Carrie Prejean, also known as Miss California, didn't win the Miss USA pageant title on April 19, but she won a different kind of crown that night. Thanks to a question asked by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, she's the newest queen of controversy - all because she told the truth.
Something is coming, and it's not a new ice cream truck.? It's something much more foreboding. I'm speaking, of course, about the zombie sickness sparked by severe allergies, sometimes referred to as the "crud."? I have recently become a victim of this sickness and, before I am completely transformed into a zombie-like creature myself, I want to send out this message of caution.
As the flashing bar on my empty Word document impatiently stares at me, I laugh at the irony. I am writing my goodbye piece, the last thing I will ever write as a college student, a piece that will sum up my entire college career. The irony is the fact that I am writing this past deadline and at the absolute last minute possible.
One of the greatest mistakes you can make is to underestimate yourself.? It's far worse to underestimate than it is to overestimate. The reason is quite simple:? You act in harmony with the way you see yourself.? If you overestimate your ability to accomplish something, you will act as if you can do it.
On April 7, High Point University unveiled its new and ecologically improved water bottles. These Primo bottles are made from Ingeo, which is a brand name performance plastic made from 100 percent annually renewable plants. The Primo bottles, when left alone in nature, will decompose in three months or less.