Posts Tagged ‘ relationship ’

The club is dark and loud, reeking of alcohol and cigarettes. The band has just finished playing, as you notice your ex-girlfriend walking through the door. Your next reaction is to ask the girl standing next to you if she will be your girlfriend for the next five minutes. What would you do if her Read More »

TORONTO, CANADA- Traveling to the Antarctic with Students on Ice taught me things that I may never have learned without this unique experience. Of course, we all gained significant knowledge about the South Pole – facts and figures and such. However, it is what I learned through the experience of being surrounded by such extraordinary Read More »

Pressuring the Chancellor’s Office to use performance data isn’t the only item on the mayor’s agenda, either. The mayor also wishes to provide charter school funding as well as allowimg principals to make merit-based decisions on teacher’s tenure, rather than seniority based. A major incentive to change these standards is largely due to the fact Read More »

This weekend, pride parades in Hong Kong, China and Taipei, Taiwan kick off what many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) Asians hope will be a new era of tolerance. Events like Taipei’s “Love Out Loud” parade October 31, the largest in Asia with a turnout last year of 18,000, are milestones in a continent Read More »

It has been 3 years since their last CD release, but in September 2009, Boys Like Girls, a Pop Punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, released their highly anticipated second album, Love Drunk. Their first album, self titled, Boys Like Girls, had wildly popular hits since 2006. Songs like “Hero Heroine” or “Thunder” have been hits Read More »

We all know the many four-lettered words that can’t be said on public television, written in newspapers, or exclaimed in the middle of class. And, despite their outward secrecy, we all know exactly what the words are and how to use them. Well, there may soon be another word to put into the same pile, Read More »

In 1898, with the formation of The City of Greater New York, Staten Island became a part of NYC. Since then, Staten Island has been known as the forgotten borough. And frankly speaking, it is. Yet before anyone is too quick to defend the city’s negligence of Staten Island, it’s important to get in touch Read More »

What is racism? How do people learn to gain a sense of identity? And why are some pushed away because of their ethnic background? These are some questions many people ask that can not always be answered. Fortunately, Ms. Violetta Surowiec took her Spanish Four class to see “La Gringa,” a play that shows the Read More »

Teenage years may have many setbacks, yet they can also be a wonderful and challenging experience, for they prepare you for adult life. So with teenage life as complicated as it is, why put up with abuse from a partner? Have confidence in yourself and the people around you to leave an abusive relationship. A Read More »

Creative Commons | With Permission Slim Shady in Show Guess who’s back, back again? Shady’s back. Tell a friend. Once more, Eminem has jumped back into the music world with his new LP (Limited Play) “Refill” following his April 2009 album “Relapse.” These two albums are packaged together by Shady Records as equals, but “Refill” Read More »