Archives for March 2015

Sleep deprivation is a health issue with which just about every college student is familiar. While students are most familiar with voluntary sleep deprivation, there are illnesses that lead to sleep deprivation. Insomnia and sleep apnea are two common causes of sleep deprivation. Insomnia may be caused by a disruption of neurotransmitter balances in the brain. The … [Read more...] about Trust Me, I’m Premed: Sleep Deprivation

Great Britain is experiencing an immigration crisis of its own, not only in terms of the potential security threat in a time of increasing extremism in Islam, but in terms of jobs for its “own” British citizens. In a dialogue that has been quite similar to the current national dialogue in the United States, immigrants are viewed with a mixture of suspicion and wary … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: “Lazy” Residents

Movies and episodes of television shows are often used as teaching tools in school. I still know the Preamble to the Constitution by heart all because of that one episode of Schoolhouse Rock! I watched nearly 10 years ago. The effectiveness of visuals as teaching tools benefits some learners more than others. As a visual learner myself, I always found that movies and television … [Read more...] about I Saw it on TV: Movies and Television as Visual Learning Tools