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With a bucket list, anyone can judge the dreams of a person. People write bucket lists to give guidelines to the remaining years of their lives as they do not allow them to waste precious time instead of doing things they love.

Motives Behind a Bucket List

Hailey Yarbrough, Sports Editor March 31, 2015

Bucket lists have been a constant reappearance in our society: many movies today are based on or focus on them. For example, The Bucket List featuring Morgan Freeman shows two deathly sick men who strive...

When did our world come to this?

Struggle Is Just a Word

JoAnn Ahn, Staff Writer March 27, 2015

Big girls don’t cry, but yet, they do Why are there labels for me and you? The pain in our hearts no longer obtains a limit Little by little, how can we understand it? The struggles that...

I find a place with a tree, and I forget about the car as I walk to it. I sit against it, feeling my shirt ride up against the stump as the bark clings to the fabric, and I close one of my eyes. Everything is clear. I close that one, and then I open the other, and everything is the same.

Something Felt, Not Explained

Ashton Bruce, Staff Writer March 20, 2015

My hand keeps dropping things. I remember when I first got my own apartment, and I remember how, every day when I got home from work, I’d shed off my jacket, and I remember feeling how it always felt...

I did not go to Andrew’s memorial service. It was too much to bear, and he was too far away. I purchased a small monument in memory of his loving soul.

Andrew: A Memoir

Kristin Iler, Staff writer January 30, 2015

Most people feel as though their closest friends will always be there for them, but that is not always true. Maybe they just leave or maybe others push them to the boiling point. In fact, they push them...

“Resolve to make each day the beginning of a new year, a new morning, a new adventure.” said Debbie Carroccio. Every sunset wipes away all the mistakes from this day and every sunrise presents us with a clean slate. Every day is an opportunity to improve, to set goals, and to chase dreams. We no longer have to wait for a New Year to begin again, the opportunities become limitless in the present moment as soon as we realize they are.

New Year’s Resolutions

Rachel McCord, Staff Writer January 28, 2015

“Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of that cycle.” While the words...

The sun sets amidst the azure sky. Honey colored wheat prospered in the clearing at the center of the woods. This area served as a resting place and to catch one’s breath.

A Breath Taker

Hailey Yarbrough, Sports Editor December 12, 2014

No one knows my name, Nor will they ever. I am seen at few occasions When the earth shows its wonders. Subtle and rarely, Invisibly I steal A precious item to all: A breath of life...

:  “Their eyes met and suddenly, the epiphany of their existence was comprehended and grasped. They finally realized why they were perfect for one another. They were opposites.”

Opposites

JoAnn Ahn, Staff Writer November 5, 2014

They were opposites, you see. Black and white, high and low, hot and cold. The pair never agreed on any subject, not a single one. However, they knew that they were perfect for one another. How could...

“Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life,” says Antonio Porchia, an Argentian poet. If we all lived straight lines, we would have no lives. If we all lived as circles, we would never die.

This Squiggly Mess We Call Life

Rhiannon Martin, Staff Writer October 31, 2014

A circle is a never ending figure with no corners, no branching off, no turns, no backtracking, and no end. Just the same old thing over and over. A line is a never ending, straight arrow pointing in one...

An existential crisis can throw one into a depressed stupor, causing them to not focus on what they need to do: going to class, for example.

Guide to Dealing with Existential Crises

Danielle Stone, Staff Writer October 29, 2014

Countless teenagers deal with existential crises even if they cannot put a name to the feeling. They are the soul-crushing realizations that your existence is completely and utterly pointless, and your...

Humanity [hyoo-man-i-tee]: The quality of being humane; kindness; benevolence.

The Definition of Humanity

Raicheal Havins, Staff Writer May 15, 2014

What defines humanity? Is it thoughts and actions? Feelings or behavior? Respectfulness and trustworthiness? Anger, fear, love, hatred? Can a single adjective define us? It is our choices...

Many seniors are excited to finally be able to graduate from high school and move on to the next adventure of their lives. Senior Krista Bailey is excited to graduate and leave high school to go to college.

I Am Only a Kid, You Know?

Tara Bailey, Features Editor May 13, 2014

Let me tell you that although I plan to go to college in the fall to prepare for my future career, there is something that you should know: I have no clue what I want to do. I should know by now—I am...

The Bliss of Freedom.

Experiencing Freedom

Rayanne Griffith, Staff Writer April 14, 2014

Fireworks bursting in the night sky Graduation caps soaring in the warm air Relief and bliss tenses in everyone’s vibe Oh, how great it is to finally taste freedom.   Packing boxes,...

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