Colorado School of Mines

Aparna Krishnaswamy has been my good friend for seven years and is an amazing young lady. She has works hard in school and aims to never waste an opportunity. Currently, she is a Junior at the University of Denver and is experiencing her Fall semester in London. Yet, she spent her whole life in Colorado. Unlike her parents who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s from India. Aparna is a first generation can clearly speak of how her multi-cultural life impacts her experiences. Aparna’s…

The greatest experience of my life was January 21, 2004; the time when I asked God to come into my life and free me from 5 years of drug addiction and the street life. Previous to my years of drug addiction, I had spent about 20+ years in the career of sales and was very successful at it. I owned a business in Phoenix, Arizona and that success became a life of celebrations and parties. I grew up in a Pentecostal home, where my sibling and I were sheltered as children and spent most of our time…

as others, I still understand and realize the smaller instances of sexism that lead to far more consequential outcomes. I am safe because I am white; I am lesser because I am a woman. In the May of my senior year of high school, my graduating class took a trip to Denver, Colorado. We walked into a restaurant for dinner only to have all eyes on us as we entered and headed straight…

This film centers around a little Colorado town named Calumet. It quickly becomes the battleground for World War III when paratroopers are seen dropping from the skies. A group of teenage boys under the direction of a recent high school graduate flee the town as it is invaded by Nicaraguan, Cuban, and Soviet troops. They eventually name themselves the “Wolverines,” after their high school’s…

happening in schools today. Currently, at least in Texas, there is no well-taught comprehensive sexuality education, and sometimes there is no sex-ed at all. This is a problem because if students don’t get comprehensive sex-ed, they won’t know how to protect themselves against diseases which can lead to harmful diseases and unwanted pregnancies. They also do not inform students about options when pregnancy does occur. Just like with any topic, it is…

another option, I think there is a link between the mass shootings and mental disabilities and diseases, and if that’s true, we should worry about that. Mass shootings since Columbine High School: April 1999 - Two teenage students shot and killed 12 classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, before committing suicide. July 1999 - A stock exchange trader in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 12 people including his wife and two children before taking his own life. September…

Privilege is a big part of society and it always will be unless America turns into a communist state in the upcoming years! Privilege isn 't something earned when someone is born, privilege is something you either have or don 't. Privilege is defined as "a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people." So that 's pretty much saying if we were in a foot race people with privilege would get a ten second head start over all of us. Which…

Poetry has the unique ability to transport readers to a different time period, or get a glimpse into another person’s thoughts and emotions. The specific context of a poem is one of its most important aspects. The context of a poem refers to the way a poem reflects, shapes, and speaks back to a historical time period, culture, or social issue. Poets are able to capture the essence of a past event through their use of words. One poem that I feel has a clear context is Facing It by Yusef…

always traveled to Mexico two times a year the first time is in March a holiday called Easter, and the second time is in December. Our vacations were always shored because we always had another event and obligations at home. For example in March we had school but because it was a family tradition we travel for a week and in December we come back because we have a “Posada” at home each year. In America I have travel less because it is more expensive to travel the only time I have travel in…

the morning, to me and my mother, that changed as I grew older. When I started school I could no longer stay up waiting for him to come home, I had to leave early in the morning, and he couldn’t stay up when I was up as he had to work third shift (Otherwise known as graveyard), so we began drifting apart. I think it was first grade when I first saw what was happening to my father in my absence, I was leaving for school when I noticed him asleep on the couch, snoring, drooling, surrounded by…