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Lorde Willing: How One Young Girl Is Fighting For The Right To Look Imperfect In A Post-Beyonce World
18April

Lorde Willing: How One Young Girl Is Fighting For The...

Fighting Against The Status Quo The future is upon us. We live in a world where all images must be questioned. But one young girl, a rising star from New Zealand, is fighting against the status quo and sharing a message that she hopes...

Happiest Grandfather In The World Gets A Big Surprise
17April

Happiest Grandfather In The World Gets A Big Surprise

There is nothing better than making the people you love feel special, and this is exactly what happens in one of the most heart-warming videos I’ve seen on YouTube. When you see the way this man reacts, it is clear that family is...

Facebook Fools: How Posting Can Land You Loads Of Trouble
16April

Facebook Fools: How Posting Can Land You Loads Of Trouble

Who’s dating this person, what did they have for lunch, how cute is the dog they saw etc. Facebook and the social media of today allows people to share every single aspect of their lives. You see every single event in that persons...

Reaction of Student With Down Syndrome When Accepted Into College
16April

Reaction of Student With Down Syndrome When Accepted Into...

In most ways, Noah Van Vooren is just like any high school student. He plays on the football team and loves it, he has lots of friends, and he has been waiting anxiously for a letter of acceptance or rejection from the college he applied...

You Have To See What An Artist Can Do With 64,000 Chopsticks
12April

You Have To See What An Artist Can Do With 64,000 Chopsticks

"Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created (such as an idea, a joke, an artistic or literary work, a painting or musical composition, a solution, an invention etc.). The ideas and concepts so conceived...

If This Video of a Drug Addicted Father Doesn't Awaken The Silent Majority Then What Will
11April

If This Video of a Drug Addicted Father Doesn't...

It is rare to find a video that both horrifies and amuses an audience, but for many people this is exactly what this news story does. We start the video expecting it to simply be a story of horrible parenting, shocking but no different...

It's Really Stupid to Smoke Crack, But it's Mind Obliteratingly Moronic to Smoke Coffee, Yet Some Teens Are Still Doing It
09April

It's Really Stupid to Smoke Crack, But it's...

Some people like it right after showering. Maybe you do it right as you wake up. Others wait until driving to work to do it. It is a worldwide multi-billion dollar industry. Drinking coffee is a staple in the morning routine of millions...

Stop and Frisk - Fair?
08April

Stop and Frisk - Fair?

Picture yourself walking down the street in New York City. You might be heading to a new chic shop down the street or you may be trying to find that legendary pizza joint everybody is talking about. Suddenly a man in ordinary clothes...

Even Popularity Can't Keep Some Teens From Being Bullied
07April

Even Popularity Can't Keep Some Teens From Being...

Life is hard for any high school or middle school student, but does popularity make life any easier? A study out of the University of California and Pennsylvania University investigates this question. It is typical to think that people...