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Dean’s List, Spring
And Summer 2017
Lori Burns
Mohit Chind
Chaitali Bimalkumar Desai
Emmanuel Fadipe
Maya Fard
Beatrice Fixon-Owoo
Ashley Gaddis
Xavion Jackson Jenish Kae
Raquel Lazaro
Chang Liu
Paris Logan
Prashanniah Mahindanraj
Patryk Malanowski
Carol Medina
Tiany Mendez
Nayef Mohammed
Dhartiben Patel Naman Patel
Nicholas Peterson
Smita Rani Smita Rani
Catika Smith
Ayub Syed
Najeeb Syed
William Taylor
YiWen Tong
Rahil Vahora
Noelani Valle
Vidhi Vyas
Ziyan Xiang
Honor’s List Spring 2017
Lydia Basanes
Joshua Bengochea
Cicily Byas
Tian Tian Ge
Eva Guadarrama
Elizabeth Harrington
Jiaxin Li
Israel Lopez
Riddhi Chintukumar Modi
Mohamed Shehan Saleem Mo-
hamed Isam
Jarrett Moore
Mykhaylo Moskalyk
John Oden
Kushal Patel
Masuk Rajeshbhai Patel
Raj Patel
Aranie Pereira
Titiana Rice
Dominique Scott
Abel Torres
Adnan Usmani
Armando Vasquez Zhaoling
Wang
Raquel Washington
Mario Weathers
Jnissi Wheeler
Amze White
East-West Student
Ambassadors!!!
(from le to right) Rosalie Estrada, Karen Castane-
da, Arely Palomino, Michael Howard, and Myself
at Student LEadership fundraiser.)
By: Kisha Johnson
As an Ambassador, oth-
er students and myself represent
East-West University as the bril-
liant and intelligent minds that
inhabit this institution. We are
a group of ethnic diversity and
we give outside eyes and curious
minds the sneak peek into what
East-West is about.
Student Ambassadors do a va-
riety of activities, from assisting
with school related events (such
as the Leadership Dinner) to
Topics related to the Public (Take
Back, Give Back). We guide
individuals in the right direction,
provide them with relevant infor-
mation, and greet them with en-
thusiasm. We also participate in
events from time to time and give
speeches, such as the Take Back,
Give Back event. ree other stu-
dents and myself went on stage
and shared personal experiences
on how we have suered from
Chicago Violence.
"As a student ambassador, you
can be told how to do your job,
you can be taught how to fulll
your role, but usually one would
forget some of their responsibil-
ities. e real way to learn how
to be an Ambassador is from
being involved with the role."
-Arely Palomino, EWU student
ambassador
We are kind, Courteous, and
above all ambitious. We encour-
age interaction and communica-
tion. And most importantly, we
help to bring a variety of oppor-
tunities to the university and
encourage individuals to attend
to experience them.
Currently, the student
Ambassadors are continuing the
work following the Take Back,
Give Back event we had in Feb-
ruary of this year. We have done
research on resources and sta-
tistics to create an ideal solution
for the current violence problem
happening in Chicago. Hopefully,
we can announce the good news
in the near future!
As a individual, I try my best to
exude warmth and friendship,
which I believe is a good trait for
any student Ambassador. I also
like to make people laugh, which
I think is the best ice breaker for
meeting new people and making
them feel comfortable.
Comedian/Actor
Robin Williams,
my role model
One of the best
ways to live life
is to help others;
it doesn't matter
how big or small
or what kind of
action it is. I think one of the best
things I've done is help, even if it
was indirectly. (from le to right)
Rosalie Estrada, Karen Casta-
neda, Arely Palomino, Michael
Howard, and Myself at Student
LEadership fundraiser.
I would like to end this article by
saying that as a Student Ambas-
sador, I wasn't always as outgoing
and engaging as I am now (in a
way, I'm still not), but I've been
slowly transitioning from a wall
ower to a social buttery. Ghada
Morrar and Ms. Barbara Abra-
jano saw how helpful I was (and
still am) and asked me to partici-
pate in events; that was one of the
best things I ever agreed to.
Shout out to Rosalie, Karen, Are-
ly, Michael, Moises, Lizet, and all
the other Student Ambassadors
past and present who help make
things possible.
If anyone is interested in becom-
ing a Student Ambassador, Please
see Ghada Morrar on the 8th
Floor of the West Building. If you
have a willingness to help, you
will be considered.
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Academics
e Fruits Of Labor Of Being Biology
Student
By Jose Ignacio Blancas
When I started at my
original college named Millikin
University, they taught me every-
thing that I have to understand
in order to be somebody in the
real world. I always knew that I
wanted to be a biology student,
ever since the little 6 six year
old that saw a magazine called
“National geographic”, and was
amazed at the scientic discov-
ery at that time. Of course it was
outdated science, but it still has
an eect even today because it
made me who I am. From 3rd
grade onward I became the top
science student in all my class-
rooms because science just ‘clicks’
in my head, which allowed me to
rise and stay with the students of
Honors and AP classes back in
2011.
When I got accept-
ed into Millikin University, I
felt excited to learn even more
about biology. However, that all
changed when I arrived at my
rst class at Millikin university.
At rst, I saw new terms, pub-
lished papers about diseases, new
pathogens, etc, and I felt numb.
For the rst time, I can say that I
didn’t know what was happening,
however, there was a girl named
Samantha, who saw me strug-
gling in all my science classes,
and invited me to spend time
studying together. Studying for
classes was essential, aer all, we
were both freshmen. Over time,
we bonded and got into a rela-
tionship, and studying became a
everyday thing for us at that time.
Everything was beginning to look
up for me until I found out she
had leukemia, and died of com-
plications just before our mid-
terms. From there on, I vowed
to take science to a next level
throughout my college years. I
vowed to help those aicted by
the same disease that took her; It
is what she would have wanted. I
knew that I had to leave Millikin
University as I gotten depressed
and needed to be around family.
So my decision was to come back
to Chicago and go to a school
called East-West University as a
freshmen. It was a cheap price
to attend which was a plus, and I
was lucky enough to be accepted
in time. I met tons of wonderful
people in my 4 years here, and
I do not think of a day where it
would have been dierent. I even
had the chance to work with hard
working students who taught me
more than I could ever know.
