Cyberbullying

On April 13, 2012 By

Grace Stathos

People are awfully rude to each other online. In my opinion, all people have their own way of being beautiful; they all just have a different way of expressing it.

The problem with today’s society is that we are too influenced by what other people tell us from behind a computer screen, and [...]

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Joel Stevenson

It is the American duty to be helpful in times of need, to drop what one is doing and jump into active duty with only one goal in mind: to preserve one’s motherland. Drastic times call for drastic measures. However, one should not have to worry about being drafted nor pressured [...]

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Megan Kelly

The accents, absolutely charming; the humor, witty; maybe the pronunciation is a bit off (only to American ears), though we can forgive the British for that, because we have more than enough to give thanks to them for. Let’s look at the scoreboard, the British can claim Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, [...]

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The popular NBC hit NCIS can only prepare you for some of the situations that are related to United States military veterans. Of course while some of the plot twists Team Gibbs can experience be horrifying and gruesome, it seems that real life has won out once again.

For a decade, the United States military has had their “boots on the ground” in country as they have been reinforcing the Afghani government after the Taliban regime was taken out in the early 2000’s. Two years later, after the US had entered Afghanistan, President George W. Bush made a speech to congress declaring his belief that the US had to invade and take out Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein. In his speech, Bush had claimed that the Iraqi regime had Weapons of Mass destruction which they could possibly lend to terrorists groups who worked against the US.

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Dear Editor:

As I near the completion of my first three months in office, I am asked repeatedly why I would want the position of Mayor during one of the most challenging economic times in our Nation’s history.

After last week in particular, I am reminded of all that is good in Malden and why [...]

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This is a photo essay by Lauren Benoit explaining the impact that immigrants have on our everyday lives as well as in our communities.

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Paige Yurek

Paying for college is one of a senior’s, and their parent’s, hardest dilemmas towards the end of their high school career.  Scholarships take away a bit of that pain for every student seeking all kinds of careers and types of higher education.  Unique scholarships can hone in on unique [...]

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Dan Holmqvist

The explosion of interest in an obscure Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony, in the past two weeks has been dramatic. One 30-minute documentary has inspired millions of young adults and celebrities, from Rihanna to Oprah to Angelina Jolie, to pledge their support to the Invisible Children organization, who has made it their mission to [...]

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