Author Archives: April Kincaid
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Conformation And Agility
Through aggregation and dedication, getting your dog to have good conformation and agility is a huge deal. Conformation is the appearance of your dog, and agility is the skills your dog should have and the mastery of interacting. For many it is “My dog is my best friend” but do you show it? …
Hookahs:Slowly Killing You
Is smoking hookah worth risking your life? Hookah is an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube that draws the smoke through water contained in a bowl. Many people smoke hookah to release stress and relax with their friends and families. You might think that it’s not harmful, but what you might not …
Every Years A New Game
The middle schools in Dearborn, Michigan have changed their basketball rules once again. Prior to 2014, there used to be a separate 7th and 8th grade team. Now, it’s a mixture of 7th and 8th graders playing consecutively. The truth of the matter is, the 7th graders barely get to play. Back in 2012, …
Unis Resurgence; Making A Come Back
Unis 8th grade football players in action, Mohamad Basma(QB) passes the ball to Mohammad Rizk. Big plays, big hits, and big runs. That’s how the Unis football season started at the team’s first practice on August 27. But then it went down hill. After a mid-season resurgence, the team finished with a 3-3 record. …
The Elderly: Help or Struggle?
Zeinat Nasser assists her mother, Nahla Nasser How many senior citizens have died this year due to the lack of help? Many elders have died of heart disease, cancer, heart attacks, and strokes. Senior citizens are dying about every minute and their death rate went up to 800,000 elders per year just in the United States according to …
Adult Bullying
Do bullies ever outgrow their former actions? Maybe not. You might think that grown ups are the ones that encourage children not to bully, but in this case, it’s the opposite. There are adults that bully in the workplace. “Its sad, ridiculous, and immature,” says Mrs. Seay who works at Unis Middle School as a …
ISIS : A World Terror
[ISIS fighters in Iraq. Image from Creative Commons/Google.] The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), have been bombing and terrorizing the world since 2004, their attacks this year the worst of them all. They killed hundreds of innocent people including the beheading of two American journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley, also a British …
The Trevor Project : People Helping People
The Trevor Project is an American non-profit organization. It helps young children and adults in crisis. Since 1998, thousands of people have reached out to The Trevor Project’s multiple in-person and online life-saving resources. It is the first national crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for suicidal, unfairly treated, and violated youth. Many people actually …