Recently in the sum-
mer of 2017, when I was seeing
a movie called “Naked among
Wolves”, it occurred to me that
back in the 1930’s, there were
“good enough” technology that
the nazi’s were using to commute
their commands to other bases.
I got curious and decided to take
apart a lot of old technology at
my house, and I noticed that
I can use math and science to
By Keyla Montanez
Hello, new freshman, I
am a senior graduating this quar-
ter, and here is my survival guide
on how to graduate from EWU.
1. Get your work done.
2. Ask questions to your peers
and professors.
3. Take advantage of oce
hours.
4. Take advantage of available
resources ( library, Gym, workout
rooms)
5. Have a support group
(counselors, professors, school
therapist when times get rough)
6. Make friends --- super
How To Succeed In College
important group of friends who support no interaction with anyone and
each other. When I rst started at no attempt to make friends.
7. Enjoy yourself and know EWU as a young mother I was all I quickly realized that I was
that great things will come your about coming to class and going becoming a zombie just walk-
way home - getting my work done ing around the building and if
One thing I noticed about college and leaving. Everything was all I didn’t understand something
is that it is benecial to have a business with no play. ere was I just let it go without follow
x and create new inventions. I
invited a portable phone power
bank that had a 25,000 mAH
/14.8 Wh capacity, with 2 USB
ports in the front. e only way
I could have created a power
bank was by a soldering iron, and
careful calculations. It took time,
but I managed to invent it.
I thank my major for this new
found knowledge, and I will
soak up all the computer science
information that my little brother
will tell me all about. For it is
his major, which I think he will
do excellent work in the years to
come. is way, I can x com-
puters in a more meaningful way
instead of just putting “windows
+ R” and putting “cmd” and then
putting in a code to check for ab-
normalities. Once again, I thank
my biology major for exposing
me to a higher level of education
and knowledge, and granting me
the opportunities to meet won-
derful teachers and associates.
up. Once I made that rst step to
start interacting with my fellow
students, I realized I enjoyed the
company. I also realized they
were people who like me had
a full time job, kids, and went
to school. I thrived better as a
student with the support of my
peers and it never hurts to have a
homework or study buddy. Ob-
viously that goes without saying
that school work still comes rst
but having a solid foundation will
get you a long way.
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Health & Fitness
Right Way To Combine Aerobic Exercises And
Anaerobic Exercises
By Hongyan Ren
1. Understand aerobic exercise
& anaerobic exercise
Aerobic exercises is oen called
a “cardio” workout, since it is
designed to increase and improve
blood ow. ese types of exer-
cises are of a lower intensity but
last for longer periods of time.
Anaerobic exercises are those
done at a higher intensity for
shorter periods of time. ese
build strength and help your
body to become accommodated
to working hard. Paired with a
healthy diet, these exercises can
also help you to lose weight, as
your body’s caloric use will in-
crease. ese types of exercise are
actually arguably better for burn-
ing fat than aerobic exercises.
2. Why do we need to combine
exercises. Compound movements
stimulate the most muscle ber
and burn the most calories.
Step 3
Combine exercises into giant sets
or circuits with minimal rest in
between to raise your metabolism
and increase fat loss. According
to trainer Alwyn Cosgrove, one
way to accomplish this is through
complexes, which are ve
compound exercises performed
for ve repetitions each without
putting the barbell down for
ve sets in a row with a barbell.
Begin with around 90 seconds
in between each set and chal-
lenge yourself by decreasing this
time each week. Keep in mind
that this method is particularly
demanding, and you should work
yourself up slowly before trying
this at maximum intensity.
aerobic exercise & anaerobic
exercise
Combining anaerobic and
aerobic training into one train-
ing program can signicantly
improve cardiorespiratory tness.
Several studies have shown that
higher intensity training leads to
greater increases in tness, but
one study specically showed
that interval training at near
maximal intensity led to the
greatest gains overall.
High intensity interval training
is an anaerobic conditioning
program that stresses the body in
order to improve speed, strength,
and endurance. By alternating
between short bursts of high
intensity activities like sprinting
with short cool down periods
of lower intensity activities like
jogging, interval training pushes
the body but does not give it the
opportunity to recover entirely.
is type of training program
can improve an athletes’ ability to
tolerate and utilize the increased
concentrations of lactic acid that
form during anaerobic activities.
Although interval training focus-
es predominately on anaerobic
training, it also improves cardio-
vascular endurance.
3. Right way to combine aerobic
exercise & anaerobic exercise
Step 1
Perform an aerobic endurance
session for 30 minutes twice per
week. Pick your favorite cardio
exercise, whether it be running,
walking, rowing or the stair
machine. For your best fat-loss
results, perform high-intensity
intervals by working moderately
for two minutes followed by an
intense 30-second interval where
you perform an all out sprint.
According to Stephen Boutcher's
survey of the scientic literature
done at the University of New
South Wales in Australia, many
studies demonstrate that high-in-
tensity interval training could
lead to greater fat loss than steady
heart rate cardio.
Step 2
Perform anaerobic training in
the form of resistance exercise
three to four times per week. is
will help you to build muscle and
raise your basal metabolic rate
(BMR). Your BMR is the number
of calories you burn when lying
at on your back doing nothing.
Increased muscle size and den-
sity will also help in getting that
toned look. Perform at least one
compound movement during
each workout, such as squats,
deadlis and military presses
followed by smaller accessory
Health And Fitness!
By: Carol Medina
Are you the one who prom-
ised yourself you would
nally have a bikini body
ready this summer? You
looked in the mirror this
time instead of the elevator.
Walk to the train station in-
stead of driving, walk your
pet more oen, or simply
go for a walk during the
nice spring days.
Finally, Dr. Maria Polski
recommends that you drink
less wine and drink more
water.
ese will help you accom-
plish your goal for sum-
mer 2018. And remember
investing time in your
health and body is the same
as investing time on your
education. “It’s a slow but
rewarding process.”
morning and you realized
you didn’t….. Well there
is always next year right!
What if I told you that you
actually don’t have to starve
yourself or spend hours at
the gym to accomplish your
goal. All you have to do is
follow these simple steps.
First, you have to cut down
on your sugar, and carb
intake as much as possible.
For example, next time you
crave a cupcake, eat a carrot
and pretend like is the best
thing in the world. Or if
you go out for tacos, ask for
one tortilla instead of the
two.
