Category: Opinions

Any immigrant who wants to be a U.S citizen has to go through a lengthy process with testing and background checks. Over the years it has gotten worse to the point that immigrants who want to be U.S citizens have to wait years to become one, and often they live in the U.S. and keep having to visit the embassy or immigration services within the city to renew their stay. Many immigrants begin to build their life here by attending college and starting a job. They are legally able to be in the United States but are not considered a…

I first heard about Collegiate High School when I was in the fifth grade and was immediately captivated by the opportunities it provided. I applied for CHS when I was 14 years old, and took my first dual credit class that same year. Balancing a demanding college course load with equally demanding high school classes was overwhelming, stressful and something I was not prepared for. However, what I gained was worth more than I ever could’ve anticipated. As I progressed through the program, I took on even more classes, which varied in both difficulty and demand. Now, I am a…

Taxi services have been around for quite a while and they do come in handy, like when getting to the airport or even if you have had too much to drink. They are reliable but can be expensive. That is when Uber steps in as an alternate to a taxi service that can come to your location with a tap of an app. Uber started in Paris in 2008 and is an app that allows the user to contact an Uber driver to come pick them up at their location. The app includes an estimate of how much it may…

Ronald Reagan lived by a philosophy that many Republicans live by, “Thou shall not speak ill of a fellow Republican.” Though if you were to tune into a national news station like Fox News, CNN or ABC that are covering the election, on the Republican side it does not seem that they follow Reagan’s philosophy, even though they claim to follow his ideology on how to run the country like the way he dealt with the economy. Many people look at their TVs and think that this election season is a political circus with Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio…

With the issue of Syrian refugees a main topic in the news today, 31 states are holding strong to their opposition of letting them into the United States. Some leaders say they either oppose taking in any Syrian refugees being relocated as part of a national program or are asked that they be particularly scrutinized as potential security threats. In a letter to President Barack Obama, Gov. Greg Abbott said, “American humanitarian compassion could be exploited to expose Americans to similar deadly danger,” referring to the deadly attacks in Paris. Some would say that this is a ridiculous view of…