When I was in high school, I was always dead set that grades are important. A crucial part of what colleges were looking for. However, I didn't kill myself for the A's.
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I was away at school when the Arizona immigration law came into light. That night at the sorority meeting we had a discussion about it. I left the room angrier with
my fellow Hispanic sisters, than at the white people passing the law.

The young women were agr

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Above all the Jennifer Aniston's, Angelina Jolie and other blonde, cliche actresses there is Zoey Deschenel.

I loved her before she was the She in She and Him, I loved before her wardrobe was considered cool and I loved her before she was Summer.

I loved her quirkyness in almost every film she was in, no matter how short her role was. Her personality bloomed on camera, no matter if she was supposed be part of the melting background.

I love Leo, but

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Relationships concerning your friends or a boyfriend can be really hard. There are many different elements that go into maintaining a good healthy relationship with a friend or a significant other. I have had some bad and good experiences concerning both of these relationships. When your young finding friends seems to be so easy. You just have to walk out to the jungle gym and boom there you go, you find a friend instantly. When you start getting older though this becomes more difficult. Girls s… Continue

Elizabeth Justice, Assistant Vice President Office of Scholarships at UTEP, gave Latinitas the scoop on how to get involved with your community, how to get land the scholarships you need and the importance of Latinas going on

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once you get into the whole high school scene you see that things start to change.. BIG TIME!! What you thought was fun in middle school could be suuuuper lame now! OR maybe you still think sleepovers are fun and stuff but your friends are into that whole different scene!! :b there into drinking and drugs and partying and that whole rave scene!! I knowfor me its waay different. I'm still into that mind setting that sleepovers and movies are fuuun when others think different! I think that under a… Continue

For living in a boarder city, immigration is a key topic in everybody's mind. In some ways
immigration can be bad, but in other ways some people come to make a new and

better life. The bad thing is some people come into the United States to sell

drugs, or to sell people, but some people come to the US to better themselves

and to make a living for their family or to ge

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It seems as though the total buzz and the couple that everyone wants to be a part of is centered around the Twilight's series Edward and Bella, but is this teenage romance really sending out the right message to teens in their own relationships? In the popular vampire films, Bella desperately wants Edward to bite her to turn her into a vampire for all eternity. For vampires that might work but in reality if you bite your boyfriend nothing special is going to happen, but you might leave a mark. I… Continue

Im gonna talk about abuse. Abuse is when a person hits or beats another person.It does not apply to one gender anyone can be abusive, a man or a girl can hit for no reason. This is not all but most of the people that are abusive probably have a mental illness. This is not always the case, they could be mad or fell so bad a bout themselves that they cant help but let that anger out. Usually when they let the anger out its on other people.
Men are not the only people who can be abusive, women… Continue

You see skinny girls walking around on tv having a great time right? But to be that scary thin is unhealthy, not to mention dangerous! Actually, many young girls have eating disorders (mostly ages 13-19). Girls might feel pressure from friends to be thinner. Based on a survey, most girls try their first diet in middle school.
Also, media like TV or magazines make models look so thin and girls try to copy them. Even some skinny girls think they're overweight and keep losing weigh

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