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Solving The ‘Mystery’ Of Cranberry Sauce At The Holiday For All Americans, Maritza Martinez Nov 2013

Solving The ‘Mystery’ Of Cranberry Sauce At The Holiday For All Americans, Maritza Martinez

UCF Forum

About this time of year the past several years, my husband can’t help but comment on the total departure from the “traditional” Thanksgiving feast available at our family’s gathering.


I'Ll Just Say It, Men: Sexual Attackers Are Arrogant, Insecure, Weak, Mark Routhier Oct 2013

I'Ll Just Say It, Men: Sexual Attackers Are Arrogant, Insecure, Weak, Mark Routhier

UCF Forum

College students most everywhere live in an atmosphere that is sexually supercharged. Young men and women with varying degrees of sexual experience, free from the surveillance of parents, experimenting with social structure, and embracing a knowledge of their sexual power creates an environment rife with possibility.


Run Toward Your Next Job, Not Away From Current One, Bob Porter Oct 2013

Run Toward Your Next Job, Not Away From Current One, Bob Porter

UCF Forum

If you are considering a job change or are looking for your first job, how do you know what direction to take?


Listen – You May Save Someone's Life, Erin O'Flaherty Sep 2013

Listen – You May Save Someone's Life, Erin O'Flaherty

UCF Forum

Until I was 13, I had never attended a funeral and always assumed that the first one I attended would be that of an elderly, distant relative, maybe as the result of a peaceful and natural passing.


Cat Got Your Tongue? (The Lost Art Of Conversation), Rebekah Mccloud Sep 2013

Cat Got Your Tongue? (The Lost Art Of Conversation), Rebekah Mccloud

UCF Forum

My mother and I were eating dinner recently at her favorite restaurant. We spent several hours talking, laughing and enjoying our meal.


Reflections On The Day The Earth Stood Still, Maritza Martinez Sep 2013

Reflections On The Day The Earth Stood Still, Maritza Martinez

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The day started just like any other day, with concerns over my commute to work and traffic jams, what attire I should wear for the day’s meetings, should I take my lunch to work or eat out?


The Meaning Of Life – Or At Least University Life, Mark Routhier Aug 2013

The Meaning Of Life – Or At Least University Life, Mark Routhier

UCF Forum

The sun will one day burn itself out and all the magnificence and strife that is humankind will be a whisper in a vacuum, a ripple through dark space.


Finding The Sweet Spot In Your Life Can Be More Than Just A Dream, Bob Porter Jul 2013

Finding The Sweet Spot In Your Life Can Be More Than Just A Dream, Bob Porter

UCF Forum

When I was a small child, I had a recurring dream that I ran and jumped out of my second-story bedroom window and began to fly. I would fly around the neighborhood to see my friends and help people, and I had a lot of fun doing it. I can’t exactly recall how I learned to fly, but it was instinctive, and I just inherently knew it was a gift. I can still remember how my stomach would get jittery in the moments right before I took the jump in order to fly.


Some People Trying To Look Fit Adopt Unhealthy Lifestyles, Erin O'Flaherty Jul 2013

Some People Trying To Look Fit Adopt Unhealthy Lifestyles, Erin O'Flaherty

UCF Forum

I see so many young women going to extreme measures these days trying to look fit, but while losing weight they end up reflecting the opposite of a healthy lifestyle.


Age Is Nothing But A Number, Rebekah Mccloud Jul 2013

Age Is Nothing But A Number, Rebekah Mccloud

UCF Forum

I am one of 76 million children born in the United States between 1945 and 1964. I am a Baby Boomer and have reached the age when I am counted as a bona fide “senior citizen.” I received my AARP card nearly a decade ago amidst some grumbles and groans until I realized all of the discounts it afforded me.


An Ode To Florida’S Summer – And A Time To Remember, Carla Poindexter May 2013

An Ode To Florida’S Summer – And A Time To Remember, Carla Poindexter

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It is summer in Florida again, when I always think back to my first summers here and why I still love this time of year.


How Can You Change The World If You're Not Paying Attention?, Alexandra Pittman Nov 2012

How Can You Change The World If You're Not Paying Attention?, Alexandra Pittman

UCF Forum

It’s depressing to see many of my fellow University of Central Florida classmates, friends and coworkers so unaware of their own surroundings.


Technology Can Be Blessing, Curse To Students, Alexandra Pittman Jul 2012

Technology Can Be Blessing, Curse To Students, Alexandra Pittman

UCF Forum

Many college students seem to have forgotten what a university is for because they have become lost within their own technology.