Second, you have
to eat smaller portions
throughout the day more
frequently. Starving is actu-
ally a horrible misconcep-
tion that people have about
losing weight. ey think
that by starving them-
selves their body will lose
fat. WRONG!!! e truth
is that when your body is
hungry, it starts to break
down protein and your me-
tabolism slows down. en
your body stores more fat
to maintain your body go-
ing. Try eating snacks like
fruit, or a protein bar on the
go.
ird, all you really
need is 20 to 30 min of
physical activity daily. So
try taking the stairs next
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FAll Quarter 2017
Health & Fitness
Opioid Epidemic
by: Keyla Montanez even aware that an epidemic
is currently going on because
What are opioids? Many do not of this. Opioids are a chemical
know the answer and are not compound with the eect to
reduce pain. Tramadol, mor-
phine, and oxycodone are all
examples of how opioids are used
medically to relieve pain. Heroin
and fentanyl are illegal opioids
and are the cheapest to purchase,
not surprisingly they are also
the biggest contributor to the
opioid epidemic. In the United
States, according to the Center of
Disease control and Prevention
(CDC) opioid overdoses has
increased by 200% since 2000.
Although drugs addictions have
been around for a long time, it
was not recognized as a disease
of the mind until 1987. It also
was not recognized as a medical-
ly necessary for insurances until
recently. Opioid addictions do
not discriminate between ages,
genders, races, or social classes.
I cannot speak for most but I
know that my own perception
of an addict was someone who
lived in poverty and I now know
how that to be a false perception.
I have worked with addicts for
about three years now and I can
tell you that we see the profes-
sionals, i.e. Doctors, nurses,
EMT, Lawyers, and teachers) as
well as college and high school
students who are all addicted to
opioids for various reasons. ese
are people who have suered
some kind of traumatic experi-
ence in life and opioids are there
escape. ese are your neighbors,
peers, siblings, and parents.
Educating our youth about the
eects of opioids as early as mid-
dle school is the key to helping
prevent the addiction. Middle
school is too young you say? e
D.A.R.E program was designed
with middle schoolers in mind,
because that's when drug med-
dling is going on. One of the
patients in my oce once gave
an interview where he stated that
he started stealing his parent's
prescription drugs and going to
parties where they have party
bowls full of pills at the age of
13. It is never too early to teach
prevention.
Sports
Worst Bulls Roster Since Phantoms’ Season Approaching
By Cortland Gillespie
Before Michael J. Jordan
By: Seneca Wright they have traded Jimmy Butler,
e East West Phantoms are
their franchise player, for players
ready to start a new season and
Once again the Chicago Bulls that didn’t make the All-Stars not
exceed all expectations this year.
(professional basketball team) even once. ey have given up
e Phantoms are loaded this
higher power sta has made a Jimmy Butler for Kris Dunn and
poor and stupid decision. eir Zach LaVine who are not stars.
year with returning players and
poor decisions with the team Currently, the Chicago Bulls have
also new additions to the team.
roster and in general by being no superstars on the roster. ey
e season is looking bright for
cheap with the roster and making are a sorry ass team and aer
this year’s team, and as fellow
remedial decisions with the team. these actions they have lost a lot
Phantoms let’s do our best to sup-
e sta would do things like: of fan base. More seats will be
port. Go Phantoms!
sign a terrible player to the team, empty this season and I will be
trade a good player for a bad so happy aer they nally pay for
one, let a player good go for little the stupid decisions they’ve made
to no reason, having a terrible over the years.
roster, etc.. However, this time
was the last straw; they’ve messed
up big this time. I have stopped
being a fan of them aer they let
go of Derrick Rose 2 seasons ago
and le Jimmy Butler by himself,
without another star. Coinci-
dentally, the Miami Heat didn’t
resign Dwayne Wade; since he
is from Chicago and is close to
the end of his career, he decided
to sign with the Bull because he
said that he wanted to play for
the Bulls before he retires. Now,
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Awarness
FAll Quarter 2017
A World Shrinking For Polar Bears
By: Rahil Vahora
ere used to be a time when
the world’s largest land-based
predator, wrapped in aestheti-
cally pleasing white coat could
wander around the North pole,
savoring every chilly sensation
the ice could give to its paws.
Unfortunately, that’s no longer
the case. As they say, “ose
were the good times!”.
Ice is melting faster than ever,
undoubtedly we all acknowl-
edge that except some few on
the throne. An increase in the
emission of greenhouse gases
in the past few centuries of
industrial revolution has led
to a planet boiling to death.
However, some argue that
climate change is not atypi-
cal, the earth has experienced
the warm and the cold ages.
In fact, their argument stands
true. According to NASA, “Just
in the last 650,000 years there
have been seven cycles of gla-
cial advance and retreat”. Add
some more considering our
planet is 3.5 billion years old.
While their argument is factu-
al, it is irrelevant. In the past
climate change transpired due
to the natural phenomenon,
today it subsists because of us
– the modern human beings.
NASA asserts, “e current
warming trend is of particular
signicance because most of
it is extremely likely (greater
than 95 percent probability) to
be the result of human activity
since the mid-20th century and
proceeding at a rate that is
unprecedented over decades to
millennia”. If we are being eth-
ical, we must blame ourselves.
e loss of ice the polar bears
are suering today is chiey
ascribable to our imprudent,
technological endeavors.
But why on earth worry about
a polar bear? Out of ve
billion species that have ever
existed on the sole life-sup-
porting planet of our solar
system, only 8.7 million of
them exist today. More than 99
percent of species have min-
gled with dust, if polar bear
is one more, why worry? Well,
we have a moral obligation
to protect our planet and its
ecosystem. Homo sapiens are an
intelligent creature, our abili-
ty of thinking and reasoning
compels us to be the guardian
of other non-intelligent crea-
tures. We owe all other species
a favor, the favor to exercise a
reasonable guidance and con-
trol. Science tells us to protect
other species because they are
part of an ecosystem on which
we rely. If they go extinct in
huge numbers, we might jeop-
ardize our own survival. Well,
not only science but our faith
enjoins us as well to protect
them. Christianity, the world’s
largest religion holds love at
the center of its core message.
To practice love the way Jesus
did. Islam goes so far as to say
that humans are deputies of
God. God created the planet
and now, it’s the responsibili-
ty of its deputy to protect it.
