferax mediterranei by Francisco Mojica PhD., at University of Alicante in 1992, the CRISPR-Cas9 is effectively able to modify DNA in […]

In his article “The Singer Solution to World Poverty,” Peter Singers view on world poverty is seen simple in his eyes, but through the eyes of the readers his logic seems unrealistic. This is supported by Lichtenberg’s argument against Singer through examples of impossible logical reasoning, whereas Arneson uses philosophical reasoning. Even though his solution […]

The Origins of Football The most popular sport in the world is football. This sport has been around for nearly 4,500 years. Many people play the game but do not know the origin of the sport which is otherwise known as soccer. Many countries such as: Rome, Egypt, and China claim to have come up […]

“What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing!” The death penalty has been a controversial topic since it was first installed in the eighteenth century B.C, and is still one of the most prevalent issues in modern America. Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, identifies the irony behind […]

The short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” written by Flannery O’Connor, is about a southern family from going on a road trip to Tennessee to see the grandmother’s old house that she used to visit as a child. On the way there, they stop at a diner called “The Tavern” where the […]

In the novels, Night by Elie Wiesel and A Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenistyn, avoidance and dehumanization are relevant motifs. However, those who choose to avoid the situation at hand most commonly become victims of dehumanization rather than upright rebels. Submission to dehumanization is ignorance in the film “Life Is […]

I believe that looking at things from a different perspective can beautify the ordinary. I believe that everyone is on Earth for a reason. Whether it is to change the world or sit on the sidelines, there’s a reason. I have seen this through both my photography and my personal experience. Working with special needs […]

Many people in our society believe that all songs are poems. This can be thoroughly debated, but the truth is, some songs can be poetry, and some cannot. For a song to be considered a poem, it must follow most of the rules of poetry and have elements of poetry present in the lyrics. For […]

The night of lincoln’s assassination was a tragic night it was the death of a hero ,the president. In this document I will explain the events as if I was actually there and that if I watched it with my own eyes. The setting is at ford’s theater, April 14th, 1865. Now to save some […]

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED ) defines imagination as “the power or capacity to form internal images or ideas of objects and situations not actually present to the senses “. In other forms, imagination almost always drops the ion ,retains the t and is followed by vowel forms. Some exceptions are : imaginal, imaginational, imaginarion, […]

Being a student, you have the point of view from a student’s perspective, but what if you and a teacher switched places. You stand up in front of a noisy, crowded, unwilling to learn students, while the teacher sits in the desk and watches you stand up there. Well, I have, and it is not […]

There is a lot in common about hotdogs and hamburgers but they are also a lot different. This piece will show you the things that hamburgers have in common and also different. This paragraph will be about the things that hamburgers and hotdogs have in common. Hotdogs and hamburgers are both made of meat.Hamburgers and […]

“The only thing worse thing being blind is having sight but no vision” once said by Helen Keller (Keller). It all started out in the summer of 2012 in the woods by the Olney City Park. That’s when we were all ready to have a airsoft war and we were already to have both teams […]

Throughout the past few decades, punk has emerged from the shadows, as have several subgenres of punk.Each subgenre has an artist thought to have started or lead the “movement” linked to the genre, from Crime and the East Bay, to Minor Threat and straightedge, to Operation Ivy and speedska. Since its origin in the 1970s, […]

‘Harlem’/‘A Dream Deferred’ by Langston Hughes The poem ‘A Dream Deferred’, written by Langston Hughes was written in 1951 in the midst of unrestricted discrimination against African-Americans. Hughes was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, a movement which spanned the 1920s, devising a new African-American expression of culture across the northeast and midwest US. By […]

Imperialism is when Europeans took over powers in Africa. Europeans took over Africa for slave trade and more power. Imperialism had many positive effects on Africa such as bringing new technology like the Gatling gun. Another positive effect of imperialism was humanitarian aid. Another positive effect of imperialism was that it opened up the continent. […]

Maria Harp and Andrea Warbling walk through their school halls together every day. Both of them have been attending the Mel brook school system since pre-school. Yet they have never met one another and have no intention too. It’s too bad, because both of them share not only classes, but the same problem. Maria Harp […]

“I looked around for my girls, but they’re gone, of course” (Updike). In this story, Updike really seems to use the subject of teenagers versus adults. The story starts with a teenage boy working a part time job in a convenient store, and three teenage girls dressed in bathing suits walk in. A lot of […]

What is the best part of Westlake High School? Every school has its great, and not so great, attributes. Westlake is four, soon to be five, years old. The traditions that we have established are phenomenal. The ones that we have, such as our “Thunder Alleys”, our “Stuff the Jar Night”, “Son of Thor”, “Thor’s […]

We all reach a point in our lives, when we have to decide what we want to do with the rest of our lives, because lets face it High School is not the only thing in this world. After accomplishing this amazing achievement many graduating Seniors get a spoonful of reality, they are faced with […]

According to Wolf Song of Alaska, wolves are often confused with Indian dogs, huskies, German Sheppard dogs, and male mutes. Mountain lion, coyote, and dog tracks are often very similar to wolf tracks. It was stated in Wolf Song of Alaska that wolves are designed fir running, catching, and killing large animals. Their strong, heavy, […]

Shakespeare is a man that has written amazing stories and plays that the world has been reading for five centuries, but movie makers always find their way to change his writing to the way they see fit. Sometimes I agree with them, but some of the time I don’t. That is why I am here […]

Everyone knows what it is like to look into your wallet about to go out somewhere and realized you have no money. A simple solution to fix this problem is to find a job. It might not have to be a hard job like an accountant, but just something small like working as a counselor […]

This is a painting that I had come across after looking for pictures to hang on the wall of our house. It was then that I discovered this image of a rather strange yet fun looking cow and found it to be very humorous. As it does draw attention towards itself because it is rather […]

Uprising, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, is a deep, well-written historical fiction novel on girls and women in the shirtwaist strike of 1909-10. She creatively made the first and last chapters present time, making the middle a whole flashback although it was not all in one perspective. There were impressive dissimilarity between the poor and the […]