When I was a young boy I spent my days in school rather than doing the things I really wanted to do (riding my bike, playing football). I remember our classrooms were very basic and, if they were decorated at all, had posters supplied by book manufacturers pinned to the walls. We had wooden desks that had lids we could [...]

Privacy law is unique and exceptional for many reasons. People often assume that they have a constitutional right to privacy, but that is factually incorrect. This right is not explicitly enumerated anywhere, though courts have inferred the right based on the goals and execution of parts of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth amendments to the Constitution. So there are legal [...]

If you’ve called yourself a writer or even if you have ever referred, inferred or preferred yourself a writer, listen up… with your eyes preferably. Most of us stumble around in our minds often afraid to let out our thoughts because we aren’t sure that they were worth typing or scrawling out. We seek perfect moments when in truth there [...]

A college degree has become a requirement for a good job, but is no longer a guarantee of one. In these tough economic times, many people without a degree find themselves unemployed, while those with a degree instead find themselves underemployed. I know this is somewhat anecdotal, but of the twenty or so friends that I know that graduated college [...]

When I began my first internship, it was daunting.  No matter how much education I had, on the job I soon discovered that I knew nothing.  I was more of a hindrance to my mentor than a help.  I was a bumbling mess.  I had all the abstract, formal knowledge I could possibly want, but none of it prepared me [...]

Whenever I go into the stacks at my school’s library, it is desolate. Complete silence. Empty desks everywhere. Even the lobbies with more-open atmosphere and more-comfortable couches boast not a soul on an average day. A library is no longer a place to read books. Students only go to the library anymore to use computers or to print something out. [...]

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