Judaism prohibits unneces-
sary suering to animals and
Hinduism considers cow the
sacred. While science and faith
might sometimes fail to per-
suade, however any person who
can critically think must come
to a conclusion that protecting
the planet and its ecosystem is
indirectly related to protecting
us.
Another question might arise –
why make animals our par-
amount concern rather than
humans like the people of
Maldives whose islands are
more likely to sink below the
sea level? Well, we humans
easily feel empathy for other
humans. While history tells us
quite a dierent story, but to-
day we are more kinder than
we were ever before. Empa-
thy is about understanding
and sharing fellow member’s
feelings, which is easy to feel
for other humans because we
are humans aer all. However,
it is dicult to feel for an
animal which lives thousands
of miles apart.
It is vital to understand how
animal feels. And the only way
to do it is to sometimes get
closer to them, like visiting a
zoo. For instance, Lincoln Park
Zoo here at Chicago is free
and open 365 days a year, the
zoo oers a unique opportu-
nity to observe the polar bear
from the Walter Family Arctic
Tundra exhibition. e exhibit
was created with an aim to
bring us (humans) closer to the
polar bear, so we might be able
to understand, feel, and share
the feelings of a bear who has
lost its place on the planet. So
please go out there and try to
see from a polar bear’s per-
spective!
HOW CAN YOU HELP PUERTO RICO ?
BY RAJ PATEL
Hurricane Maria slammed into
Puerto Rico on September 20th.
It was considered a category 4
storm that has already damaged
many islands in the Caribbean.
It was the strongest storm that
Puerto Rico has ever faced in 85
years.
Food and water are hard to
come by, and recovering from
the storm will be long, hard and
expensive. Millions of residents
remain without power, food,
water or reliable means of com-
municating with the rest of the
world. eir situation
is still desperate, but
there are many ways to
help them out.
e best and ecient
way is to donate mon-
ey to the organization
with the help of inter-
net, so that they can
use the money to buy food or any
needy things for the people who
are in serious need. Another easy
way is to donate $10 to the Red
Cross via text. Text ‘REDCROSS’
to the number 90999 for charity.
Apple users in United States can
also donate to American Red
Cross through iTunes. You can
donate to some of these groups:
Americares, a global health or-
ganization, has emergency teams
deployed to Puerto Rico and
Dominica.
UNICEF USA is assembling
to get an immediate, desperate
support — Emergency Relief Kits
— to the children of Puerto Rico.
A donation of only $28 will
oer a kit including basic and
essential supplies such as water
purication tablets, a water
bucket with lid, water containers,
soap, toothpaste, detergent and
sanitary pads. e supplies will
help children and their families
keep clean and healthy, defending
them from diseases that can arise
aer the loss of safe water supply.
(UNICEF USA, n.d.)
We can also raise funds by going
on streets with group of friends
or family. You can also ask you
colleagues at work to join to
raise funds for the storm victims.
Research about the organization
or charity before donating money
to them because there are many
over smart people out there who
can put fake ads just to make
money by playing with you. If
someone calls you to ask dona-
tions, this is most likely a dier-
ent type of charity scam looking
to steal personal information.
Never give out your social secu-
rity number or home address or
anything to these callers.
Go ahead and step up to help the
families who need, by donating
your love with money or whatev-
er you can come up with.
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FAll Quarter 2017
Competitive
Signature Course Research Poster Competition
By Maria Polski
On August 8, 2017, students in
Signature Course competed for
the best research poster. Students
from English and Math classes
came to the L-Lounge to judge
the competition.
Signature Course this summer
analyzed the arguments of Yuval
Harari’s book Sapiens. Harari
asks if homo sapiens are happier
now aer we have defeated the
cousin species neanderthals,
designed money, developed arti-
cial limbs and youth extending
treatments. Students conducted
additional research and defended
their posters.
e winners are:
First place: Demetrius Protho, Business and Communication
Major, poster “Search for Immortality”
Zohaib Masood is explaining his poster “Credit” to Juwan Smith is explaining his poster “Life is Just
Professor Rob Creel a Game”
Second place: Mujtaba Mohammed, Computer Science major,
poster “From Forages to Necrophore”
ird place: Smita Rani, Computer Science major, poster “e
Science of Happiness”
International Food Tasting at East-West
University
By: Zohaib Masood and Rajesh their classes visited and tasted using his grandmother’s recipe. Overall it was
Jaiswal some traditional Indian/Paki- Demitrius Protho brought corn a big success
stani food and they liked it. bread. Mohammed brought and it was fun
On August 24th, we had an Students brought the Alu Parathas, which are Indian as well. East-
international food tasting in west dishes that were most famous pancakes stued with potatoes. West is a diverse
building. e students of Maria in their countries. Kushal Patel Rajesh brought famous Nepali school and
Polski’s class, East-West Signature brought Veggie thaali which is Dumplings. these activities
course, brought traditional dishes very famous in India. Smita Rani Dr. Polski announced help students
from their home. e tasting brought Pani puri which is, ac- that the rst prize winner will understand
was a huge success as everything cording to me, the most popular get $50 cash. Second will get $30 other cultures.
was nished within minutes. Dr. street food in India and Pakistan. and third will get $20. Juwan International
Smita making pani puri for Ms. Veronica Roth.
Khan, the chancellor, also visited I brought Gajjar ka halwa which Smith got number 1 spot. Smita students don’t
and enjoyed it even though when is a dessert made with carrots. and Kushal tied with number 2. feel neglected
he came, almost all food was eat- Juwan Smith brought Banana Rajesh and I tied with number 3 and they feel
en. Dierent teachers along with pudding which he baked himself spot. like home.
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Media
My Issue With “IT”
By: Paris Logan
On September 8th of this year,
New Line Cinema released the
long awaited remake of “IT,” a
movie about a killer clown-de-
mon that haunts the children
of Derry, Maine. e movie is a
remake of the 1990 miniseries of
the same name, and both stem
from Stephen King’s 1986 novel.
To start, I personally found the
movie AMAZING. With a killer
rst scene, (literally, I mean, a
child dies in like, the rst 10 min-
utes of this movie,) adult humor,
and characters you’re going to
fall in love with, I have very few
complaints about Pennywise the
Clowns’ 2017 premiere.
With one exception.
