Chris Vlamakis We all love the fourth of July in America, where we can light fireworks to celebrate our freedom and Independence with our family and friends. We have barbeques during the daytime then...

Scars are a part of everyone's lives.  Everybody has a scar from some point in their lives. What causes these scars and what effects do they have on our bodies? Scars come from everywhere, everyone has at least one from birth, your belly button is actually your first scar.

This is what our world has come to. Using male genitalia to insult our friends and classmates. Using degrading words in the halls to flag down other students. I don’t particularly care when others swear around me, but this is beginning to make me rethink what I say. We hear F-bomb after F-bomb. We hear “Man that’s gay.” and the N-word dropped in every situation. Isn’t this school is supposed to be a safe place, but now it’s just a building with halls full knives that are disguised as words.