“Almost every adult American devotes tremendous time and energy to the maintenance of an invasive plant species called turf grass that we can’t eat,” said author John Green in his Buckley University...
The dreaded finals week used to occur at the end of every semester. For weeks people would prep and prepare for that one test. Four days in a week, two tests in a day -- then it's over.
Finals, which...
The past four years of your high school career has so many memories and accomplishments -- unending amounts of school work, exams, friendships, extracurriculars, college applications and unhealthy amounts...
It takes 21 days to break a bad habit. That’s it. What’s a mere three weeks in comparison to 365 days? If it only takes 21 days of dedication, why not try to break one?
No matter your persistence...
It’s that time of year again: temperatures are on the rise, tourists are on to their way to the beach and high school students are on the hunt for summer jobs. But don’t just settle for any old job....
I look over to my friend Courtney, a little confused as to what’s going on. There are 110 teenagers sitting on the floor of a dimly lit room with candles spread about. Soft acoustic Gospel songs...
I've lived in the same house in Foothill Ranch my entire life. I've enjoyed more than a handful of Christmases at the beach and it's almost always a good time to be outside. I live with my parents, my...
Jesus neither condones nor approves of wasting food. I distinctly remember reading in
John 6:12-13, "When they were filled, He said to His disciples, 'Gather up the leftover fragments so that...
My respite from the confines of life is the 241 toll road -- a glorious 23 mile stretch of smoothly paved road, expansive hills and sky and an utter absence of traffic at most times of the day. I'm undeniably...
All empires fall. The Romans, Moguls, Ottomans, Byzantines and especially the Hummer have had their golden age and are now nothing but names in history. And just like these fallen titans of power, the next big name to this list is the reason #ruinedchildhood exists -- Disney Channel.
As I stand there, crowds of people rush around me. I can’t keep my eyes off of this one frame of artwork; the strokes enthrall me and the overall beauty of it renders me speechless. The murmurs of the...
Dear juniors,
First of all, let me congratulate you on surviving three quarters of what many believe to be your hardest year of high school. You have way too many things going on and there is so much...