“IT” focuses on the exploits of a
group of teenagers self-named,
“e Losers.” Each teen is
IT. (Major eye roll.) No Bueno,
New Line Cinema. Good job
taking a major role away from a
black character in a time of racial
unrest. I hope the sequel more
than makes up for this attempted
erasure of what could have been
an awesome character of color.
For this reason, “IT” will just
never register as the great movie
it could have been
Coldplay Concert In Chicago
By Zohaib Masood
I have been a lifelong coldplay
fan. I listen to them when I am
sad. I listen to them when I am
happy. I listen to them when I
have a crush on someone. In
short, I listen to them all the
time. Not a day goes by where I
don’t listen to them. On August,
17, 2017, I was lucky enough to
see them live at Soldier Field. I
was blown away by their perfor-
mance. It was the best night of
my life. As a crazy fan, I reached
the stadium by 6.30pm even
though the show had to start
at 7pm. At entering, we were
given a watch like wristbands
which are called Xyloband.
ey are a wristband which has
LED lights inside and it changes
colors according to the song and
environment. e show started at
ghting with their own indi-
vidual fears and daily struggles
with their families, as well as the
simple awkward unpleasantries
that oen come with puberty.
It would take about 25 pages
to properly introduce all of the
teens and preteens at the center
of “IT,” so I’ll spare you that bore-
dom, because for this particular
gripe we only need to focus on
one: Mike Hanlon. In the lm,
Mike is the only black teen in
the Loser’s group, and what
seems like most of Derry. His
parents are killed in a house re,
and he is forced to deal with the
tough-love parenting approach of
extended relatives, who are sheep
farmers. Mike’s family life in the
lm is drastically dierent from
his home life in King’s novel! In
the novel, Mike knows his father,
(though he does die later on, but
of cancer, not in a re.) Mike’s
father was not a sheep farmer,
but a member of the U.S. Air
Force who along with his friends
worked hard to open the rst
exclusively black club in Derry.
Mike is the only child in the
Loser’s group with knowledge on
the history of Derry, including
how his father’s club later went
up in ames at the hands of some
Klansmen. Mike was very close
to his father, (a representation of
black men in the family
unit that the public is
not oen exposed to,)
and was a book smart,
middle class kid who
played a major role in
the Loser's’ knowledge
of IT. Later in their lives,
Mike is the only one
brave enough to stay and
Derry to make sure IT
does not return.
Mike was the only major
character of color in
Stephen King’s work, and he
was a well-developed one at
that. Compare the novels’ Mike
Hanlon with the 2017 movie’s
version. ey might as well have
killed Mike’s character o for all
the justice they did him. It was
as if he was not even a part of the
lm. Well maybe until the last
20 minutes of it when he brings
a “gun” to the nal battle with
entertaining and it was an experi-
ence I never had before. e guy
sitting next to me said to me that
he has seen more than hundred
concerts and Chris is one of the
best entertainer he had ever seen
in his life. He claimed no one can
handle and entertain a crowd of
45,000 people like Chris.
7pm sharp. ere were two other
performers who started the show.
I don’t know them so I am not
gonna write about them. Cold-
play came at 9.15pm which was
a wait of nearly 3 hours as I was
there to see only them.
Coldplay started their concert
with their hit song “A head full
of dreams”. ere were reworks
all over as it was the beginning.
e lights on our Xylobands
were changing continuously and
it was one of the most beautiful
sights I have ever witnessed. ey
performed their hit singles like,
“Yellow”,”e scientist”,”Fix You”
etc.
Unfortunately, it started raining
in the middle of the show. It
happened last year too when they
had to cancel the show because
it was raining like cats and dogs.
Chris, who is the lead singer
of the band, jokingly said that
they have performed all over the
world but Chicago is the only
place where it rains every time
they perform. Luckily, the rain
stopped and the show continued.
e most beautiful moment
came when they performed their
underrated song “Us against the
world”. ey announced that
they are recording a video for
this song and they will record it
right here which was exciting.
ey performed an acoustic
version of this song which itself
is too romantic to handle. ey
started showing the couple on
screen who were hugging each
other and the crowd chanted for
them as the couple waved on the
camera.
ey also performed their new
hit song “Something just like
this” which was the rst time
they performed in Chicago since
the release of this song. e
crowd was going crazy for this
song but it might be the only
Coldplay song which I don’t like
so I was not too excited for this
song.
ey ended the concert with
their platinum rated song “Up
& Up”. As the show was ending,
Chris and the band thanked the
crowed as they claimed that this
show had one of the best audi-
ence they ever played in front of.
Chris jokingly thanked God for
stopping the rain as they could
complete their concert this time.
Fireworks started and the show
ended.
For me this whole show was
overwhelming and emotional as
I couldn’t believe I was watching
my favorite band perform live in
front of me. e whole show was
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life Experiances
Challenges For International Students In e
United States
By Hiteshkumar Chaudhary
e U.S. is home to enormous num-
ber of the best colleges on the planet
and gives many opportunities to re-
search and other scholarly exercises.
However, whether it is discovering
international student aid, managing
ethnic dierences, or nding an
answer for a scholarly issue, inter-
national student in the United States
experiences many challenges. But
they say, “Good times become good
memories and bad times become
good lessons in life”. So with all these
obstacles and challenges I have man-
aged almost a 4 years long journey
so far in East West University and all
those challenges helped me to learn
the lesson to survive in this country.
So, being an international student,
I am sharing some of the challenges
we have to face and I hope that can
help you to manage your way.
By Smita Rani
I made my rst footsteps in
the world in 1991, when Indi-
an society was still under
the culture of Female infanticide
because of many diculties in-
volved in bringing up the female
child. One of them is dowry:
bride’s parents needs to pay cer-
tain amount in the marriage to
groom’s family, is called dowry.
How Much? It depends on the
groom’s job, a healthy marriage
needs INR 50,0000 - INR 700000
i.e USD 100,000. Another is
education: education for girls was
considered worthless, as tradi-
tion set out that woman, and her
income aer marriage was never
a part of her biological parents .
Moreover, weddings in India are
always a big event and it’s a big
spending event for families and
costs of wedding are borne by
bride's family.
I grew up in very orthodox and
Cultural Challenges
When you reach the United States,
you will be acquainted with unex-
pected culture. Known as “culture
shock,” you may experience the
intense feeling of homesickness when
you are traveling to another country
with the dierent language and tra-
ditions. American culture at eateries
or restaurants, in the classroom, and
in regular day to day existence can
feel strange if you are used to another
culture.
