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An Open Letter To All Of The Bullies That Made Me Stronger

An Open Letter To All Of The Bullies That Made Me Stronger

To All Of The Bullies: From my understanding, human beings are only able to endure so much pain and suffering. The power of words have the ability to sting somebody’s heart and break them down. Bullying, harsh words, and gossip are damaging to some people. Maybe throughout your life you have had the mentality that you are a strong person and you could take it; people whom are weak are the only ones who fall apart. So, to all of the people who cannot stand me for their lives, the people who have formed hate clubs and tried to turn everybody against me, the people who have told me how annoying I am, the people who begged me to stop talking because nobody cared what I had to say, the people who told me that I was always wrong and never correct, stupid, ugly, fat, and the list goes on

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Pi Beta Phi Mourns UCLA Member’s Horrendous Death

What comes to your mind when you think of September 21st? Lots of us are thinking about fall: the crisp leaves, sweater weather, combat boots, and of course, PSL’s. But, while you were thinking about the first day of fall, something very tragic happened. Andrea DelVesco, was a 21 year old who went by “Andy.” She studied Psychology at UCLA and like any college student, and she had her whole life ahead of her. In June, she faced serious charges for the possession of drugs. Her court date was set up for September 25. Yet, she mysteriously passed away only four days before. She was burned to death in a fire that occurred in a sorority house — so badly that her dead body is barely recognizable. Police are scouting out the murderer who took this young girl away from her friends and family way too soon. It is obvious

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Meteorite Collapses On University Of Arizona Student’s Hand

Hey kids! Be safe, and stay out of trouble. And, if there happens to be a meteorite in front of your eyes, try your best NOT to get hurt. Haven’t we been told something similar to this all of our lives? This was not the case for a University of Arizona student about a year ago. This story has been brought back in the spotlight now that the student is engaged in a lawsuit with the University. The student was said to be hanging out at a museum on campus doing community service. At least when I do community service, I try to shield my tiny hands from being crushed by 270 pounds of a meteorite, but that is just me. Now, the poor guy does not have a pinky and parts of his hand and fingers are paralyzed. It turns out, the student was a musician, and now the

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Crash and Burn: Suicide From Multiple Perspectives

          I found the orange bottle on a shelf with the round white pills lying blatantly still. These will do the trick.  It was almost effortless; I thought these little white things would be the solution to the silly dilemmas in my life that recently made me weak minded in so many ways. These pills would allow my endless thoughts and overthinking to finally come to a dashing halt. These pills would do their magic, and I wouldn’t have to live in what I thought was misery no longer — endless thoughts always flashing through my mind, horrendous flashbacks, along with a negative self-image. This would all be over so quickly just by swallowing these pills. So, I removed the bottle off of the shelf and decided let’s give it a try.            The little life ending pills traveled through my body and almost automatically stopped everything. My breathing became shallow and rough

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Girl Infected With Hepatitis From Green Tea?

What have we been told about green tea? It is one of the healthiest beverages that you can consume, full of antioxidants? It can even intensify that thing called metabolism. Well, next time you sip on your green tea, pray that it is not plagued with Hepatitis. A 16 year old girl from England who wanted to lose some weight decided to buy some green tea online. Even though the ingredients were written in a complete different language, she still thought it would be cool to fill herself up with large amounts of the sketchy product. When she started to feel blah and ended up in the hospital, she became a bit skeptical of the tea; she had developed acute Hepatitis, and doctors believe it was from the tea.