As the semester comes to a close, I would love to go back and reflect on my first year at Penn State. Transitioning into college life was definitely not at easy as I thought it would be. I sort of expected to come here and meet a bunch of people my first day and then […]
Tara Calico and the Polaroid
Tara Calico was born on February 28, 1969 in Belen, New Mexico to her parents David Calico and Patty Doel. On the morning of September 20, 1988, when Tara was 19 years old, she left her home in Valencia County, NM to go on her daily bike ride along the same route that she took […]
Civic Issues #3: Education
For this blog, I am choosing to cover something that personally affected my high school experience and education. I went to what I would call a relatively small high school. Over the past few years, the population has consistently been less than one thousand students and I my graduating class consisted of about 250 students. […]
What Happened to Tara Grinstead?
Tara Grinstead was born on November 14, 1974 in Hawkinsville, Georgia to her parents Billy and Connie Grinstead. As a teenager, Tara grew interest in beauty pageants and began to compete locally. Tara did not want to take up a career as a beauty queen, she just wanted to do as best and get as […]
Disappearance of Lars Mittank
Lars Mittank was a 28 year old German tourist who went missing after traveling to the Golden Sands resort in Varna, Bulgaria, while on a vacation with his friends in June of 2014. Lars and his group of friends seemed to be enjoying their time in Bulgaria during the week leading up to Mittank’s strange […]
The Kidnapping Of Jayme Closs
Jayme Closs was the 13 year old daughter of James and Denise Closs. The family lived in Barron Wisconsin and on October 15, 2018, an intruder broke into the Closs household, at around 1AM, fatally shot James and Denise, and abducted Jayme Closs. Her father was killed as he went to the door to see […]
Where is Asha Jaquilla Degree?
Asha Jaquilla Degree was born to her parents Harold and Iquilla Degree on August 5, 1990 in Shelby, North Carolina. She lived with her brother and hard working parents in an apartment and never wandered far from the residence. Asha’s mother Iquilla describes her as being a very responsible fourth grader who enjoyed school and […]
Civic Issues #2: Education
After 13 years of regular schooling, many students decide to further their education at a college or university. To apply to these institutions, standardized testing used to be an indicator of whether or not someone is deserving to attend a certain higher education program. I’m sure we have all heard of the SAT and I […]
Civic Issues 1: Education
Schooling and education take up a significant part of our lives, especially the years that we are continuing to develop as people in many aspects. You may start attending pre-school or pre-k between the ages of three and five, and that is just the start of being stuck in school until you are at least […]
The Kidnapping of Sabrina Aisenberg
Sabrina Paige Aisenberg was born to her parents Marlene and Steve Aisenberg on June 27, 1997 in Tampa, Florida. Sabrina went missing when she was just five months old, after being kidnapped from her crib in the middle of the night. According to Marlene, she had woken up the morning of November 24th and noticed […]