By Deja Brownlee It’s 8:30pm on a Monday night, 23 year old Christopher Oliver pulls up to his Condominium, music blaring through the windows of his 2007 midnight blue ChryslerAs he steps out of his vehicle standing at about 6’0 wearing a white tee shirt, black Nike basketball shorts, black socks (almost certainly Nike) and […]
Two poems from Diego Olguin’s collection. Poem 6: Sun & Moon You bring warmth and action, I bring delay You have others that circle around you I simply circle those others… I lie in darkness because I have no light of my own You illuminate everything and I need you to shine You, however […]
By Charlie Simms Hunting. Waiting. Waiting for the bad apple to show itself. Inside everyone’s favorite shopping experiences, waiting among the common people, is a snake waiting to attack its prey. Loss prevention, security if you will, is something all stores need to protect their product and their patrons. The job includes: Reporting suspicious […]
From SPC’s Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions: In the wake of the massacre of nine black citizens in a Charleston church Bible study class last June, anger over police treatment of black males has merged with resentment over decades of discrimination by society against African Americans. A forum at St. Petersburg College during the […]
By Rob Sumner This review is spoiler free! From the moment the opening Star Wars credits started scrolling through space and the audience cheers, you know you are in for a treat. Fans all over are rejoicing for the return of Star Wars and this film will not disappoint those fans. With all biased opinions […]
Falling for the Absurd A spin on Albert Camus’s Myth of Sisyphus By Blair Pott, a letter to the editor In The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus , Sisyphus finds himself pushing a rock up a hill in the underworld for the rest of his life. He is in a sense tied to that […]
By April Trevino Walking in to the nicely decorated home that she shares with her girlfriend, Jennifer, I spot Lauren in the kitchen. A free spirited beautiful young woman, with blonde locks loosely twisted into a messy bun, sporting a cute diamond stud nose ring, stylishly dressed in a vibrantly colored top, with light blue […]
By Megan Holzwarth Tossing and turning Imaging what would it be like? How will it happen? Thoughts coming and going all night Picturing and hoping for it Heart beating so fast Butterflies emerging Late night wonders That could actually be Header photo by Kevin Chodzinkski (flickr creative commons)
By Nicole Paddock Lauren Eggert started experiencing frequent headaches, stomach pains, and flare-ups on her face at the age of 16 and knew something wasn’t right with her body. Her mother took matters into hand and pushed their local doctor into finally diagnosing her with a disorder. Turns out that Lauren is gluten intolerant. Gluten […]