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| A year in review | Throughout the year, I have put my thoughts and concerns about issues I care most about on this site for other students to read, and ultimately, shed light on such issues as well. I have... | Added on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 16:25, with 0 comment(s) |
| Blood Diamonds | Our end of year project in Ethics class was to do a project on a moral dilemma that will be facing us in the near future. I was assigned diamond trading, specifically in Africa. When i got the... | Added on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 16:20, with 1 comment(s) |
| What caused the failing newspaper? A podcast explores this.... | Many people have different ideas about why the newspaper is failing. There is no doubt that the Internet was a large player in the decline of the daily newspaper era as we have known it for more than... | Added on Monday, April 6, 2009 - 00:28, with 0 comment(s) |
| The Failing Newspaper | The nation is amidst a crisis. Sure, the major players in Wall Street may be in the middle of a permanent time-out, but that's not the crisis I'm referring to. Some people think that tyranny and... | Added on Sunday, April 5, 2009 - 22:33, with 0 comment(s) |
| The Future of Newspapers | In the last four weeks, the number of major newspapers that have discontinued print editions is more than I can count with one hand. To put it simply: it's a scary epidemic. In the newspaper... | Added on Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 23:41, with 0 comment(s) |
| Standardized Tests: Friend or Foe? | So it's March of my senior year of high school. I am done with the jumping through hoops and busing my little heiney in gear to apply to college. I am done wakingup early on Saturdays to take the ACT... | Added on Friday, March 13, 2009 - 00:23, with 0 comment(s) |
| Is Euthanasia right or wrong? | In Ethics class, we are studying certain ethical debates. For example, we have covered the Death Penalty, media censorship, etc. But the newest thing is euthanasia. Simply, euthanasia is defined as... | Added on Friday, March 13, 2009 - 00:01, with 1 comment(s) |
| A little commentary on Our Town | Judge recently put on Our Town, a three-act play written my Thornton Wilder. The play is very unique as compared to many other traditional American plays. Wilder emphasized that no props were to be... | Added on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 23:18, with 0 comment(s) |
| The Dog Blog: An explosion kills seventeen | The other day I heard a tidbit that I thought might make an interesting post. The disc jockey reported that a kennel in Pennsylvania blew up in an explosion and a number of dogs died. My first... | Added on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 22:45, with 0 comment(s) |
| Poetry Out Loud competition heats up | I know I've already blogged about Poetry Out Loud, but I thought I would again, with the State competitions being completed and all. Everyone in our school competed in the competition. Basically... | Added on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 15:13, with 0 comment(s) |
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| good post | Haley, I thought that this was an... | 4 years 25 weeks ago in response to Reality T.V. downfall |
| great post | Carly, I thought that this post was a... | 4 years 26 weeks ago in response to The Race is Over |
| Misinterpretation | Thank you for your comment. I enjoyed... | 4 years 26 weeks ago in response to YES WE CAN: my experience in Grant Park on election day |
| Another explanation | Thank you for your comment. First off... | 4 years 26 weeks ago in response to YES WE CAN: my experience in Grant Park on election day |
| Although you found my post | Although you found my post incomplete and... | 4 years 26 weeks ago in response to YES WE CAN: my experience in Grant Park on election day |
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