Breakout

Ariana Grande-Butera. That is just her name, no middle name at all. That is just one of the many facts that I will tell you about Ariana! Last year, you likely hadn’t heard of Ariana Grande. But her star is on the rise, and 2013 was an especially stellar year for the 20-year-old singer, actress, and songwriter. Grande began her ascent into the spotlight in 2008, when she performed the role of Charlotte in the musical 13 on Broadway. She received a National Youth Theatre Association Award for…

be thought of as cute; 14-year-old black boys are often perceived as dangerous. The larger you are, the sooner you must learn to deal with other people’s negative stereotypes, and you may not yet be cognitively and emotionally mature enough to do so effectively (p.131).” The older I get, the more of a threat I become to the system of oppression and my existing is dangerous. When my family and I first landed in the United States, we lived in Atlanta, Georgia with my cousins and attended…

You are a very hardworking and determined college athlete, but you come from a poor family. You were born in East St. Louis. The crime rate there is unimaginable and there is hardly any opportunity, but you were lucky enough to get a scholarship from the Ohio State University. You get a full ride scholarship that covers rooming and education. You finally get on campus and you realize that you don't have enough money to get food for yourself. You go to bed hungry but you can't do anything about…

Women are being incarcerated at a higher rate each year and the rate of incarcerated women has doubled since the 1980’s. Women are now a larger part of the prison system than ever before. As of December 31, 2012, there were exactly 61 women that were on death row and these women were the 1.93% of total death row population that was 3,146 people. In the past 100 years over 40 women has been executed in the United States (Prison, n.d.)Within the United States there are fewer women prisons than men…

Oil Pulling Before and After Perhaps you’ve read something about it on the internet, or maybe you’ve noticed the bright smile of a friend who recommends it, oil pulling is a growing trend. It’s not new, but if you’re wondering what it is, consider this; this oral therapy dates back 3,000 years to a traditional Indian system of Ayurvedic medicine. It involves taking a tablespoon of oil, usually coconut, sunflower, sesame oil and swishing it in your mouth about 20 minutes before spitting it out.…

According to wikipedia.org Leaders of the Hellenic claimed in 2005 that there are as many as 2,000 adherents to the Hellenic tradition in Greece, with an additional 100,000 who have "some sort of interest" No official estimates exist for devotees worldwide. This means that only 2000 people in the whole world commit their religion to the Greek gods. The movie and book The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan, Directed by Chris Columbus, brings back that faith of Greek gods and gives people a…

It’s the middle of the 80s AIDS crisis and an activist named Larry Kramer is one of the most influential people of the movement. He is a Jewish gay writer born in Connecticut in 1935. His breakout novel was his book “Faggots,” a critique on the lifestyle of gay men in the 70s. When the AIDS virus hits the US he finds another calling in activism. He forms the groups Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP. Throughout his controversial life he’s found many enemies, though. Larry was always a critic…

Hysteria; can happen whenever and wherever fear and suspicion lie. Such a sudden scenario with the mix of the two could lead to injustice that could cause harm to the innocent. The witch hunts that occurred in 1692 showed a crazy example of how this topic affected such a small town. Suspicion and fear can lead to injustice and harm to the innocent because it causes hysteria. This is broadly shown in the play The Crucible and it's fascinating to see how one thing could lead to another like, what…

Someone once taught me something known as the five second rule. If you are unaware of what this technique is, it’s were someone counts to five and does whatever they were too nervous or scared to do previously. First off, I am a really naturally shy person when it comes to raising my hand in class if I know the answer to a question, saying hello to someone new in a class or in the hall, or simply trying to give a presentation in front of the class. Being shy has ruined my confidence levels in…

I think what happened to jay horrible and I wish that he never had to go through that pain. We need to be more cautious about which hospital we go to and make sure they are up to date on precautions and health regulations and make sure the doctors are exceptional in their work. But, even though we try our best we might still come down with MRSA/VRE sometimes we just can’t help it. Things happen and we can’t always fix it but we can do our best to fight it and try to contain it. There are many…