For instance, in Japan it is regular to
bow when meeting another person,
however in the U.S., this would be
highly uncommon.
Financial Challenges
College study in the United States is
costly. Out-of-state educational at a
state funded college costs “an arm
and leg,” and non-public schools cost
is even more.
As indicated by CollegeData.com, a
sensible spending plan for a private
college is $47,831 every year. Even
in the East West University (where I
am doing my Bachelors in Computer
Science) the annual cost of only tui-
tion is approximately $22,000. And
the East West University is one of the
least expensive Universities (EWU is
awarded for second lowest debt per
tuition per annum in USA in 2013).
With this sort of cost, it was hard
to arrange the educational fees and
costs before I arrived here.
Another money related challenge is
Medical Services. Numerous global
visitors to the United States don’t
expect the cost of medical coverage.
ere is no programmed, widespread
protection for Americans or guests,
so make sure to get health insurance
through the University. Feel free to
ask your International adviser (Mr.
Rashed Jahangir), he can help you
in this.
If the University does not give you a
medical coverage, look into inter-
national student health insurance,
for example StudentSecure from
HCC Medical Insurance Services,
to ensure you don’t wind up paying
huge doctor’s bills in addition to
your educational training, room, and
other expenses.
Social Challenges
Not only students and educators in-
teract dierently in the United States,
but people communicate dierently
in routine social life also.
I remember those early days in e
United states. In the beginning as
a fresher in the course, abroad can
feel scary and forlorn, so try to leave
your comfort zone and endeavor to
become more familiar with as many
individuals as you can while you are
getting comfortable with your new
home for the term of your studies.
Academic Challenges
With a lot going on, it can be very
dicult to concentrate on every-
thing, particularly your school work,
but remember that your academic
experience is the thing that brought
you to the United States.
While your studies should always
come rst, this can be a test if you
feel that U.S. language and classroom
culture is dierent compared to your
back home.
Follow these clues, put emphasis
on your studies, and embrace your
new culture and qualities so you can
have an educational, instructive, and
satisfying experience aer end of the
course. And with the culture for all
racial, ethnic and socio-economic
group, it would be easier for you to
explore and feel the new world in
East West University.
Indeed, even in light of these di-
culties, you can discover a way of
your career that can lead you to the
success.
Good Luck!
Sailing Against e Winds
middle-class family and more- allowed me to study without I have worked with several
over in an extremely gender bi- paying aer considering my companies and gained numer-
ased region, Hinduism, wherein nancial situation, but later on ous skills and good amount of
Females are not provided with aer I got the job, I have paid money. I always had in mind to
equal opportunity of education my fee to MBA college, named become an entrepreneur and
and prosperity by society. I was IIMHRD, SBES society, PUNE. I was actively looking for a eld
facing two hard elements of wherein I can accommodate
life: growing up in a culture myself. With considerable
with restriction on females research, I settled on starting
and a family without mother, a Travel company, SELESTA
“A child without mother is TRAVELLENCY in year 2014
like a tree without roots.” My with all the savings that I had
mother passed away when I saved so far, as there was no
was ve years old. family support for me at all -
it is usually the privilege for
However, I always believed in male children, in my culture.
myself with a philosophy of With extreme hard work and
"EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER
LINING" and also turning dif-
culties into opportunity. I was
rm in pursuing education and
becoming self-dependent. But
I overcame the hurdle convinc-
ing my family that I will bear
all the cost associated with my
education. I took educational
bank loan for graduation. I was
very lucky that my MBA college
struggled a lot to gain access to
higher education in a dierent
city, which was another hurdle to
jump. From my birth place called
Bhatona, I moved to Indore
city, MP, then aer graduation
moved to Pune city, MH for my
MBA. Time was changing for me
at a slow pace but in a positive
manner.
networking skills that I acquired
during the journey I sailed so far,
I established myself and company
in a travelling sector and having
individual and corporate clients.
Optimum level of dissatisfaction
always keeps the re of progres-
sion alive in your soul. Likewise,
I wanted to explore the world
more and expand more "FEATH-
ERS INTO CAP". So I planned to
move USA, states of prosperity,
equality and freedom. I came
here in year 2016 with an aim to
achieve more and more technical
skills and high potential to com-
pete in upcoming future.
To sum up, I take pride of my
success, not only because I could
achieve my goals in life, but
also, as the title "Sailing against
Winds" says, because I sailed
against all the odds of my culture,
jumped all the hurdles and ex-
panded all the boundaries.
Despite the many issues and
struggles India faces, it’s a nation
with an incredible history. Part
of the Indus Valley Civilization
that began millennia ago, many
historians call India “a cradle of
civilization” where sophisticated
societies ourish and contribute
to art, music, astronomy and
mathematics. However, India still
faces issues with inequality, poor
infrastructure and ination.
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Hero
DC Extended Universe
By Zohaib Masood
DC comics is one of the biggest
and oldest comic book pub-
lisher. ey are known for their
superheroes like Superman,
Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash,
Aquaman and the list goes on.
ey also have the best comic
book villains including e Joker,
Riddler, Lex Luthor, Doomsday,
Deathstroke, Sinestro, Bane,
Black Adam and the list goes on.
It all started in 2013 when DC
released “Man of Steel”, a super-
hero movie based on the alpha
of superheroes, Superman. ey
casted Henry Cavill as superman
and Amy Adams as Lois Lane,
the love interest of superman.
e lm was a massive hit despite
facing criticism from critics and
fans regarding the destruction
shown in this movie. Aer the
success of this movie, DCEU
developed and warner brothers
By Tiany Mendez
Hello my name is Tiany Men-
dez and I have an obsession with
superhero based clothes (which
is contradicting to my villain
tattoo on my arm). My reason...
the condence they gave me and
simply because they look good.
I am a huge nerd and I am not
afraid to say it, so why not let it
show through my clothes. is is
a part of me that I have embraced
so I want to share my favorite
superhero clothes with you, the
students of East-West.
