Monthly Archives: February 2013

Communication is the key to a successful beginning.

Communication is an important asset of life. Communication skills are essential in all aspects of life, a job interview, working with others, and even in school. From the moment we are born we start communicating. As newborns we cry when …

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Single Parenting in Today’s Family

The two-parent family, where both mother and father are actively present in the home,  is scarcely prevalent in American society. A family where there is a mother, father, children and a household pet is slowly turning into a myth. Over …

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Graphic Photos Becoming More Available

For those of us who still pick up a newspaper in the morning, the very few of us left, we are being exposed to photos that are much more graphic in nature than in the past. We can look to …

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Graphic Images Cause Controversy

In Arielle Emmett’s Too Graphic?, discussion arose in regards to whether pictures published in American newspapers such as the New York Times were too disturbing to have been approved for print.  American newspapers usually leave graphic images out of their …

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One Year Anniversary of Trayvon Martin: Young People Wear Hoodies as a Fashion

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Trayvon Martin tragedy. As I watched the news, I saw footage of people across the nation rallied up in their hoodies. They spoke about peace and non-violence, and how the government should …

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Comparing Anti/Pro gun organizations, where do you stand?

The ideologies of the NRA and the Brady campaign are profoundly different.

The Brady Campaign advocates and educates the importance of freedom from gun violence in America. They actively work to regulate gun control and hope for a gun free …

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Once on the Internet, Always on the Internet.

Freedom of speech is necessary to assure our government and it’s leaders are being held accountable. As physical, stain-your-fingers-with-ink, newspapers die out it is a common consensus that the Internet is replacing it. The Internet is the new means of …

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There are no Such Things as Secrets, Only Temporary Moments of Silence

Benjamin Franklin once said “three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” While this rings true, secrets can be kept if they are of the garden variety. The typical secrets that best friends share or something you …

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Hey I just met you… Online?

I remember a day when online dating sites were not very popular. The sites were looked down upon and seen as desperate or rather a place you went to find a one night stand and less of a soul mate. …

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Decreased quality in journalism may lead to more serious consequences.

In today’s fast paced, demanding society, most businesses have had to consolidate and speed up their work-flow. The media is no exception to this rule; in fact, in some ways it is one of the most affected businesses. Increased speed …

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