The Cream of the Crop of Performing Arts Programs: The Five Best Performing Arts Colleges

Entertainment can be presented in various formats. One of the most well-known formats is on a stage,  particularly in the forms of theatre and dance. The performing arts can aid in helping people find their own voice, learn to collaborate and communicate with others, and immerse in themselves without interference from their environment. These impacts are why the performing arts are taught in school. Education … Continue reading The Cream of the Crop of Performing Arts Programs: The Five Best Performing Arts Colleges

Are You Desensitized to Violence?

Desensitization, a term defined by Dictionary.com as being the behavior modification technique, used especially in treating phobias, in which panic or other undesirable emotional response to a given stimulus is reduced or extinguished, especially by repeated exposure to that stimulus. It is a term you’ll frequently see in psychiatry or in any field of psychology for that matter, but you may also be more familiar … Continue reading Are You Desensitized to Violence?

Separating Art From the Artist

The year is 2018. Kanye West has been blacklisted from a Detroit radio station for the comments made in his TMZ interview, R&B singer Sabrina Claudio has dropped off the map, Roseanne Barr just lost her reboot on ABC, and countless other household names have suffered consequences from controversial statements. 2018 has been the year where we finally decided Twitter apologies were not enough for … Continue reading Separating Art From the Artist

Capital Punishment: Is it Right?

The history of the death penalty, otherwise known as capital punishment, may trace back as early as colonial times during the 1600’s in the United States, according to Carol Dwankowski’s “The Death Penalty in the USA – A Short History,” and has become an eternally controversial debate ever since. But what exactly is capital punishment? According to Merriam-Webster, an American company that publishes reference books, … Continue reading Capital Punishment: Is it Right?

CoEd or Single-Sex Education?

     Oakland Mills High School is the home of the Scorpions and is known for its diversity. Those belonging to a large variety of ethnicities, backgrounds, and cultures can be found in this school. In addition to these very important aspects of identity, one can also be defined by their sex. In the school setting, many have been in academic environments where their peer … Continue reading CoEd or Single-Sex Education?