Speak Out

Not Everything is Juno Perfect

by Jessica Worrell, SUNY Cortland

Pregnant? Me? never, well not no--I’m just 15. When we hear about someone being pregnant, we assume that she is older than 21. Well, things have changed over the years, and not for the better. Walking down the streets of Brooklyn, I see more and more pregnant teenage girls under the age of 17. Teen pregnancy is like the new fad. In my head I think: how, why, I wonder how their family feels, was it planned, how old is their baby’s father, and most important: are they with their baby’s father? In my Brooklyn Junior High School, rumors of...

Arts

Paul

by Adam Z. Berenstain, SUNY Cortland

Tuesday, September 11, 2007. It’s another nice fall day and I’m back in Ithaca after classes. I have a short paper and some reading to do tonight. I grab the mail from the front porch and open the door to my apartment. I walk toward the kitchen to drop...

Culture

Iron Man

by Adam Z. Berenstain, SUNY Cortland

Iron Man, Iron Man, Does whatever an iron can. Presses slacks, suits, and cords, Sharp creases his reward. Look out! Here comes the Iron Man. Okay, I admit that I found that somewhere on the internet. I think. If it’s yours, email me and we’ll take care of things....

College Life

A New Way to Safer Sex

by Ashley Pichura, SUNY Cortland

Looking for a new way to safer sex? Well, now there is a female condom that sexually active people can use. The female condom in a pouch that is inserted into the vagina that is used to prevent pregnancy, reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and it can...

News and Politics

The AIDS Epidemic in South Africa

by Sarah Trance, SUNY Cortland

Currently, South Africa is experiencing one of the worst and most severe AIDS epidemics in the world. The most rapid increase in AIDS in this part of Africa was between 1993 and 2000 (Pembrey, 2008). This issue went unnoticed and untreated for so long because of major political and social...

Travel and Adventure

A Walk Around the Lake

by Frank Baliko, SUNY Cortland

Seven-thirty was the ideal time for a sweet summer walk around the Crescent Lake community. The refreshing color of the orange sherbet my Aunt prepared for an early dessert was smeared in the sky above. The intense yellow heat of the summer sun that had towered over was now hiding...

Artist Submissions

Anne Nord: Photography Student from Mullsjö Folkhögskola, Sweden

by Martine,

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