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Emily
I live in Salt Lake City, Utah where I atend one of three Catholic high schools in the state. I am a strong liberal and I enjoy writing about environmental issues, gay rights, and education. My hobbies include horseback riding, mock trial, Rotary Interact activities, and reading,
Posts by Emily
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| The Election Process | As we all know, yesterday, Tuesday November 8 was election day. I have been working with Equality Utah to help endorse several fair minded candidates in my own city of Salt Lake City, Utah. Previous... | Added on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 16:26, with 1 comment(s) |
| Dia de Los Muertos: A Celebration of Death | El Dia de Los Muertos, or day of the dead, as it translates into English, is often explained as Mexican Halloween. However, this is not the case. El Dia de los Muertos, does indeed coincide with... | Added on Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 00:37, with 0 comment(s) |
| LGBTQ Hate Crime Goes Up in Utah: What is the cause? | The term LGBTQ is an acronym referring to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning people. Surprisingly, despite the fact that Utah is one of the most conservative states in the... | Added on Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:47, with 0 comment(s) |
| Student to Medic Ratio in America's High Schools | I have been working on my senior capstone for my sports medicine class, and in doing so Ive been researching the ratio between teachers with medical training at the total number of students in my... | Added on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 00:08, with 0 comment(s) |
| Earthquake in Turkey Gives Citizens a Chance to Shine | As I spent the majorityy of Sunday reading about the Earthquake in Turkey, it was hard not to think about my own state and how we would react to such a disaster. It is a well known fact that Utah... | Added on Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 16:58, with 0 comment(s) |
| Is the decline in crime in the United States related to psychological factors? | My topic is in preparation for my majors and is criminal justice and criminal psychology. I looked at recent articles regarding the criminal justice system with specific circumstances where... | Added on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 17:18, with 0 comment(s) |
| What is RYLA? | This past week I attended a leadership event called RYLA. Now usually when I say that the very first question I get is "what is RYLA?". That question however is hard to answer because there are so... | Added on Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 14:26, with 0 comment(s) |
| A Look Into the Purpose of Criminal Psychology | In this day in age there are many ways for the legal system to apprehend and prosecute criminals. Often times this is through the use of multiple different kinds of special agents, machines, or even... | Added on Friday, September 2, 2011 - 12:59, with 0 comment(s) |
| The Endurance: Shackleton's Expedition | This is a story of a group of men who wantd to cross the entire continent of antarctica. they started on the south side an d were planning on ending on the norht side. However, their ship was... | Added on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 14:33, with 0 comment(s) |
| What does America need to do in this coming year? | With the Holiday's coming and the Christmastime spirit the election of future President Barack Obama may have faded to the back of some Americsan's minds. However with the... | Added on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 13:56, with 0 comment(s) |
Comments by Emily
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| This is Surprisimg | I find it really interesting that you and kyra... | 1 year 8 weeks ago in response to Spinning Dancer Ilusion |
| Thinspiration | Erin, I really liked how you made a point to say... | 1 year 10 weeks ago in response to Eating disorders |
| Hey so Erin, I had a random | Hey so Erin, I had a random question when I read... | 1 year 10 weeks ago in response to Eating disorders |
| Thanks Kelsey! While I didn't | Thanks Kelsey! While I didn't include it in this... | 1 year 10 weeks ago in response to Shell Clears More Boundaries with New Oil Drilling Plan |
| Kelsey, First off, I really | Kelsey, First off, I really liked how you used... | 1 year 10 weeks ago in response to Test Obsessed |
| Adrienne, I agree with | Adrienne, I agree with Crystal, this was a... | 1 year 30 weeks ago in response to The parallels between sickness and school |
| Agree/Disagree with Coment | I really enjoyed this book as well. I agree that... | 4 years 22 weeks ago in response to Review of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer |
| Thank You | I love Taylolr Swift and I didnt know that she... | 4 years 35 weeks ago in response to Taylor Swift's New Album to Come Out |
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