Can we ever really go back? According to Heraclitus, a person can never step in the same river twice. No matter how cherished or how yearned for, once a time in our lives has passed, it has gone forev
Have you ever heard of the "Zero Waste" movement? This philosophy, that encou-rages the redesign of resource life cycles to ensure that products are reused, is becoming more and more popular
For me, the word 'biker' brings to mind the image of a rough-and-tough bearded outlaw gangster. I am not a biker. Not even close. I am a motorcycle enthusiast. I've been riding a motorcycle for alm
Daisy Edmonds, 8 years old at the time, caught my attention as she criticized clo-thing for sexism in a viral video. She says that it is unfair for boys to be given the message "Think outside the
Perhaps, at this point, you want to tell me that you don't check your cellphone that much. That having it in front of you doesn't make you lose your focus. Doug Duncan, a researcher at UC Boulder, f
Korea is strict. In most public schools, you have to hand in your cell phone to the homeroom teacher. Your cellphone is not returned to you until the end of the day. However, if you are reading this a
Hello again movie people. If you love action movies, then this spring and summer will be quite enjoyable for you since there will be a ton of movies to watch. Here are just a few to keep an eye on. Op
As the semester comes to a close, it's time to think about your plans for the winter break. Like many people during this time, we will be heading to the movie theater. Even though winter is tradition
How many teachers have you had in your life? I believe that if we pay attention, most people we meet have something valuable to teach us. Not just people, either - in fact, some of my most powerful te
Chances are, you have been studying English for the last few months or years; you might still be currently working on mastering the International language. As an English learner, you have probably spe
Imagine how you would feel if every transaction everyone did was available for you to see. There would be no lies, no inte-rests, yet no privacy. If you do not mind everyone knowing when and where you
We started walking to the forest early in the day, Seth, Kat, and I. By noon, we had made it to Blue Hole and swam during the hottest part of the day, and then we rested in the shade of the trees. The
In the 1900s, Richland was a small village in the Ohio River valley connected to the rest of the world by train. Slowly at first, the villagers in Richland started to move away to other villages or ev
Why is Trump a concern for Korea? US elections don't hold more or less merit than say the recent elections in Seychelles (the smallest country in Africa), but US hegemony makes its elections hard to
What images come to mind when you hear the words keeping a journal? A teenage girl drawing hearts in her notebook and starting each page with Dear diary? An old scholar sitting quietly at his desk, wr
Rebooted movies and sequels often do not do well and Ghostbusters did not escape this fate. After the release of the trailer in March, it was deemed the most-disliked trailer in YouTube history. A num
On Feb. 17, 1600, a group of men led a Dominican monk to the stake in the Campo dei Fiori in Rome. He had been indicted, intermittently tried and tortured for 8 years, and was finally excommunicated t
Years ago, when I lived in New Zealand, I met a woman who was visiting from South Africa. Back home, she had been working at an upscale lodge in a wildlife preserve, and her stories about it were capt
Today I was fortunate enough to have the misfortune of sitting-in on another teacher's class. I was fortunate because observing her would lead me to new understandings about teaching. I presumed. Fir
To put on a backpack and travel throughout Southeast Asia is to see countries of stunning tropical beauty filled with verdant green jungles, mist shrouded mountains, dazzling white sand beaches, and s