Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Super Bowl : The Game vs. The Commercials

As February 3rd approaches and the world converges in on New Orleans, Louisiana for Super Bowl XLVII, the excitement is building for not only the game, but also the highly anticipated commercials.  Over the last two decades, the Super Bowl …

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The Difficulties of Establishing a Truly Equal Society

Why is it that women are continually depicted as being inferior to men?  Society is a simple, yet valid answer to this question. Society can easily shape how people think of themselves relative to others, especially women to men. For …

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What is more important: Technology or Clear Decision Making?

As technology is advancing to make our lives “easier”, it seems as if more problems are arising. Young adults are losing their face-to-face communication skills due to the thousands of social networking sites and the millions of web pages on …

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Choices: Does Television Provide us with More Than we can Handle?

When television was first introduced to the world it broke barriers that people didn’t even know existed. Television became the new revolutionary item of the decade more so the, century. At first people used television as a basic source of …

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Lives in the 21st Century Wrapped around Technology

It is uncommon to be more than an arms length away from a technological device in our lives today at any given time. Walking to an appointment or class has turned into a time where you are also checking e-mails, …

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When Was Your Last “Play-Date”?

“Oh you’re bored? Invite a friend over!” is a sentence few of us have heard since before AOL, Skype, FaceBook, and Smartphone’s leaped into society; some would say uninvited. Our society has replaced technology with people to the extension where …

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Bridging the gap between you and your waist line.

Work out season is upon us once again this year. So, pull out your yoga mats and dusty dumbbells because bathing suit season is almost here. Losing weight can be a difficult obstacle to accomplish, and is constantly an up …

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Television: The Creator of the Pseudo-Professional

Television has been the reason for bringing families together and tearing them apart. Its been known to be informative and sometimes  reliable but until recently I have noticed television has become the sole creator of what I like to call …

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Too Much TV, Too Little Distractions

Reading all this reading about reading has really helped me understand my own studying habits. Sometimes I find myself able to fly through pages of a textbook, understanding everything I read the first time through. Other times, I find myself …

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Reading a Book, a Rewarding Activity

Reading a Book, a Rewarding Activity
January 16, 2013
By Gloria Vargas

I remember when I was a child we didn’t have too many options to get information. My dad used to buy the newspaper weekly, and in addition, we …

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