When my senior year of high school was wrapping up, I was going through a slight Ebay phase. I was convinced that I could always get whatever it was I needed cheaper on Ebay. So when I was searching for prom dresses I naturally started looking there first. I found a really pretty dress and it was only 99 cents… with $99 dollars shipping, I found out later. But still even after the fact $100 [...]

So as the group projects pile up, me and my partner for my journalism class decided to do a story about a group of runners in Baltimore that help people overcome whatever they are going through in life, like homelessness and addiction, through running. We had met one of the main organizers, interviewed her and made plans to meet the runners before their run the next day at 5:30 a.m. I am not an early [...]

Recently, I started going to the gym with a friend at 7:30 in the morning to try to get in shape. The only problem was that I have to be at work at 9:30 most days. I thought I was brilliant and would just shower in the gym locker rooms before I had to leave for work. The day before my first gym morning, I packed a bag with everything I could possibly need to [...]

I will be the first to admit that I am not the most naturally tan person in the world. And it doesn’t help that I don’t want to go to tanning beds. But recently I had considered getting an airbrush tan to see how it turns out, not damaging my skin but hopefully getting just a little glow. Coincidentally, my brother’s girlfriend texted me last week saying she bought a airbrush tans Groupon for both [...]

Did you know that according to the Center for Disease Control, chlamydia is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection in the U.S.? Although the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is two times more common than chlamydia, HPV is not officially reportable and is not curable (although it may go away on its own). Gonorrhea and chlamydia also happen to be preventable causes of infertility. Most infected people do not even know they have chlamydia or [...]

I have a nut allergy. I know that sentence prompts your inner second grader to make a joke about having an aversion to testicles. But trust me, I have heard that joke far too many times for it to be funny anymore. I found out I was allergic to nuts when I was about 8. I had a crush on a boy that was my mom’s coworker’s son. I went to a day camp with [...]

In high school my friends and I would go to the DC101 Chili Cook-Off every year. And something bad always happened to us. As three girls who were trying to fight their way to stay in the front of the crowd, we always left with some sort of scratches or got into a fight. One particular year I swear I almost was kidnapped. One of my friends had gone off with her boyfriend, so my [...]

What should be the result of the Supreme Court cases addressing Prop 8 and DOMA?   We all come from different backgrounds. We have been immersed in different cultures, raised with different religious views, and instilled with different values. Thus, the Weltanschauung for each of us is unique, ensuring that there will naturally be different opinions on any possible subject. What one may see as a beautiful expression of humanity, another may see as immoral [...]

About two weeks ago Mackenzie, my Macbook, started to make a mysterious ticking noise. I swear it was hissing. I asked several people to give it a listen and, of course, it magically didn’t make the sound when they were there. But I got paranoid that it was going to break so I decided to bring it into the Apple store over the weekend, hoping I was still under AppleCare and didn’t have to pay [...]

Every single food product we buy has a food label on it. These food labels not only include the nutritional value of the product but also the ingredients. Most people who actually take the time to read labels gravitate toward calories and fat. While knowing the caloric value may be important to those who are trying to lose or maintain weight, the label contains other things that you should be paying particular attention to. For [...]