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• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  The Spirit of Relay for Life

  

  By Tigeress, Urbanna, VA

  For the past two years, I have been involved with Relay for Life, which is an organization that has fundraisers to donate money to help people with cancer. One year I helped raise over five hundred dollars and the other over two hundred dollars. I raised this money by selling home-made bracelets, as...
• Opinion > Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
  Legalizing Marijuana

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Marijuana is a naturally grown plant. It is called Cannabis sativa L. and is a part of the cannabis family (Marijuana). People love marijuana because if they smoke it, they can get a small high due to the THC content inside the plants’ leaves (Page). People consider marijuana a “gateway drug” ...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  The Plasma Membrane

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Every living thing is made up of cells. Every cell has something called a plasma membrane. The plasma membrane surrounds the cell and is the structural and functional boundary between the cytoplasm inside the cell and the extracellular fluid outside the cell. It is about seven to nine nanometers thi...
• Hot Topics > Environment
  The Economics of Invasion

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  In these modern times, it has become impossible to prevent species invasions in this highly mobile society. Invasive species are constantly hitchhiking on boats, imports, and on everyday objects. There is no way to prevent this without spending a ridiculous amount of money that the government is not...
• Hot Topics > Environment
  Voodoo Virus in the Gypsy Moth Caterpillar

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  The Gypsy Moth caterpillars are falling victim to a voodoo virus known as baculovirus. This virus takes over the minds and actions of these unsuspecting hosts in order to spread their own disease. The virus makes the caterpillar hosts think illogically, and instead of hiding from predators during th...
• Hot Topics > Environment
  Clean Water Isn't as "Clean" as it Used to Be...

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Water is very refreshing to drink. Everyone drinks water because your body needs it to survive, but what is exactly in the water? Is the water that you drink really safe to drink? Just because the water is clear doesn’t mean that it is clean. There are many toxins in the water that you wouldn’t ...
• Hot Topics > Environment
  Solid Waste EIS

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  There can be advantages and disadvantages from using the different ways of controlling the solid waste problem in the United States. Prevention and reduction can help the environment by decreasing the amount of trash in the landfills because by using this method, people are buying and using fewer th...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Jeremy Bentham

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Jeremy Bentham was and English philosopher who founded the philosophy of utilitarianism which was the first systematic effort to describe and evaluate all human acts, institutions, and laws in terms of immediate sensible pleasures and pains. Bentham was born in London on February 15, 1748, where he ...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Critical Drug Shortages are Causing a Panic

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  The increase number of drug shortages in the United States is causing doctors to choose between patients in some cases. They say that we’re now at 213 shortages for this year and it just keeps increasing with each passing year. Drug shortages used to be really rare, but now they are becoming very ...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Genetic Testing

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  One advantage of living in the modern age is genetic testing. Genetic testing can be used to tell you whether your child, your family members, or you yourself have a genetic disorder. It can also be used as evidence for crime scenes or to tell who the real parents of a child are. Some examples of th...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  Population Problems Throughout the World

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  The exponential growth of the human population has brought up many problems throughout the world. Exponential growth is a quantity increased at a constant rate per unit of time such as 2% a year. The process starts off small but increases to extreme numbers because the doubling is more than the tota...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Genetically Modified Food: Good or Bad?

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  More and more people are now eating what is called genetically modified food (or GM food). GM foods are created by changing their DNA around with DNA from other sources by genetic engineering. By doing this, scientists are able to control how the food grows, what’s in the food, and what they can b...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  The Chesapeake Bay Crater

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Part 1: Proof of the Existence of the Chesapeake Bay Crater How much evidence did it take to convince geologists to believe that the Chesapeake crater is there? It started when David Powars and Scott Bruce dug up a core sample. In 1986, Powars and Bruce joined forces because Bruce’s team needed...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Sexual Reproduction in Plants

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Plants can reproduce in two different ways: asexually and sexually. Asexually is when the plant pollinates with itself. It’s useful for when there are unstressed situations and for keeping the same traits. Sexually is when the plant pollinates with other plants. They are able to cross their traits...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Fifty Years From Now...

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  The year is 2011. I had just walked into my CBGS Foundations classroom when I noticed a big ugly box with my teacher Mr. Beam hovering over it. I sat down and waited for Mr. Beam to tell the class what it was. He looked up and seemed to notice the classroom for the first time, and this strange smile...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Shangri-la: Solid Wastes

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  The growing amount of solid wastes in our society is becoming a constant threat to the environment and to our health. On Shangri-la, we’re going to face this problem alongside the rest of the world. There are many things that can be done to control solid wastes in our Shangri-la community. There�...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Feeding Seven Billion People

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Although thousands of years have gone by since humans had been around, the ancient process of agriculture has pretty much stayed the same. Humans have always had well maintained farm fields; even as far back as 2,000BC. They understood the basics of growing food. They knew the seeds needed soil, wat...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Battle of the Forest (edited)

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Latasha looked out the window being careful to stay completely out of the sunlight’s rays, but she, being her daring self, reached her hand out to play with the last surviving ones. After a few seconds, she hissed and snatched her hand back and scowled at the only bad part about being a vampire. S...
• Opinion > Movies / Music / TV
  It's Alive!

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  Ever since the 1920’s, filmmakers have been taking famous authors’ written works and have given them life on screen through their movies. This is a great way to help people visualize a story they have already read. It also helps people see a story that they have not read yet to see if the story ...
• Hot Topics > Environment
  Green and Cheap

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  There are many useful and affordable ways to help our environment. One way to help the environment is to use reusable containers in your school lunches instead of using plastic and paper bags to wrap your food in. You should also stop buying the pre-packed lunches such as Lunchables because when you...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Hormone Mimics

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  EDC is short for endocrine disrupting chemicals. These can cause serious problems for wildlife that live around major waterways. In the Taking Sides book, the yes side of Issue 9: Hormone Imposters, states, “In the tissue analyses done on wildlife, the same chemicals kept showing up in troubled sp...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Keep This in Mind

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  You need to have a plan Before you go on a camping trip. You can’t just go sleeping in a forest. You just might flip! Here are some tips From a small gal like me: Pack extra food, clothes, fun knick-knacks And, my God, bug spray especially! You must always remember Those little critte...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Love My Zune!

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  I love my Zune. I love its skinniness, I love its smooth black exterior, and I especially love its music. I love my music. The music is soothing, The music is exhilarating, and The music is always unique. My Zune is my world, My Zune is my best friend, and My Zune will always be with m...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  This I Believe

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  I believe in music. I believe in listening to beautiful voices singing along with unique melodies. Whenever I listen to music, I am able to block out the whole world and day dream about anything. I dream about recent books that I’m in the middle of reading (I love to make up my own endings and see...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Hand Outside-In

  

  By Tigeress, Saluda, VA

  The tiny hairs across my skin Tickle sometimes in the wind. The pinkish skin tone Proves how healthy I keep them. The lines all over my hands Show how much work I’ve done. The long healthy nails Grow incredibly fast. The blue veins Show through the paleness. The muscles underne...