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Do not commercialize Valentine’s Day
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As Valentine’s Day approaches, many people are faced with immense pressure to organize a large celebration that meets societal standards of a Valentine’s Day date. The commercialization of Valentine’s Day stems from two factors: greed and the misunderstanding of the holiday by those involved, from the advertisers to the consumers. Advertisers, driven by the…
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Atheists have feelings too
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Atheists have no sense of morality and their main goal in life is to indoctrinate good religious children, or at least that’s what some people in this community want me to believe. There has been a lot of anger from the religious right about California’s new sexual education policies, which has caused many of…
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Fortnite appears promising
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If you are a gamer, you are probably familiar with Fortnite, the most recent and one of the most popular free to play games.. Fortnite is a co-op sandbox survival game that hit the Epicgames launcher on July 25, 2017, but only recently became popular because of it being a cheaper alternative to its…
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I seem to better recall the little things
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It is November again. For me, it is nothing but another month. Attached to this month is: that one dwindling family gathering, a half-month’s worth of leftovers, and, as my tenth grade English teacher would call it, “Turkey Genocide Day.” And, with Turkey Genocide Day, comes all of my teachers asking, “What are you…
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Comey is gone
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The ongoing investigation of the Trump administration’s possible connection with the Russian government was announced on March 20, but FBI Director James Comey revealed nothing about any sort of progress or results. Anything of relevance to the case was not able to be discussed since the investigation is open. Therefore, the American people were…
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Learning to Live and Love
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Love is a diverse word we use today. I can say I love my friends and I love my family, but at the same time I could also say I love football. The act of loving someone or something can come in many forms; if you’re in love with a person, you may buy…
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Academic Achievement Isn’t Everything
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“Mark, Jessica, Sophia and Jill, can you please come up here?” Mrs. Blau, my sixth grade math teacher said. As my peers walked up to teacher’s desk, she promptly handed them a blue envelope with a big smile on her face. “Good job guys! I’m sure you will do great next year,” she exclaimed.…
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Newbury Park Polls Judges Students
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The Newbury Park Polls Twitter account rates people in the school based on their looks. The account is public and allows others to participate in a number of polls with titles like “hottest guy” or “who is the crustier hoe.” The account owner posts the polls accompanied with simultaneously witty and degrading tweets…
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Keeping your eyes on the prize, but forgetting what’s truly important
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When an athlete goes pro they have one goal; win a championship. Some will do whatever it takes to win a championship even if it means leaving everything behind and moving to a new team. A player like Kevin Durant caused a lot of controversy by doing this simply because he had everything he…
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Juice cleansing is terrifying
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The culture of Juice Cleansing is bizarre. It’s a bubbling syrup of colorful vanity and a fear of defecation. A juice cleanse is a temporary diet (three to seven days) of cold pressed or unsweetened fresh juice–no Sunny D or Welch’s Grape. An important staple of a cleanse is the lack of claimed impurities:…