Honor guard

The security guards told us to make sure we took out our shoes and each and everything from our pants pockets. In Cummings the where security guards outside by the entrance where the cars enter taking the drivers name and ID checks. However in the rest of prisons there were no security checks by the gates. Cummings also had more security…

There have been thousands of migrant stories over the years, of people who have come to Australia for a new life. This is the story of Adam and Arek Romaniuk, who travelled from Krakow in Poland to Australia in the 1960s. World War two had raged through Europe in the 1940s, Poland was perhaps more affected than any other country. It was decimated and lost its independence. For 20-year-old Adam, a farmer from Krakow in the south of Poland, it meant witnessing much horror and despair at home and…

would make you feel pain for your own being. My focus is snapped in half by the piercing roar of the fiery guards. “Off the truck now!” The guard screeches with his automatic rifle gun pointed at our heads waiting for one of us to make a mistake. One by one I nervously wait for my name to be called that my hands are so clammy it is like a pond of water in my hands. “Truvor!? Truvor!” the guard screamed in our ears that it felt the whole world…

'You don 't decide on when to have courage. It comes from within you. It wakes your soul making you do the impossible. ' I open my eyes to the sight of Nerian being knocked down by the guards. One punches him on the stomach and the other punches hik on the side of his face, forcing him down on the ground. The guards hold me down as to prevent my escape. Nerian faces me with a bloodied face. "Why Fafnir? You have so much to live for." They drag him away by force up to the platform. They push…

In a school as massive as Boston University, it is difficult for any one individual to become a prominent, widely recognized social figure. Yet somehow, people all over campus recognize junior Barron Roth. Donning a backwards black hat, a long black t-shirt with “Official” plastered in all caps across the front, white jeans, and white Vans with no socks, Barron sails past the windows of Boston University’s West Campus dining hall on a sky blue skateboard. A tiny gold cross swings from his neck…

As a child of a US Military veteran, I was fortunate enough to travel and live in different countries since my father was frequently stationed from one place to another. Over time I grew accustomed to moving from one country to another, however, the biggest struggle I faced was when I moved to the Philippines for high school once my father retired from the Navy. Despite being a Filipino-American, I was still faced with discrimination, which I struggled with for years. Another struggle I faced…

To become a member of this famous honor society, a future educator must be within the top twenty percent of all of the professionals entering the career of education. Houlihan can boast that he is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi, along with the likes of Albert Einstein, George Washington…

In Yotam Feldner’s article “Honor” Murders- Why the Perps Get Off Easy he brings up the ongoing controversy of “honor murders” among the Muslim community in Jordan and other countries. In his article he covers the different circumstances of honor killings in the Muslim state and how they are treated socially, legally and religiously. He first provides us with the Muslim form of honor called ‘ird that represents a family as a whole. ‘Ird is a form of honor that the females of the family…

Thomas Jefferson desired a campus whose sole purpose was to educate. To achieve this, his plan for the Academic Village included a monumental library to be placed at the head of the lawn. He then wrote out a list of over 7,000 books that he requested fill the library’s shelves for the students to use alongside their lectures. Jefferson’s requests were “revolutionary” because libraries were never a focus in other institutions; instead, churches were given the most recognition. However, there…

Authentic Heroism The word “hero” has become highly overused. Athletes, actors, musicians, and even reality TV stars are considered modern heros. The qualification of a hero has evolved from sacrifice and selflessness, to good-looks and the amount of points scored in a game. The actual definition of the word “hero” has not physically changed in the dictionary, however the meaning and qualification behind the famous word has been diluted and downgraded. A genuine hero qualifies someone who…