In the 2008 contemporary equivalent to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Charlie Bartlett,” Charlie is a social pariah who craves popularity and learns to win friends and influence people by becoming a prescription drug dealer. Charlie administers Ritalin, Xanax and Prozac, obtained by studying physicians’ reference books, and then visiting psychiatrists, feigning symptoms the doctors are more »
Budget cuts force California State Universities to cut readers of applications. When visiting the California Polytechnic University, I fell in love with the campus, the programs, and the people. In an on campus information session, we were told that the university no longer required an essay or any other writing portion in its more »
As high school students, we’ve all experienced writer’s block. Many students hate writing essays and papers all together. Part of the problem here may be the approach we have all become accustomed to taking when we are given a writing assignment. Recently, in his American Literature Seminar, English teacher Dr. Charles Donelan had his students more »
Many students have taken on part-time jobs in addition to their homework and extracurricular activities. Outside of school, students are baby-siting, mowing lawns, waitressing, stocking shelves, and engaging in other interesting moneymaking ventures. Sophomore Aija Mayrock previously worked for the Granada Theatre’s online magazine. Her job was to attend performing and visual art shows and more »
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