Too much fear causes people to be overcautious. In women’s tennis doubles match, Captain, Whitney Paluch was hitting weak second serves. Her second topspin serve was so weak that the opponent was hitting forehand winner and giving a sarcastic smile. She was also playing into the opponent’s forehand, her biggest forte. Instead she could have played a body serve to throw her of balance and played with more courage. Fear reflects in a person’s performance resulting in poor results. We… Read more

Sometime people fail to use their skills to its fullest potential. In her singles tennis match against Natasha Marks of Arizona, she was playing baseline rallies. However, she was playing a defensive game, running from one end of the court to another. Instead of playing baseline, she could have played approach shots an, allowing her to attack the net where she excels. Serve and volley put pressure on the opponent with constant movements forcing her to make unforced errors. Also,… Read more

When we recycle and bring our own water bottle we tend to feel pretty good about ourselves and that we might be making at least a small difference.  But that’s pretty much all the results are – a nice warm feeling in your heart.  But what if you could make a couple bucks and still have that nice feeling?  These are the green jobs that are popping up all around the country.  And yes they are decent paying jobs for… Read more

Each car ride we notice a milestone our children reach. We see how much their speech has improved, how observant they’ve become and how much their personalities have evolved in such a short span of time. Three-year-old’s reach that point where they have to ask a million questions and the main one is, “Why?” But the one question we often don’t know how to answer is, “Mommy, where’s my daddy?” I know we hope to raise our children without that… Read more

An Oviatt library patron stretches out on a break in front of her study station. Daniel Zafran / Contributing Photographer

One of the problems most of us can relate to is when one of our children gets the common cold. Before every semester starts I decide on an emergency back up plan, in case one of my kids comes down with a cold and can’t make it to school or daycare. But, nobody really wants to take care of kids with colds. According to the website, Kidshealth.org, most kids get eight colds per year. Colds are contagious two to four… Read more

Students will vote on four amendments that may change the A.S. Constitution in the Spring elections this semester. Two of them were discussed in depth during Tuesday’s A.S. meeting. The first would change the GPA requirements for senators from a 2.0 to a 2.5. “”For those who can barely maintain a 2.0 grade point average, adding another responsibility, what’s that going to do to their grade point average?” Senator Alex Samovitz said. One of the senators against the amendment was… Read more