Ljasp's blog

Any person who has been a college-bound student in the latter part of this century has taken the SATs (or, alternately, the ACTs). The SATs first came to prominence in 1967 when the University of California made SAT scores a requirement for undergraduate admissions. As the application pool has grown larger since then, the importance of SATs in undergraduate admissions has increased.  Read More »

Salutations Brethren,  Read More »

Should soda's be banned from being sold from schools?

Obviously, since this is such a controversial issue there are valid points on either side. There's the health issue, and then there are the issues of money, choice, etc. However, I believe that sodas, despite being unhealthy, should not be banned from schools.  Read More »

Sometimes I wish I could fly around the world dropping copies of Sartre's Existentialism is a Humanism. I think it really would so us some good.  Read More »

How do we create a more equal word? How do we annihilate ignorance and proliferate peace? How do we guarantee a universally better tomorrow? It's certainly not impossible.  Read More »

I guess it's time for me to start thinking about which colleges I'm going to apply to next year. Or at least that's what my mailbox it telling me. It seems like almost everyday I get a form letter from some college (most of them obscure) accompanied by some pretty pictures of its campus.  Read More »

With that increase in global temperatures comes the catastrophic affects on mankind and the environment that could only be caused by monumental climate change. These devastating effects on the environment include intense heat waves, the spread of infectious diseases, more forest fires, and rising sea levels and flooding, among many other deadly consequences.  Read More »

OK, so I've heard a couple people wondering about global warming and whether it occurs naturally or because of man. The simple answer is both, although currently it's being caused almost entirely by man.  Read More »