“It Won’t Happen To Me”
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
May 13, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
I was speaking to my friend one day about what happen in Cleveland, OH. She told me it's a shame what these girls went through...their entire lives are ruined now, and for the rest of their lives. When she said their lives are ruined it didn't register immediately in my mind until she started talking... Read more »
I Will Survive
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
May 2, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
Is it just me, or does the Spring Semester come and go at a rapid pace? It seems as if my college life is passing me by. However, I believe around the last week or so of this semester more finals, test, persentations and research papers are due all at one time. And yet students end up stressing,... Read more »
When I Think About Marriage…
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
April 13, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
I think that marriage is a commitment between any couple, straight or gay. We all have rights, each and every one of us. And some people are rooting for Congress to not allow us to practice those rights. Now, I never have been married. From word of mouth, marriage is hard to obtain, but if you love... Read more »
Stop Blaming and Start Defending
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
March 23, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
While I was watching ABC's 20/20 broadcast the story of a 16-year-old girl who was servery intoxicated, humiliated and sexually abused by a group of teenage boys, some of which were she called "friends" many questions rang in my heard one in which was why didn't anyone come to her rescue? In the report... Read more »
Why Can’t we be Friends?
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
March 11, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
There are a lot of unanswered questions about why men and women do not get along. However there is only one question that has been debated over hundreds of thousands of year but it has never been truly answered. Can men and women be friends? If you are like me and love romantic Comedies you remember... Read more »
Top 5 Words and Sayings That I Want to See Gone
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
March 2, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
These are the words many people have used and abused. Check out this list of these commonly abused words, that you are sure to hear around every Mercy College campus. 5. literally The only time you can use the word literally is when something “literally” happened. Right way:... Read more »
Shake it up! Are the Harlem Shake viral videos making a comeback?
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
February 24, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
Before the viral videos of universities, members of the U.S. Army and swim teams I’ve never head of the dance sensation “Harlem Shake.” It seems as if everyone and their mother are performing these ‘earth shaking’ moves (no pun intended.) However, where did it all start? And how did it get... Read more »
My Top Five New Year’s Resolutions For 2013
Molly Stazzone, News editor
January 4, 2013
Filed under The Reality Check
Three, two, one happy New year! As the world welcomed 2013 at midnight on January 1, people in New York and across America welcomed their new year's resolutions. However, a lot of people do not keep their resolutions. I am one of those people who say they will workout, become organized, and make a budget,... Read more »
People Kill People
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
December 16, 2012
Filed under The Reality Check
In my last blog "An Elementary Nightmare" I talked about opinion on gun control. I do believe people should have a background check when purchasing any kind of gun, however I don't think America will band guns. Simply because of the second amendment. In the days following the Sandy Hook School shooting... Read more »
An Elementary School Nightmare
Molly Stazzone, News Editor
December 14, 2012
Filed under The Reality Check
Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Colorado Cinema, and now Sandy Hook School in Newtown. What do all of these places have in common? These places and their communities have been destroyed by massive shoot outs from deranged gunman. On Dec. 14, 27 people died because a man named Adam Lenza, a... Read more »