Heather A. Wood

We've all grown up surrounded by the existence of lions, but with recent problems facing these magnificent animals, extinction is a growing concern. Bovine tuberculosis is one of the main causes of the declining population, but as the disease is widespread and hard to control, little can be done about the issue. Hunting, on the other hand, is an action we can stop to protect the lions and allow them to potentially avoid extinction.

My roommates and I thought we attending just another football game, but when dark clouds quickly filled the sky, we knew we were in for a long night.

After not feeling several of the recent Oklahoma earthquakes, I was finally excited when I thought I had felt an aftershock. The following morning I asked friends if they had felt the shaking, but when they hadn't, I was dumbfounded. I tried to find reasonable explanations for what I had felt, but without any luck, I felt like I was suffering from earthquake paranoia.

Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death in the United States. While it is a freedom and right to be able to smoke, when it begins to harm the lives of others, where do we draw the line? Smoking should be banned in some public places, such as college campuses where thousands of students congregate every day. This ban on smoking would greatly reduce the number of health problems given to nonsmokers from secondhand smoke.

Halloween was always a favorite holiday of mine when I was a kid. But since becoming an adult, keeping the Halloween spirit alive has been a struggle. Nowadays, I give out candy all night long and barely decorate the house. While it's still not a favorite holiday of mine, I've been trying to get a away from being a Halloween Scrooge and learn to enjoy the holiday.

Although global warming is a controversial issue, science proves the climate is changing and putting the human life in danger. What will we do to help provide a sustainable earth for future generations? Our current generations may not be around long enough to fully experience global warming, but it will greatly affect our kids and grandkids.

If you're going on your very first hiking trip, preparing can be very stressful. "What do I need? What if I forget something?" you ask yourself. To help you out, I've created a list of the top essentials to take on a hiking trip.

After watching a live performance, I fell in love with music and performing and dedicated the next several years of my life to music and dance. It completely changed the direction my life was going in, but I can now proudly say that music will always be a part of my life because of that one experience.