My taste in music is very selective. I prefer older bands, like Switchfoot, Snow Patrol – bands teenagers usually say, “Huh? Who are they?” But even with the Veronicas, the Beatles, and Bob Marley on my iPod, I had to check out the new pop sensation, the Jonas Brothers, when my best friend developed a […]

So was I outraged when I saw the Nick Mina] skit? Not really. While much of the writing was a bit Insulting to me, I get that that’s typical Saturday Night Live. And as a regular viewer of the show, I would be lying If I didn’t admit that I’ve laughed when they have Insulted […]

It was Like a dog without a name or a fish without water; It’s a feeling you want to go away, but sucks and sticks like glue on paper. You try to pull It off, but It Just ends up tearing. Tearing through everything that you have worked to make right. A young girl, Christine […]

The Harlem Renaissance and a Hip Hop Culture In the sass’s a group of African-American intellectuals decided to come together and construct the New Negro Movement, later called the Harlem Renaissance. It was a time when black poets, novelists, and artists set out to disprove the negative stereotypes and prove that black people were not […]

Memphis Is the first city that I have men to that has a station such as Hot 107 that plays only rap and R&B. Most other places will only have songs that are mainstream and then they are only played on the dance music stations. The other mall reason I chose SIXTH was Its Involvement […]

The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from Islands that are located In the Caribbean Sea and it represents something that Is simple, exotic yet rich and wonderful. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerco Rican coagulant and Jamaican memento to more contemporary […]

The Truth” by Fern Supper In humanity, there is a very thin line of similarity between lying and telling the truth. In a fiction book, for example, the author is making up a story based on their own imaginative thoughts, interests, and events that they hope will happen in the future. Also, when someone is […]

China’s drone development program. The government and military are striving to put China at the forefront of drone manufacturing, for their own use and for export, and have made an all-out push to gather domestic and international technology to support the rogram. (NY Times, 09/20/2013, Edward Wong) The example mentioned above is one of the […]

A letter from eight white clergymen The clergymen’s letter suggests that the racial problem in Birmingham, Alabama, needs to be resolved in court peacefully. The exigency of his argument is to try to solve the racial issue with an innovative and constructive approach. The letter was written to the editor of a Birmingham’s newspaper. Based […]

My shrill, pea-less Fox-40 whistle rents the humid August air as I call for a safety break. Patrons in the pool grumble audibly as they grudgingly vacate their summer oasis against the sweltering Texas heat. As I head towards the shaded guardroom, I hear another worn-out grumble. Why? My friend is writing, or at least […]