I have a range of shirts from
sleeveless to long sleeve. So it
only makes sense to start with the
sleeveless. I have two sleeveless
shirts from the Avengers collec-
tion as a group, not individually.
e only ones I have individually
announced that they will be
making an extended universe
where all upcoming DC movies
will be connected and will be in
the same universe.
e reason to start this universe
is because of the success of MCU,
Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel, who is the biggest rival
of DC in comics was the rst
to start a comic book universe
where all movies and characters
are in the same universe. MCU
was a big success and Marvel has
made more than 12 Billion dol-
lars till now from 16 movies. e
only problem with Marvel is that
they don’t have rights to all their
characters from comics. Some of
their characters from comics are
owned by Fox and Sony. Marvel
can’t include or even name these
characters in their movies with-
out permission. is is not the
case with DC.
e second movie announced
for DCEU was Batman v Super-
man:Dawn of Justice. When this
movie was announced, all DC
fans included me, started drool-
ing and jumping with happiness.
is is the rst time Superman
and Batman were coming togeth-
er in a live action movie. ey
have been best friends in comics
and together they made a super-
hero team called “Justice League”
But more on that later.
Batman v Superman:Dawn of
Justice was released and again it
got mixed reviews from critics
and fans. Comic nerd like me
loved it. For us, it was a mas-
terpiece. It had so many comic
book references that we were
amazed. Some people claim that
the movie was too dark and it
made it boring. e point I will
mention is that it was showing
too much Batman that it felt that
it was a Batman movie featuring
Superman.
ird movie of this universe
was Suicide Squad. We all were
excited because we were gonna
see this group of villains for the
rst time in a live action movie.
is movie did better than what
we were expecting. We didn’t
have much hope for this movie.
e best part of the movie was
Harley Quinn. Harley Quinn is a
super villain of Batman and this
was the rst time she appeared in
a movie. Margot Robbie played
this role and she did justice to the
character. Jared Leto did a cameo
as Joker in this movie. People
were excited to see Jared as Joker
aer the last portrayal of the
character by Legendary late artist
Heath Ledger, won Oscar. Most
people hated Leto’s portrayal
but I loved it. I want to see more
of his portrayal in upcoming
movies.
Fourth movie was Wonder
Woman. Now this was the
Superhero Fashion
are Captain America, which to
no surprise is my favorite.
e next collection I have is of
t-shirts, because they’re com-
fortable. Ironically I have a wide
variety of Captain America shirts
and I love them all. ere is also
the shirt with the Avengers sym-
bol. e most commonly worn
ones are Spider-man comic and
Superman (with a cape).
e long sleeves are something
I am not a fan of, and for that
reason I only own one. at
top I have is gray and light blue
with a Superman symbol. ere
is one long sleeve with a hood
that shouldn’t count because it
just has a star on it. But I love
how it ts and it still represents a
superhero.
Now I know this isn’t a big
amount of clothes because I
build it up every month when I
see something I like. For me this
choice of fashion is amazing,
superhero fashion will always be
in. We are all guilty of sticking
to our own form of fashion with
condence and that is some-
thing I think everybody should
embrace.
rst comic book movie ever to
feature a superheroine without a
superhero. Gal Gadot played the
character and she nailed it. is
movie turned out to be a huge
critical and box oce success, be-
coming the most successful and
highest comic book character
origins movie to date.
DC’s upcoming movie is Justice
League which will feature 6 main
superheroes from DC including
Superman, Batman, Wonder
woman, e Flash, Cyborg and
Aquaman. I am excited for this
movie as I am a super com-
ic book fan and I am eagerly
waiting to see Jason Mamoa as
Aquaman. e movie will run in
theatres in November, 2017 and
is expected to be the biggest hit of
2017. I hope we will not be dis-
appointed by DC this time and
this movie will cover up whatever
DC’s other movies couldn’t.
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News
How to Enjoy A Weekend For Under $20
other’s lives are going or express
concerns about current develop-
ments. It could be interesting to
listen to some of the things your
friends have to say as well as oer
your own opinions to get their
perspectives on them. Another
valuable idea for having an enjoy-
able weekend is to take some
time to go outdoors and take
advantage of all the possibilities
for fun doing so gives you. Try
taking a nice long, relaxing walk.
It gives you time to think and
reect on all the things going on
in your life. You may nd it oen
relieves a nice heap of stress you
may be carrying on your shoul-
ders. It is also great exercise to
take frequent walks. If you have a
dog or other pet that you like to
take for walks, then that can be
enjoyable as well as it gives you a
buddy to walk alongside you. You
can also plan out a destination
for yourself to reach when going
on your walk. Take a walk your
nearest park for example. Have a
picnic every once in awhile. Pre-
pare some food and nd a nice
so patch of grass to lay down in
while you eat. Grab some friends
to play sports or something else
with while you’re outside. Possi-
bly nd a wide grassy eld to play
in since that’s the best place for it.
One more great idea would be to
go to your local pool and enjoy a
nice refreshing swim. Not only is
swimming fun and relaxing, it is
also a great way to stay in shape.
You may choose to dive around
in the deeper areas of the pool or
stay wading in the shallow areas.
It would also be a great idea to
invite friends and family along so
that they can enjoy a nice day at
the pool and keep you company
as well. is is an especially good
idea for something to do during
the warmer months since it helps
to cool o. Now that I’ve given
you these ideas, you are ready to
have an enjoyable weekend for
under $20. Please note that all
these things I have mentioned are
but only a few options for enjoy-
able and cost-eective activities.
You might have other things
that you already like to do on
weekends as well. For instance,
you may have a hobby you love
to do or perform a community
service to help feel good about
the way you choose to manage
your free time. Whatever you
decide, I hope you’ll still take my
ideas into consideration the next
time you don’t have anything
better to do on the weekend.
Well, goodbye for now and have a
wonderful weekend.
By: Xavion Jackson
Do you enjoy having fun on
weekends but not wish to spend
over $20? Well, you’re in luck.
My name is Xavion Jackson.
And today, I will be providing
a few useful tips about ways in
which you can enjoy a joy-lled
weekend without having to spend
very much money (if any). Now,
let’s get started. One idea you
can try is to read a book or more
over the weekend. You could
start by going to a nearby library
or bookstore. Of course if you
are able to nd an intriguing
book just lying around your own
house, you’re welcome to try
that too. But if you do decide to
go to a library or bookstore, you
should begin to browse at all the
books the facility has to oer.
en you must pick whatever
book suits your interests. If you
like what you see, then you are
ready to begin reading. You are
free to continue reading your
chosen book/s as much as you
desire over the course of the
weekend. Another idea you
might want to try is hanging out
with friends. Start by calling your
friends over to your home or by
going to any of their houses and
arranging a get-together or party
in which to hang out with them.
