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“Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.” This is what John Ortberg had to say about grit and the effect it has on people and the world. When giving the TED Talk, “The Key to Success? Grit”, Angela Lee Duckworth shared something similar, “...One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. It wasn't social intelligence, it wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ: It was grit.” Duckworth’s insightful words showed me that grit is more…

Lady Gaga: The Voice of The Vulnerable. Since she took the music Industry by the storm ten years ago, Lady Gaga is one of the most influential people to this day. As a pop icon, lady Gaga used her platform to tackle several controversial issues. Although, her recent publicized involvements include partnering with ex-Vice President Joe Biden for a tour to stop sexual assault on campus, a perfect super bowl halftime performance with “a hidden political message”, a collaboration with Prince…

Iconic rock band U2 and Apple have been accused of violating Russian anti-gay laws as a result of the free digital download of their 2014 album Songs of Innocence. The album, which was freely shared across iTunes upon its release, is currently under investigation on the request of Alexander Starovoitov, a member of Russia’s lower level of Parliament. The lawmaker claims that the album’s release breaks Russian law in that it spreads gay propaganda and makes it available to minors. Starovoitov…

I have special segments in my show. My magic performance is a mixture of family entertainment. But I have a segment I set up especially for kids. I use “Fishy Business” (a multi silk routine) to share a story. I perform the magic as I tell the story and it ends with a very strong good stranger/bad stranger message. I have another segment where I use three silks: red, white and blue to make the flag. I tell a story as I work the magic and end up with a salute to our veterans. I usually…

After a long hiatus, pop superstar Justin Bieber has set the wheels in motion again with his shocking announcement of an upcoming single entitled 'What Do You Mean?’ Bieber went missing on the music radar just quite recently and had been in a handful of controversies which laid-off the creation of any type of track, even more, an album. Fans, behold! The teenage superstar is bound to make his mark again as one of the most noted figures in contemporary music and his first strike is sure to be a…

Music is usually something that everyone can relate to. Music has conformed over many years and will continue too many years to come. The numerous genres of music have made it possible to touch many different lives, because not everyone likes the same music. Music is something that is different to everyone. Some may use music to help lift their spirit, and then someone else may use it to calm down their self. No matter how you use music in your own individual way, it is something that our world…

first African American woman to write a nonfiction best seller. That was not her first job though. Through-out her life she was a singer, dancer, waiter, cook, screenwriter, cable car instructor, (most importantly) author, and poet. She won many awards as an author and poet. Not only that she was the first African American woman cable car instructor. She only had this job for a couple of months. At sixteen she gave birth to a boy who she named Guy. To support her son she began to work as a…

Zaiden tapped his steering wheel to the beat of Elvis Presley’s “Burning Love.” He was on his way to Anywhere But His Hometown, trying to escape the fact that he was the family disappointment for not getting a baseball scholarship to the same fancy school his father graduated from. Zaiden had no desire to attend a place that valued money over education. He grew up in the tiny town of Ellis, Maine with the grand population of 623 bigoted people. Putting the town in his rearview mirror was his way…

PRESS RELEASE Kanye West for President Kanye West Announces Formation of Presidential Exploratory Committee (Miami, Florida) October 12th, 2015: Today, Kanye Omari West, the internationally acclaimed music producer, business magnate and world renounced fashion designer, officially declared he is compiling an exploratory committee to ensure if his plan of running for the Presidency of the United States of America as an attainable course of action. Mr. West stated, “If my grandfather was here…

Blurred Lines It is a Friday night in East Halls; Fetty Wap, Drake, and Justin Bieber are blasting from all of the different rooms as gaggles of underage girls and boys are putting back Fireball, Svedka, and Vladimir Vodka (basically nail polish remover) like it is going out of style. Scantily clad lasses drunkenly stumble as they run to catch the over packed White Loop with their Vineyard Vines attired frat bros trailing at their heels. Upon arriving at their destination, the dimly lit basement…