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Equality in College Admissions

    There are many people who have played an important role in the journey to equality for all. The most notable of those people include Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr. Each person has played an intricate part in eliminating discrimination and inequality in our country, however the journey is not complete and much remains to be done to ensure equality for all. Colleges across the United States of America are allowed to use race to determine who is admitted. Under the front of promoting diversity in the classroom, and the fact that the process is narrowly tailored to achieve this, minorities are given an advantage in the admissions process. I believe that the equality that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of is one where people are not judged on the basis of their color, and the college admissions process does not uphold that ideal.
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My Birthday

My birthday is a bittersweet kind of day. It marks the day when my life took a sharp turn. On my sixteenth birthday I got home from work to the news that my dad lost his job. That kind of news can take the celebratory mood away from any day much less one’s birthday. And I’m pretty certain when my dad told me he lost his job I said “You’re kidding”. I honestly didn’t really believe him… until he didn’t go to work the next day. Fast forward a year and I was spending my birthday packing boxes to move. Continue reading “The Honest Truth On…” →

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February 14th

Folks, it’s just a date on the calendar. Stop letting it affect your outlook on life. Every other day of the year we belt the melodies of love and loss as we drive our cars, take a shower, or cook a quesadilla. But as soon as February 14th comes up people start to become the worst skeptics of love. Sure the aisles at Walgreens and Meijer are bursting with pink and red paraphernalia, but should that prevent us from stopping to think about the people in our lives we love and appreciate? February 14th is as commercialized as December 25th but that doesn’t stop me from celebrating and observing Christmas and what is behind it. Continue reading “The Honest Truth On…” →

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Politics

This is for every person, it’s for the person who wants to stick their head in the sand, or the one who wants to put their fingers in their ears and scream “I’m not listening”. Whenever election season begins people become frustrated with “all the politics”. Considering we are at the peak of this election season that frustration is at an all-time high for people. I have been hearing “all the politics” too; the debates, comments, and grumblings. I have not really forced my political views on people I know, not because I don’t care about politics because I do, but because I have never really cared for the outcome as much as I do today. I want my peers and friends to understand what politics means. It is not some dirty word to bring a bad taste in your mouth, it’s not fighting, or even synonymous with lying. It is the change in our lives, and let me explain how.

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Loving the Beach

I write to you all in a post-memorial day sunburn. I’m pretty okay about it considering it was that or working. The reason I love going to the beach is not just for some good old vitamin D, I like to people watch. The beach is one of the best places to people watch. So while I was lying out on the sand (okay not literally on the sand, I was on a blanket) I was looking at all the people enjoying our beautiful lakeshore. A Pocahontas and a Sacagawea chilling their feet in the lake while sporting some snazzy aviators, a small army of children building a civilization out of sand, and three boys of various ages in matching swimsuits chasing waves… and each other. Just to name a few. There were also many families and young couples enjoying the combination of the warm sunshine and cool lake.

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