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    Students have been learning by leaps and bounds throughout February. Time flies when you’re having fun, and in a leap year! Whether its heart-pumping excitement at the fire department, investigating beyond your average brainteaser, rocking out in geology, or commemorating America by learning from its’ history, students are challenging their academic achievements. This month has been absolutely extraordinary, and we are happy to share with you a little about the wonderful activities your…

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    This week’s myth was on research showing that dreams have symbolic meaning. This psychological belief goes all the way back to Freud, who stated that dream interpretation was not universal, even though he treated it like it was. I was most surprised to learn that this belief actually stems from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. I knew it wasn’t a new belief, but I did not know that belief was over a hundred years old. This myth has persisted because we believe in a subconscious self, and we…

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    Han Shaogong captures the emotion and experiences of the Cultural Revolution, and the Down to the Countryside Movement from the perspective of an educated youth in his novel, “A Dictionary of Maqiao.” In the novel, the reader follows an educated youth as he travels to the countryside as a part of Mao’s “Down to the Countryside Movement.” The “Down to the Countryside Movement” was an effort by Mao Zedong to eradicate the anti-bourgeois thinking that he believed was prevalent in his country. Mao…

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    According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, loneliness is being sad from being apart from people or being without company. In modern days people seem to think they are never alone. This is due to social media. People have a way to interact with others no matter where they are. Social media, however, is creating a tear in face to face interactions with others, and is causing people to feel lonely. Many see technology as a useful tool, but social media leads to online confrontations, makes others…

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    Anyone who has ever dreamed, or strived to be something, could not achieve the end result without courage. Everyone is where they are in this world, because they had the courage to do so. The oxford english dictionary defines courage as “confidence, boldness” (OED.com), while Merriam webster's dictionary defines it as “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty”(Merriam-Webster.com). Many people see courage as different things. Although these are…

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    Bitter Bierce Ambrose Bierce was born on June 24, 1842, on a settlement of horse cave creek, Ohio. He was the tenth out of thirteen siblings. In the following paragraphs it will explain why Ambrose Bierce became a bitter man, and was call bitter Bierce and how it all went into his writings. The first paragraph will explain how his life made him bitter and the second paragraph will talk about how his work being showing bitterness. Bierce left home when he was 15 to be a printers apprentice at…

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    Sir Thomas More wrote “Utopia”, a fictional description of a perfect society, in 1515. Merriam Webster dictionary defines a utopia as “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions”. More uses the modernity and appeal of the New World to craft this account and show the contrast between European monarchies and what is allegedly ideal. With the combination of new, better lands and exploration on the rise, this book gained popularity while evoking a sense of…

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    As a new public servant in the field, there will be someone to show the ropes when it comes to the job either your boss and someone who has been around enough to show the ropes. So the boss takes you out to a local restaurant, and the check arrives. As the new guy, you pull out the wallet, because the boss decided to order dessert. When the check comes, eager to pay, the boss waives over to the owner and the tells our waitress that the meal is one the house, because of the service that is…

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    trained to take the quickest route to success. When we are faced with challenges it is very common for us to want to give up or find the easiest way to fix the problem, and in a world of education, this is where plagiarism begins. Merriam Webster dictionary defines plagiarism as "The act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to the person is the act of plagiarizing something." Sarah Reimer dissected the issue of plagiarism precisely in her article, "A Campus Fad That's…

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    When I was little I remember my father speaking of his mother. She died when he was young, so he did not know much about her, except she was in excruciating pain the last year of her life. She had cervical cancer. My best friend’s mother dealt with a similar illness, and the last six months of her life brought on so much agonizing pain; for her and the immediate family. My friend often says he wished he was not around for the end. He cannot see his mother any other way. My Aunt recently passed…

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