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August 2008
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Recently by Juanita JimenezWe all have our celebrity obsessions, and for me, John Mayer takes the cake. I have been infatuated with him since his first CD, "Room For Squares," was released and, well, the rest is history. ...With anti-American sentiment running rampant across the globe, and pop-culture becoming a vital part of American culture, I fear my generation will be ill-equipped to help govern and steer our country to more prosperous and unifying times in the midst of globalization and the demise of our 'sole superpower' status. ...I've been having a pretty good summer so far. It really didn't start out that way. ..."Only 26 more miles to go" I thought to myself as I hit the ground running at the Mayor's Midnight Marathon in Anchorage Alaska. If you told me this time last year that me and seven of my closest friends would be running a marathon together after raising over $50,000 combined for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, I would have thought you were crazy. ..."Wait at least another 10 minutes before texting him back" her guy friend warned her after she received a disappointing one-word response from her 'possibility' guy. ...
The thing I liked best about middle school is being involved in theater. I like theater because I get to be someone who I am not and I get to go out of my comfort zone. I alwa... We have all heard the famous Gandhi quote "you must be the change you wish to see in this world," but for Clear Lake High School's 9th grade world geography teacher, Mrs. Kelly Glos, the quote took on a whole new meaning. The week of May 12, Mrs. Glos's 9th graders set out to put their money where Gandhi's mouth was - by attempting to fill two giant water jugs with change to benefit Manna Energy partnered with Engineers Without Border's Rwanda Project. The Rwanda Project deploys water treatment plants to over 250,000 students and teachers in secondary schools throughout Rwanda. The Manna Energy pr... |
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