Author Archive for Rachel Shenk
Real Women: Amanda Lloyd
Amanda Lloyd sighs as she sits down in her pajamas on a futon in her dorm room, totally undisturbed by the tape recorder sitting on the table. She has just returned from an awards ceremony where she spoke to a room of 150 people about her experiences helping a local family. “I can’t really freak [...]
Marriages in the Mix
By Joshua Brown
It was 41 years ago, with a couple named the Lovings, that America experienced a drastic change in the way marriage and life had been perceived for centuries. Interracial marriages and their impact on not only our nation but also the world are continuously gaining acceptance amongst all.
When people think of the term [...]
Epidemic: Obesity
By Jess Burks
Obesity among America’s teen population is becoming a rising epidemic. What is the country doing to its children? Why are the parents not involved enough in their children’s lives to educate them, even a little, on healthy eating? Being healthy is habit forming and should be instilled at a young age.
According to www.life123.com/, [...]
BCS Part of President-Elect Barack Obama’s “Change”
By Evin O’Sullivan
President-Elect Barack Obama’s decision to fix the Bowl Championship Series system in America’s football is a welcome decision for many sports fans.
The NCAA currently has a BCS system that calculates the top 25 teams in the country. This is decided based on the winning percentage, strength of schedule and performance. In theory it [...]
Think Before You Abort
By Jaimie Van Antwerp
Roe v. Wade and abortion demographics shed light on both sides of the spectrum when examining women’s abortion rights. Abortion demographics statistics also demonstrate social reasons for the majority of abortions.
At close examination, Roe v. Wade states that “abortion be legal up until the point of birth if any one physician willing [...]
The New Prohibition
By Jonathan Schmidt
Any good general knows when losing a war it is better to cut your losses and pull out then take any more losses; in this case, the general is the United States government and the war is the “War on Drugs.”
The War on Drugs has been going on for over 20 years, it’s [...]
Small Business and the $700 Billion Bailout
By Laura Jane Hudson
In September 2008, the Bush Administration laid out a radical bail out plan to compensate for over half-trillion dollars in worthless mortgages and bad debt. The government already has pledged more than $600 billion in the past year to help bail out some of the biggest names in American finance, leaving small [...]
Obesity Blows Up In America
By James Hairston
In an age where food is a major part of people’s lives, it is not a shock that the American people are on the path to an obesity epidemic. Food is everywhere, from advertisements on television, billboards on the road, to those small vending machines down the hall in the workplace. It is [...]
Warning: Elderly Driver Ahead
By Lacey May
Most people are aware that teenagers who drive with freshly made licenses are prone to cause accidents that injure and kill many people per year. However, some may not be aware that the grandparents of those teens are responsible for almost the same amount of accidents.
The cause for this? Elderly drivers simply do [...]
The Many Downsides of YouTube
By Matthew Clayton
Ever since its inception in late 2005, the video site Youtube.com has exploded into a worldwide juggernaut for user-posted videos. At Youtube, anyone can become a celebrity with just a personal computer, video camera or cell phone. But with the windows of opportunity it opens, inevitably unwarranted factors creep in.
The biggest snag is [...]
