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I skimmed the next few pages ‘till I found something out of the ordinary. Whenever I flipped through all the pages quickly, I’d see words start to shimmer. The faster I flipped, the clearer the words appeared! After many vigorous flippings, I finally saw the message. The words ‘Shake the journal to and fro’, ‘till […]

Shannon Gibney was born in 1975, in Michigan. She was adopted by Jim and Sue Gibney, and grew up with her two (biological) brothers, Jon and Ben. High School was her blooming period. When she was fifteen, she got her hands on a copy of James Baldwin’s Tell Me How Long the Train Has Been […]

It’s Black Friday! The biggest shopping event of the year! Sarah had to wake up at 5:30 to get these sales. She heads over to the mall and heads instantly to the second floor. There resides Abercrombie, American Eagle, Aeropostale, Sephora, Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Bodyworks, LuluLemon, H&M, Sephora, and so many more stocked with […]

Some people don’t realize how valuable time is. They say, “Oh it’s just 24 hours!” or, “Just a week! What a short time!” I mean what do they know! But, I have to admit. I thought that way too. *** The breeze hits, knocking me back on my feet. The future was coming for us. […]

This 8th grade year, I am on two soccer teams, the school jazz band and regular band. I have had a lot of trouble juggling all this and all the homework that I get. If this is so hard for me, imagine how hard it is for someone who has even more after school activities […]

Behind every raincloud, there is a sun to be shone. Behind every sun, there is a rainbow, waiting to be set free. To dance across the sky and let it’s heart fly. That rainbow is our creativity, our spirit of taking risks, wanting to plunge into the frigid waters of the unknown, the part of […]

As I climb on the bus, all around me faces are being lit up with the artificial glow of a screen. I walk down the aisle and find a seat next to my friend. Good! I can talk to her about my day! I sit down and look over, and see that her eyes are […]

I let these words, the first taste of rebellion sink in, like a foot stuck in quicksand. I’d just found an amazing artifact, a diary, written by a girl named Marideth Merriman, a girl in the turmoil of the American Revolution of the 1770s! I’d learned about the American Revolution in school, and I’d always […]

11/18/15 Hello! We found these amazing Starbucks frappuccino cupcakes. For the link, click down here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN44mi_DUag It is a youtube video on how to make these amazing frappuccino cupcakes for starbucks! They do not include how to present the cupcake so we are going to show you our way to decorate it! 1. Prepare your […]

What does it mean to be a feminist? To hate all men? Believing that women should rule the world? That men are not worthy? This is a common misconception of feminism. A definition by Merriam-Webster Dictionary states that a feminist “is a belief in the theory that women should have political, economic, and social equality […]