Because I Said So: Searching in All the Wrong Places
By Kathryn Manning, staff writer
I was enjoying my Tuesday afternoon when I received an instant message from a friend delivering the sad news: Heath Ledger, my ultimate celebrity crush since the eighth grade, had tragically passed away. Immediately I turned on the TV to get the scoop, and sure enough, I was faced with the reality of another young, talented individual whose life has ended years oo soon. More...
Glass Half Full: Keeping us in, shutting us out
By Traci Cox, staff writer
I hail from Northern Virginia, where development is humongous and the single-family homes even bigger. I grew up in a moderate townhouse with three floors and a lot of stairs that are a hassle to vacuum. My best friend in high school lived in a home three times the size of mine and with an infinite amount of stairs, hallways, carpets, rooms and “sitting areas.” Only, she never had to clean them. That’s what the nanny was for. More...
Breeze Perspectives: To wed, or not to wed
By Rachael McDaniel, contributing writer
As society has changed, so have the standards for an acceptable age to get married. We don’t live 100 years ago when everyone was expected to get hitched at a very young age, nor should that be the expectation. Now, it has been my experience that the idea of getting married at a young age is frowned upon. More...
