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Since I got my first board game the year I turned three, my friends and family have never been able to escape my begging them to play “just one more time.” My favorite games have shifted over the years but my love for a puzzle never has. Junior year, I embroiled my family in a new sort of game: the game of my life and body. Unlike other games, it occurred on many levels, and everyone is on the same side. We are trying to figure out why I can’t drink. My inability to tolerate fluids baffles some…

It was 10:00 and my choices were to either live with the pain or overcome the fear of surgery. All of this was my decision and it was to overcome the fear of surgery. As the clocked ticked away and away I got even more nervous for what was about to happen. I was sitting in the waiting room and ring, went the phone and that means it's my time to go back and get ready. My mom started telling me that it will be ok, and I started to believe her, but when we got to the Hospital I lost hope. The…

No matter where you go, there is no escaping it. It is in the air you breath, the food you eat, and the drinks you share. The freshman plague is among us. Walk into any class across campus and you will hear an echo of coughs and sneezes, the signs that the plague has hit us hard. I am sad to report that I too have been affected by the plague. Two weeks ago I woke up with a sore throat and by the end of the day I felt as though I had been hit by a bus. By last Saturday I thought that I had…

I still remember the day like it happened yesterday, the day I broke my ankle. I can still recall the popping sound my bone made when it snapped in two, and the immediate rush of pain that swarmed my body. This was the first time, and hopefully the last, that I’ve ever broken a bone; the incident occurred about five years ago during the summer, and is still one of the most painful moments of my life. I immediately went to visit an orthopedist, who, upon the first examination assured me I…

The Detectives In the drama play “Trifles,” Minnie Wright is accused of killing her husband, Mr. Wright, in a brutal fashion by strangling with a rope in the middle of the night. The men, George Henderson, County Attorney; Henry Peters, Sheriff; and Lewis Hale, Wright’s neighbor are all trying to find a motive to put Mrs. Wright in jail for the crime, but the real detectives are the women, Mrs. Hale, Mr. Hale’s wife, and Mrs. Peters, the Sheriff wife. In the play, the women are the main two…

Scott Brown, a columnist and theater critic, in his essay “Facebook Friendonomics,” argues that the interconnectedness of people through social media has disrupted the natural process of friendship. He supports the claim by first referencing personal experience with Facebook to demonstrate his understanding of friendship dynamics within social media, incorporating humor with unexpected comparisons and analogies, and finally directly asserting his claim by clearly listing his three grievances…

As I get buzzed into the station by Chuck, my usual crew chief and mentor, I am already set to begin the comprehensive inspection of our ambulance’s inventory lovingly termed “the rig check.” With 207 items comprising said inventory, it’s not going to be a short check in any sense, but to me, it’s still one of most valuable jobs that I perform as a member of the Clinton rescue squad. When I first joined the squad as a cadet, I marveled at the sheer quantity of tools and supplies housed within…

Pursuing a career in physiotherapy has long been my major aspiration and the interest in physiotherapy is developed from my experience of a young age which changed my life. I have always been good at sports at my young age, however, I was struck down by complicated fracture on my leg at just 11 years old. I was suddenly unable to even walk and had been in bed for one whole month before undergoing two surgeries. My physiotherapist worked tirelessly with me, day in and day out, for a full year.…

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 176. This book is about a little girl named Scout growing up. She has to adapt to the changes that come with growing up. We see how her relationship changes with her male friends, and we see how her life change with the realization that there are race issues in her hometown. In this paper, I will be questioning and evaluating. G- I have two questions Y- Why does the mob leave? R- Scout talks to Mr. Cunningham as an…

It was a cold winter day in 2010 I was a seven year old little girl who wanted to play with her sister Sarah. The thing was Sarah was going outside to sled with her friends. So I went out with her. I was terrified of this hill, because I was seven the hill looked huge but , there was a small jump at the bottom of the hill. Sarah was going down then coming back up the hill on her sled. Sarah went up and and up and down and I hadn’t gone once. After about what felt like 10 minutes of Sarah saying…