Civic Issues: What is Sustainability?
Ever since I arrived at college, the word has been popping up everywhere. People talk about sustainability, clubs are based on sustainability, our culture references sustainability, and professors...
View ArticleGay Marriage in the Media
While searching for a topic for this week’s civic issue post, I did my usual google search of “gay marriage” to see what the latest news about gay marriage is about. I am immediately taken to a link...
View ArticleCI #4 The One and Only President Reagan
The next two posts are going to feature radical thinkers who made the leap off of the soapbox of one party to the other showcasing true determination to their voters and patriotism. Beginning this...
View ArticleSupreme Court Trial
What better way to wrap things up about the civic issue of same sex marriage than to actually give the latest update on the subject? This week, I will focus on the Supreme Court trials that kicked off...
View ArticleCivic Issues Post #4 – Take Action
Last week, I focused on solutions available to help solve the water crisis in developing countries, but I’ve yet to talk about the actions that we can each take in our daily lives to help conserve...
View ArticleGender Gap in STEM Fields
One of the major problems we find in higher education is the gender gap in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. Women are much more likely to be found in the colleges of...
View ArticleCI #5 Pennsylvania’s Own Arlen Specter
This week, the bipartisanship feature showcases the life and achievements of another, albeit lesser known, political figure who made the Reagan-like jump. Arlen Specter, the former senator from...
View ArticleBombings Highlight the Final Week of Campaigning for Iraq’s Local Elections
We are quickly nearing a very important test for Iraqi democracy in the coming weeks. Next week marks the first local election since US forces entirely pulled out of Iraq. Unfortunately, in recent...
View ArticleWaves of Change: Where Do We Sail from Here?
Way back when this blog was new, I introduced my topic of Global Climate Change and Environmental Health by talking about our declining oceans. I’ve strayed away from that topic in my subsequent posts...
View ArticleCI #6 Building Bipartisan Bridges
Is bipartisanship a solution to all of our problems? Partisanship clearly isn’t. Why even bother with parties? These are some of the questions that the absence of progress forces Americans to ask....
View ArticleHybrid Cars
Hybrid cars represent an incredible stepping stone in energy efficiency. With increasing environmental concerns creeping into the media and the masses, green practices have become an all too real and...
View ArticleMusic Education: The Standards
For music education in the United States, the National Association for Music Education has made a list of the basic ares of music the students should encounter and learn about throughout their music...
View ArticleWhy Music Education?
I know that music education isn’t for everyone. There are plenty of kids who don’t enjoy music class, and who will decide to quit as soon as it is no longer required in their schools or by their...
View ArticleTesla Motors is On Fire… Literally
Tesla. Upon hearing that name, most people immediately think of the unbelievably sexy and ever-so-fashionable picture below: Look at that smolder. ….Er, not that picture. I actually meant this: Tesla...
View ArticleHydrogen-Powered Cars – The Future of Clean Energy
Imagine if all that repulsive smog that came out of the tailpipes of cars could be cleaner, clearer, and safer. What if instead of toxic carbon emissions and caustic chemical mixtures, cars could emit...
View ArticleThe Cost of Music Ed
As I’ve said before, when schools suffer budget cuts, music and the arts are usually the first to go. These classes are viewed as much less important than the typical academic classes, but in my last...
View ArticleGender Stereotypes and How They Hurt
In today’s society, there are fights going on all over the place for equality. A top issue is gay rights, and beneath it, not getting quite as much attention, is transgender equality. These issues are...
View ArticleThe Creativity of Music
“We favor the inclusion of music in the curriculum on an equality with other basic subjects. We believe that with the growing complexity of civilization, more attention must be given to the arts, and...
View ArticleDrivin’ on Sunshine
Solar power for cars is definitely a Catch-22 of sorts. The sun is the most prominent and ubiquitous source of energy in our solar system, and its light reaches nearly every area of the Earth at some...
View ArticleThe Moulin Rouge!
After watching this fabulous film, my sexuality is somewhere between Nicole Kidman’s eyebrows and Ewan McGregor’s voice. (You’ll understand if you watch it. Maybe.) I had listened to and loved the...
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