Craigslist has been a national institution for almost 15 years now. You can find everything from iguanas up for adoption and furniture for sale to setting up “casual encounters” of a sexual...
We thought we were safe, that we had more time. We were sorely mistaken. This past Sunday, temperatures in Baton Rouge were reported to have reached as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest they have...
A shiny little piece of jewelry glinting off the noses of my cousins, my aunts, my grandma — I grew up accustomed to seeing women with pierced noses.
The women in my family always seemed to wear...
Everyone’s favorite day in high school was when, instead of actually learning anything useful, the class got to watch a movie. Aside from watching the middle-aged teacher attempt to operate a DVD...
In high school, I had a friend who refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance, and it was one of the more scandalous events to strike my small-town Louisiana high school.
I’d been saying it every morning...
Comprised heavily of the millenial generation, U.S. college students enjoy one of the greatest freedoms one can have access to: education. These students have an opportunity many outside of this country...
Do you like being stranded? Being severely limited in terms of job opportunities? Being a second-rate citizen?
Then I have the perfect thing for you — not having a vehicle!
You can save your time...
Growing up, we shape our views with the information our families, our friends, the people around us and the shows we watch provide.
With hundreds of channels and almost unlimited access to the Internet,...
Everybody has an accent, even if they don’t realize it. We all talk differently, and no two people sound exactly the same.
But do we deserve to be made fun of for our accents?
That’s...
I remember being held home from school by illness as a child. Even if what I had wasn’t particularly contagious, my parents still felt it prudent to isolate me until whatever was ailing me passed....
I didn’t apply to work at Highland Coffees last February because I needed a new job, and I didn’t do it because I needed more money. What I desperatley needed was a change in my lifestyle.
Before...
When I started my college career, I had no clue what I wanted to do with my future. I took parents and family members’ advice and majored in accounting.
Throughout three semesters, I grew as an individual...
