By Pailey Gordon You just got home from a long day at work and want to relax for the night. You turn on your television and watch the nightly news. The first thing you see is breaking news about a horrible crime where one has decided to inflict pain on others. Whether it happened in a different country or in your own, you feel sympathy for those people. Overflowing emotions … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Stress of high schoolers
By Katrina Bergey Stress is a feeling every single person has felt. By definition, stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. Most people can not go a single day without feeling some type of stress or hearing about other’s stresses. Today, high school students are feeling the pressure of stress more than … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Endangered
By Hannah Schneekcloth Imagine a world where tigers are just stories from the past, or elephants are things that people need to go to museums to learn about instead of the zoo. Due to habitat loss, poaching, and lack of genetic diversity in a species gene pool, species have become endangered. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has seven levels on how to … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project An hour well spenter
By Maddie Smith You pass the sound of bells, see wrapped presents under Christmas trees, and hear of people spending their holiday evenings serving food at a local food shelter. Most people tend to associate volunteering with the holiday season, but why limit committing good deeds to only a select time of the year? Organizations such as 4-H, Boy Scouts, and the American … [Read more...]
Journal Writing Project Winter weather tips
By Anna Erickson Surviving rugged, harsh winters is something Minnesotans are known for. This year has brought some of the most frigid temperatures seen in decades. Resilient to the cold, many people who call the Midwest home trudge through the snow and risk dangerous conditions every day to reach their destinations. When driving in treacherous winter weather it is always best … [Read more...]