Ride-along with police surprising experience

by Thomas Mooney, staff writer

Being picked up by the police on a Friday evening usually is a bad sign for how the rest of your night is going to be.

Not many can say they have sat in the back of a police car and got out whenever they pleased.

Small decisions can have big impact

by Lyndsey Wolf, staff writer

Daily decisions you make can affect your life in so many different ways.

The decisions you make are going to give you a positive or negative outcome every day. People don’t think about the long run when they make decisions. They just think about how the decisions they make are going to be when they do it at the time. That’s with anything. People don’t think before they do things.

Success comes from self-discovery

by Jennifer Moore, editorial assistant

For the longest time, death has been my biggest fear.

 It is not because I wonder where I am going. I just think of everything I will leave behind. Heaven is going to be so much better than the world I live in now. I do love my life though.

Learning from bad choices vital for change

by Teresa Grimaldo, staff writer

The excitement and freedom of being a freshman in college can be so overwhelming.

During my freshman year, I had it all, a new car, an apartment, and lots of money. By the time I started attending South Plains College, I was six months into my addiction. My addiction was born in a matter of seconds with one bad decision. 

Keeping close to family builds better lives

by Lisa Hernandez, editorial assistant

These days it seems that family time is diminishing quickly. Soon, all forms of family values will disappear as well.

Prospective Jindal-Palin ticket could spell disaster

by Thomas Mooney, staff writer

A few weeks ago, President Barack Obama addressed Congress for the first time of his presidency.

He mainly talked about the recently-passed 2009 stimulus bill. As usual, he did quite well during his speech and was praised by many.

Lessons learned form lifelong friend

by Leslie Hale, staff writer

I am not an animal person.

In elementary school, I would cry during class field trips to the petting zoo, and dogs make me so nervous that I often literally have trouble breathing when I'm around them.

Fame comes at high price for children of stage parents 

by Nicole Rios, staff writer

Some parents will do anything for fame.

Parents can be very selfish. It’s sad to think that  some parents care more about a

paycheck than their children’s well being. These parents are called stage parents.

STD rates high among Lubbock youth

by Tausha Rosen, editorial assistant

Living in a college town is going to have its pros and cons.

Parties and friends are a bonus, but all those good things are packaged with negatives. It’s inevitable.

Experience with police leaves lasting memories

by Daniel Clayton, opinion editor

Riding in a police car is an experience that I don’t want to forget.

It was my senior year of high school and my brother, David, and I got in a fight over a girl. At the time I lived with my grandparents, and my grandmother came home to find David and I wrestling on the floor, punching each other in random places.

Pursuing education important for success

by Vanessa Garcia, editorial assistant

Nothing comes free in life, but there are so many people who see it that way.

I have a friend who is a single mom who talks about how she wants this cool- looking car with tinted windows, fancy wheel rims and a sound system in it. I tell her to  have fun while trying to pay for that, when in reality she can’t. And I don’t think she will be able to at the rate she is going.