"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."

For some reason I feel like this has a hidden message I am suppose to know about. But since I don't right now, let's just get to it. Lets talk about Donald Trump. Yes I know everyone is tired of listening to him, but for some reason this year there are more people that are getting registered to vote. Donald Trump has engaged so many people with his ridiculous ideas that they are now registering in order to prevent him from being president. So does this mean that it takes an idiot to get people involved? Lets face it, who wants to get up to vote when they know it will be the same thing every year. I am not voting for Trump, but he will definitely be my alarm on voting day.

- Ayleen Gomez 

"Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." - Vince L

"Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." - Vince l

Many people also agree with this quote and make it their goal. People are trying to win no matter what might be the case. Us as humans always fight to be better than the other. Winning everything is all what matters to them. For example, if you are in a contest and you "win" in second place, you would want to be in first place, no matter what it may be. But it is not always the case that winning is always everything. Sometimes if you win, it can hurt you or even your family. For example, if winning to become a stronger and ambitious person in a gang, you have to kill someone in order to win the name. Sometimes winning can put you in a dangerous stage of mind. Winning, and not becoming a quitter, is an amazing thing. But it also depends on what you are trying to win. Winning is in me but it is not the only thing.

By:
Abdul Kader

Code of Honor....?

Woah...Amiri Baraka was one of those folks who give lifetime quotes. "A man is either free or he is not. There can be no apprenticeship for freedom." The first thing I thought of, honestly, is midterms. You are either free of them or you're not. You can not be an apprentice to the slavery of midterms. These are the wise words of someone who has not slept well for the past few nights due to the stress of midterms. I also feel like this quote exists in many different forms. For example, "You are either for us or against us" or "It's either yes or no." There is no "in between". It's a sort of ultimatum. The world's, no, the universe's greatest dilemma. You can't really be in between. I don't know. I just feel that opinions, ideals, even the laws of religion and man have become so flexible, so malleable, because of situationalism. Human beings can be so wishy-washy, willy-nilly. We change what we don't like, or change because we want something. Sometimes it's for the best. But often, there is a trail of chaos that we leave behind. What would the world be like if everyone stayed faithful to one set of morals or beliefs...I don't know. I guess we fear something about being the same and decide to promote differences, but should we really?

-jekoli