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Hope or Hopeless?
By: Carrie Hill, Columnist October 4, 2012 Why has hope become a homonym for hopeless? We need to reclaim positive thinking, unity, and most importantly, hope. I sat in front of my TV...
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What Role Will You Play?
By: Elena Steiner, Contributor January 15, 2013 Museums open up us up to a world that truly depicts the human spirit and encourages us to think deeply about how we can use our lives to better...
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Celebrate, Before It’s Too Late
By: Josanta Gray, Columnist February 5, 2013 We’re all waiting for our lives to start after college, or this, or that event. But the truth is… we should begin to celebrate them now. Life is too...
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What Kind of World Do We Want?
By: Benjamin McAfee, Editor of The Particulars and Columnist of “Let’s Be Real, So We Can Heal” December 15, 2012 We need to decide who we are going to choose to be, and move forward in that....
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Waiting For An Answer? God’s Are Better Than Imagined
By: Christianne Rojo, Columnist November 12, 2012 Sometimes we think that waiting on God is so annoying, but it may be just as annoying for Him to wait for us to change and fully trust in His...
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Learning to Love All and Hate None
By: Farrah Qazi, Columnist January 24, 2012 Are we as a society truly living out Dr. King’s dream? We take the time out to honor him every year, but do we really understand what leaders like him...
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There Are Days…
By: Sharareh Drury, Columnist January 29, 2013 Sometimes life is just really hard… Trying to navigate this world as a teen or young adult seems so burdensome. But we have to remember to keep...
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Taking Progress to the Next Level
By: Corinne Lyons, Columnist January 28, 2013 We have come a very long way as a society. But we still have so much more to accomplish. (Photo courtesy of CC0) A week ago, President Barack H....
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Living for the Greater Good
By: Christianne Rojo February 15, 2013 Many times, we are so caught up with our busy schedules and our problems that we fail to recognize the needs of those around us. We really to begin to...
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The Greatest Things in Life Are Worth the Wait
By: Lauren Moss, Columnist February 15, 2013 There’s a reason why they say the best things in life are worth waiting for… because those things truly are. (Photo courtesy of iStockphoto) When...
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It’s Bigger Than Us. So How Do We Move Forward?
The recent catastrophic events that have happened, particular the Boston Marathon bombings, have caused us as a nation to ask: How do we begin to move forward from here? (Image courtesy of the FBI) An...
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In the Words of Steve Jobs: “Put A Dent in the Universe”
It’s funny how movies can inspire you. For Rojo, this movie got her thinking: It is truly up to every human being to make this world a better place. I am always amazed at the wisdom that I can take...
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It’s Always Too Soon To Quit
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do” – Eleanor Roosevelt INFLUENCE...
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This piece was inspired by poet Ntozake Shange. She is one of the best African American woman play writers of all time. One of her plays that she is known for today is For Colored who have Considered...
View ArticleA Dummy Guide to Life’s Complications
Life is too simple to understand so… we make it complicated. There is food that grows from the grass that is supposed to keep us healthy. There are plants and herbs that are supposed to cure our...
View ArticleDiscovering Flowers Growing in the South African Concrete
Almost every South African I have met thus far has teased me by saying that when Americans come to South Africa, they expect to see lions and people in tribal wear. Each time this happens I laugh at...
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8 Sure Ways That Will Lead To Failure
Everyone wants to succeed in life, but unfortunately, the ladder of success is never crowded at the top. There were reportedly 442 billionaires in America in 2013 out of 1,426 people who have earned...
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Growing Closer to God, While Struggling in My Faith
Over the past year, I have been struggling with my faith. I found myself at a crossroad in church and in my spiritual life. I woke up one day and decided to stop going to church. It wasn’t because I...
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Advice from the RIZZARR Team: How to Stay True to Yourself
Every week at RIZZARR, we are offering you advice on issues that we all often face. This week’s advice question: How do stay true to yourself in anything, while still taking other people’s advice?...
View ArticleMy Opinion on Soulmates
Soulmates. We hear that phrase all the time, and instantly we think of love, cupid, rainbows and butterflies. But here are the three things that I have come to believe about soulmates. ONE, YEAH,...
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