Why This Community Started to Clean their River
"With one foot in summer and the other in the fall, I visited rural West Virginia. Mick Curtis, a family friend and nature enthusiast,...
Getting “Lost” in Hawaii
"Before you ask, no, there were no polar bears." - click image for article
Hawaiian Hotspot: A Travel Guide to the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
"No island adventure is complete without visiting a volcano! For just $15, enter a national park of 323,431 acres filled with unusual...
Slum Tourism: Exploitive or Progressive?
What is slum tourism? I did not hear the words “slum tourism” until high school. Despite not knowing the term in my early life, I had...
A Dreamer in Fiction Class
“I am a writer,” I would say to myself while looking in the mirror, back when I was an awkward preteen. Ever since I could remember, I...
Virginia District Court declares same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional
"Since Amendment One passed in North Carolina on May 8, 2012, when inequality won and love lost, my faith in my country has plummeted to...
The Cart and Flame: A Comparison of Kishiwada’s Danjiri Matsuri and Kurama’s Fire Festival
During my 20th day in Japan, September 14, I attended Danjiri Matsuri in Kishiwada. The streets were crowded with people but a large part...