Red flag

I was waiting in line for lunch. I had just left from combo. At this camp my combo was a jazz ensemble that actually sounded amazing together. None of my friends were around me in line so I just waited quietly. I heard someone behind start talking about there combo. They said, “Ugh, we have Sam again this year. Why does he have to be so bad? And sigh, now we have Rami, he is…” I turned around instantly and asked, “Rami is what?” He paused while his friends laughed at him. He was literally and figuratively

Racism is prevalent in today’s society and is exposed in the sports industry as well. Various athletes in different sports field experience racism and face it everyday. Social media is a big platform for people to criticize athletes for their failures and success. On the other hand more times than not, racism can be found within the head of organizations of major sports, most noticeably football. The NFL has condoned an abundance of racist actions towards players of Hispanic and African American

t this moment in time, we as a nation have come across a troubling situation better known as the national anthem delima. When we think about the National Anthem it’s a way of reminiscing to a song that talks about the great wars and sacrifices the people before us endured. Not only that but it gives a sense of honor ment to the ones who are currently fighting to make sure our country remains a place of freedom. The big question though is should we stand with our hands across our hearts or kneel/sit

The school dismissal bell has just rung and I walk slowly towards the back of the building towards the athletic wing. As I walk towards the trophy case, I am walking by memory because i am distracted by my own thoughts floating through my head of all the things I need to do before the day ends. My ends go back to focus and I find myself with the rest of my cross country team. Today is Tuesday, and we have a meet. Tuesday is the longest day of my week. After going to school for seven hours, I have

Media is mass communication regarded collectively, whether it is from broadcasting, publishing, or the Internet. Society, in general, uses these types of media  to shape beliefs that benefit them. Whether it is from coverage of the NFL protests, Muslim stereotypes or small national news, they all come up with different perspectives that enforce different ideas. The first amendment of the constitution states freedom of speech, which not only is the most violated but is also very contradicting. We

you have to work for it. Barbara Frietchie showed us through her acts of bravery, loyalty, and dedication to her country. To begin with, Barbara Frietchie showed many acts of bravery to her country by saying that she would rather die than have her flag disrespected. Bravery is an important part of this story because it can show many people that they can stand up for anything that they believe in. This shows people that you can accomplish anything as long as you stand up for what you believe in. Barbara

West with the Night is an autobiography by Beryl Markham, who is a pilot is Africa. In her book she juxtaposes Africa and London and then extends that juxtaposition to stand for the universal feelings of boredom and freedom. She chooses events from her job that highlight the difference between Africa and London to characterize herself as exotic and unique. She opens this excerpt by telling the story of transporting life saving oxygen to a dying old man. By choosing to reveal to us important and

The very same park I wanted to help fell under controversy. The Christian Flag was flying at the veterans memorial and someone threatened to sue, so the city council decided to take the flag down. This was one week before the city council meeting. A meeting that should have been one hour lasted three and a half hours. After 2 hours of people yelling at the council men for being Godless

Heartbleed is a name that security researchers have given to a serious bug found in a very common piece of software used by many websites. The software name was OpenSSL which is used to encrypt the information that we send to and from websites. Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL allowed attackers to get sensitive data i.e. user’s authentication credentials (login name, password) and secret keys through incorrect memory handling in TLS (Transport layer security) heartbeat extension. ORIGIN OF HEARTBLEED

Welcome, dear family and relatives of Banquo, noble thanes and kinsmen. You have come far and to attend this funeral in Lochaber and pay tribute to my best friend and your brave soldier. His death was untimely and it is truly hard for me to speak of him now that he is deceased. I am here today not to speak of his death and that he is no longer here by my side but to speak of his times of great triumph. His death has hurt me and I will do whatever it takes to destroy the lives of those people who