"Why can't I?" the girl said with a mouthful of food that, technically, still belonged to the grocery store they were standing in. Erica Clark, 37, couldn't help but smile as the girl finished eating what she'd unabashedly taken off the shelf. For 10 years Clark taught children with Autism and Down syndrome, a job she fell into when assigned to be a substitute teacher in a special-education classroom.
When Leanne Stella moved to Harlem in 2011 she fell in love with it. The Upper Manhattan neighborhood swelled with homes, restaurants, cultural institutions, storefronts, churches and schools that fit together like a well mismatched set of dinnerware. Despite Harlem's rich and varied offerings Stella felt something was missing.
I was sitting in a gynecologist’s office in midtown Manhattan considering an IUD. Moving past the fact that she’d used “libido” in a sentence I nodded. I imagined sex without those ‘I’m really turned on but wait how are we going to prevent babies’ interludes. She went on to describe lighter if not absent periods, almost 100% effectiveness and 5 years of not having to think about birth control. I was in, or should I say it was.
He was electric. He shouted and spit in our wide-eyed young faces about ethics. He slammed his fist on the table and crushed soda cans to make his point. He read us poetry and had us do intriguingly strange in-class exercises. Steve* was one of my professors. He also had the FBI on speed dial and testified in national court cases.
As it enters the eerily grey hours between sunset and nightfall a man and a group of thirty students surround a roadside sign off Route 5 in Brattleboro. They are waiting to perform an exorcism.
In an Instagram photo posted Monday Mia Khalifa looks like any 21 year old complete with comfy robe, MacBook, school spirit (a Florida State Seminoles mug) and hipster-eque black rimmed glasses. A closer look reveals she is anything but. First you see the cleavage. Then you read the comments that range from genitalia references to slander to support, in both Arabic and English.
I looked at my mom. "Do you want to keep the pill planner?" It was filled with Kona's menagerie of medications divided by AM and PM. "No," she said tearfully. "Throw it all away." Kona, our Maltese of 11 years, died in my arms this March. She was put down at home by a vet who specializes in euthanization.
Landmark College student Scout MacEachron originally wrote a version of this piece for the college’s student newspaper, the Independent. As a new semester begins, the aftershocks of recent budget cuts at Landmark College are being felt across campus, particularly by faculty and staff. Measures implemented last spring were successful in preventing a budget deficit of nearly $853,000 for the college, which serves students with learning disabilities and/or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
It was any 16 year-old's dream prom. My long-time, incredibly handsome crush drove three hours to take me. My dress, like the stretch hummer we rode in, was white and sparkly. And I'd been invited to the after-party hosted by our exceedingly wealthy Northern California classmate. The prom itself was, as most proms are, unspectacular.
Dogs and cats become dehydrated quickly, so make sure they have access to plenty of fresh water and shade when outdoors. In fact, dog houses aren't ideal, as they trap heat. The American Kennel Club (AKC) recommends filling up an inflatable pool for your pooch if he or she is spending the day outside.
It is rare to find a subject of equal importance to sex columnists, psychologists, Taylor Swift and college students. Dating, like dieting or parenting, has become one of those subjects we splatter words and dollars at in the hope of finding one, magical piece of advice that will change everything.
I had no idea what to expect when my friend, a fashion writer, invited me to a Style360 party at the Empire Hotel. Prior to this year fashion week wasn’t on my radar. I knew of it. I made a point to educate myself on the Fall trends and admire pictures of models engulfed in clothing but that was the extent of our relationship.
If you steal, have the decency to leave something behind. If someone ruins your life be sure to politely let them know. Anything that you see everyday can become boring, even sea mammals. Firing weaponry must be done with proper ear protection. Delicious breakfast foods should always be consumed immediately.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell visited the New York Public Library recently to discuss his new book, “It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership,” as a part of the library’s spring 2012 lecture series. Though Powell may have come to discuss his book, he addressed a wide range of topics during the 50-minute interview, ranging from presidential personalities and political parties to Powell’s temper and TV habits to weapons of mass destruction and the current situation in Syria.
My family moved to India the summer before my senior year of high school. People gawk when I say this, “oh my god, that must have sucked, your senior year!?”. It didn’t suck, but it wasn’t easy. I felt incredibly out of place. My Scottish skin rejected the summer heat (often up to 120°F) and my stomach rejected just about everything else.
On December 3rd seven Landmark College students were arrested while exploring an abandoned dog-racing track in Hinsdale, NH. The students, six males and one female, were charged with criminal trespassing and theft, along with other misdemeanors. At 1:40 AM, Joseph Eder, Jacob Tobin, William “Snowflake” Helland, Eli Miller, Steven Desisto, Mark Pugsley and Lindsey Robison piled into Eder’s mini-van with the intent of going to explore the track.
