TEENAGERS NOW AND THEN

Do you think teenagers from the past are different? Do you remember what it was like being in high school? Many things have changed since the 70s and 80s in our world but one thing that has stayed the same are teenagers. The only thing that has changed about teens are peoples views on them. People say…

2017 Seniors at my school

2017 in Mariposa Schooling

The MCHS class of 2017 started in school 13 years ago. At the start nothing seemed to particularly stand out about this class, but little did everyone know that this class would one day completely change Mariposa schooling. Now, I…

The Benefits of Owning a Pet

By Kirsten Holmes

In society people tend to use animals as a coping mechanism after a traumatic event happens. Animals help you cope with death ,divorce, and depression. In fact, according to a 2002 survey by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, 62…

Sexism

Sexism: attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender role. Sexism is a word people often mentally or physically cringe at. It even has the effect to makes some of us uncomfortable and when you called someone sexist they usually defend themselves or get offended. So how can such a small word have…

Healthy Teen Living

Healthy Teen Living

One third of teenagers in the United States are considered obese. Seventy-eight percent of obese teenagers have a high risk of weight related illnesses and early death in adulthood. Majority of teenagers eat more ‘extra’ food than the recommended…

Italy and the U.S.A.

Between the years 1880 and 1915 4 milion of Italians choose to cross the Atlantic Ocean and land in the United States of America. About the seventy percent of the Italians emigrants were from the south of Italy; the causes that pushed all this Italians to emigrate were various: the south of…

The Truth about Supplements and Vitamins

The industry of Supplements and vitamins has increasingly grown throughout the past years. Acording to euromonitor.com the supplement and vitamin industry reached $27.7 billion in 2015 increasing by 4% . As Supplements and Vitamins become more popular in the…

Tech Today

Currently in the modern days of society we have technology growing and evolving every minute or even faster. Some people hate to think about this and are rather terrified of change or just scared they would be overwhelmed by it. But technology is really great to have advancing and there is no reason to…

Debunking the Dual Myths of Place and Prestige in College Selection

In the movie Road Trip, Tom Green leads a cliched group of wanderers through the storied grounds of fictional Ithaca College as the setting of the campus tour becomes the flashback stimulus for the overlay of the…