Once the gang’s complete you can
do fun activities with them such
as playing video-games. Watch
a movie or to add some excite-
ment to the mix. Try ordering
a sizeable pizza or other meal
to keep your bellies full as you
have fun. ere’s also the option
of simply having a nice conver-
sation amongst your buddies.
You can talk about how each
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Crazy inking
By Arsalan Muhamad
Khan
inking is something
which always takes you to a new
world. inking has no time,
inking can be negative or
positive. Most of the time over
think and that leads them to
negative thoughts there is a term
for that which is “Self-fullling
prophecy”. In my case I think a
lot. Always wondering why do I
think? Travelling somewhere and
got spare time, I start thinking
with my eyes wide open. I do
visualize things only when I want
to; how I will look in black pants
and blue shirt or that beige rug
will look good with red sofa and
green walls. Other than that I
just talk to myself. Make my own
chapters. At time analyzing the
situation and thinking have I
done it the right way? If not what
have I done better or should I
keep on thinking for more op-
tions. Sometimes I have the abil-
ity to swing my mood through
thinking. If I am having bad time
I can make my mood worse by
going deeper and provoke nega-
tive thoughts or I can switch my
mood and have good thoughts.
A lot of times people think I
am staring at them which really
embarrasses me. I think any-
where especially in middle of the
lectures, at work when idle. And
I am lost in the thoughts carefree
from surroundings. inking
about dierent things which gen-
erate questions in my mind and
then making answers to those
unanswered questions is my fa-
vorite thing to do while I am lost.
It has been happening since I was
in school or may be before that.
e rst time I noticed was a few
years ago. And I am confused if
something is wrong with it? But
still not doing anything about it.
Why? If I stopped thinking what
would I do? Again all this leaves
me thinking forever. Even during
lectures without knowing I get
into my other world. It sounds
funny; how can I be so lost.
Although I can hear external
voices, but I am so focused in my
thoughts that I don’t even care
what’s happening around me. I
try to focus on the things which
I am doing instead of thinking.
But aer a while I lose focus
and again lost in my thoughts.
So don’t you think I am a crazy
thinker?
12
Fall Quarter 2017
In Memorial Of Rayel Jelani Ko Jallah
From Zohaib Masood: Rayel and
I studied in three courses. He was
a nice guy. I used to take body-
building advice from him though
I never use it . He was such a cool
dude. May God Bless his soul and
may he rest in peace.
From Mujtaba Hussain
Mohammed: I still remember
the day I met Rayel. It was in the
gym. I didn’t know that he used
to go to our school until I met
him in one of the night classes of
Dr. Kong. He was kinda famous
in our class because he used to be
late every single day, even on the
day of Finals. We used to work
out together at the Xsport Fitness
sometimes and sometimes in
school gym. He was a very nice
guy and one of my good friends.
When I rst heard about his
death I did not want to believe it
was him, it was so sad and heart-
breaking. My condolence to his
family members for losing such a
gem. May his soul Rest In Peace.
From Dr. Maria Polski: Rayel was
one of my best students. He was
the rst to laugh in class, always
ready to make a joke and to un-
derstand a joke. He saw ironies
in situations. Rayel could easily
put his ideas in writing, and here
are some quotes from his works:
“Technology is an Art in itself.
e Programmer/IT guy is the
artist[...] because it’s an art to cre-
ate something such as a cellphone
[...]; there is much more to that
form of art besides the physical
aspects of it. [...] someone has to
design the themes/layouts, apps,
games, circuitry etc., so without
Technology this artist would be
a starving artist trying to make a
rotary phone entertaining.”
“Technology was very important
in the entertainment industry be-
cause without it we would still be
watching live jousting meets for
entertainment when we’re bored
instead of playing video games or
computer games.”
“I’m unsure at this moment
whether it’s fortunate or unfortu-
nate that Technology is growing
so quickly. It could be a good
thing if society would properly
educate themselves on how to
use the new technology, but there
will always be that lazy few who
don’t take the initiative to make
sure they are utilizing such things
for ethical reasons.“
“One way that teachers are
harmed due to technology tech-
nology is when students/others
think that because they read
something on the web, that must
be the correct thing. I can vouch
because of where I work. More
than 50%of GNC employees are
uneducated when it comes to
diet, training, and supplementa-
tion. Many employees just read
the labels and try to seem smart.
When it comes to my store, I
make sure the customers are
educated upon purchasing prod-
ucts. e stupidity occurs when
I have dumb customers come in
the store and tell me that Dr. Oz
or some invalid TV personnel
said that garcinia cambogia and/
or green coee bean makes you
lose weight. ere is 0 research
and/or clinical studies done on
any of these claims because they
don’t actually do what they are
promoted for. ese are the same
people who come in and tell
me they don’t want to work out
or change to a healthy diet but
Dr. Oz said to take these things
to lose weight. In this case, TV
and the internet isn’t solving
any problems, it is making them
worse. People are getting dumber
because they don’t care to do
their own research or even know
what sources are credible. “An
unexamined life is not worth
living” – Socrates.”
“Discussing serious topics
through texts and or social
media is very unprofessional and
childish.”
“I have a formula for how to
increase how much weight I can
bench press. My personal best
was an increase of 10 lbs added
each week. At times I will get
stuck on a category for 3-4 work-
outs but I have creative strategies
for how to get past those sticking
Mind by not only using the
formula on myself but also on
people I train and everyone that
uses my program correctly and
does what I tell them gets results.”
“A great example that Neil Post-
man brought up was sending a
card vs. talking to the person.
If your best friend’s mother just
died, do you think it would be
better to send a hallmark card or
physically go and talk to him/her
and comfort him/her? I’d hope
we’d all pick physically talking to
that person but maybe I expect
too much from society.”
Rayel, we will miss you.
points. I utilized the Creating
Poetry Corner
Too Many Not Enough
By Jazzi Steart
Too Many, Not enough, Too Much
Too many wars
Not enough peace
Too many funeral
Not enough birthdays
Too many lies
Not enough truth
Too much corruptions
Not enough honesty
Too much hate
Not enough love
