Category: Opinion

When I graduated from high school, my next-door neighbor gave me a copy of Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” as a graduation gift. I had read the delightful book as a child, but as I read my new treasure as an adult I began to wonder where my college experience would take me. I had no clue as […]

When I graduated from high school, my next-door neighbor gave me a copy of Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” as a graduation gift. I had read the delightful book as a child, but as I read my new treasure as an adult I began to wonder where my college experience would take me. I had no clue as […]

I am not in love with the fact that the majority of books on the bestseller list for teens and children are about vampires. I hate the fact that few kids know who Nancy Drew is, and when I make a funny reference to her or Trixie Belden, they don’t know who I am talking about. All they care about […]

It was late when the knock came at the door. After Luke Wilson, a junior at Liberty University, answered it, two drunken college students from up north stumbled into the hotel room where four friends and I sat relaxing on our second night in Pittsburgh. We looked around at each other, bewildered, while they chatted for nearly an hour. Suddenly, […]

Stage set for Liberty students to impact world When most saw a mudhole, Dr. Jerry Falwell Sr. saw a university. Harold Knowles, a charter member of Thomas Road Baptist Church, said Falwell picked him up, along with his wife, Ann, and their children in 1972. The family joined Falwell’s young kids, piled into his station wagon and rode to the […]

These days, hobbits, dragons and wizards are all the rage. It’s a sign that humanity’s love for fantasy stories is stronger than ever— even if we live in a global community driven by the latest technological advances. Yet no matter how attached we are to our iPhones and Xbox’s, the human race still sits, waiting patiently for something magical to […]

City distributes condoms to minors What do 11-year-olds and condoms have in common? The average American adult would respond with, “Not much.” The Philadelphia Department of Public Health begs to differ. The organization launched a campaign this week that will mail condoms directly to the doorsteps of 11-19 year olds who fill out the order form on its website under […]

Principal Elsa Carmona of Little Village Academy, a public school, implemented a policy prohibiting children from bringing snacks or lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse provided to the school, students must eat the cafeteria food for $2.25 per meal, according to the Chicago Tribune. The purpose of the policy is to “protect students from their own unhealthful […]

The year 2000 was the last of my childhood. I was 10 at the time and my sister, Paige, was 14. The doctor called on a suffocating July day to tell us she had cancer. What followed were countless nights holding back tears as I wearily consumed another meal of lasagna provided by friends, days sitting in her hospital room […]

Going into a prison to witness to the convicted can be a real challenge when it comes to dealing with murderers or rapists. Because of this fact, there are organizations in each state founded to serve the purpose of reaching out to these men and women. We call them chaplains. There are chaplain groups for all religions — after all, […]

Eleven-fifteen p.m. on a Friday evening is not the most convenient time for breaking national news that affects each and every American, yet it was the earliest President Obama, Speaker Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could come up with a deal that would prevent a government shutdown that was scheduled to take place at midnight that Friday. The […]

Shawn Askinosie is considered by most a modern day Willie Wonka as he changes the lives’ of children through his chocolate entrepreneurship. Askinosie has designed a project, affectionately called Chocolate University, for the sole purpose of teaching local children how they can be involved in daily serving others through their vocations. The renovated 19th century tobacco factory in Springfield, Mo. […]

Six-thirty a.m. on a Saturday morning is not something I see very often. Normally at this time, I have only been asleep for three hours and I plan on sleeping another five. But I was up Saturday with what my mom says is a “smile on my face and song in my heart.” The smile was for the bounty that […]