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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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Determine your success story
By Stephanie Douthit
Editor In Chief
Happy New Year Rams! 1
was not going to reemphasize
the importance of the New
Year and the change America
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STEPHANIE
DOUTHIT
Editor In Chief
is witnessing, but its conta
gious! 1 have never been this
excited about the future and
what will happen in this
country.
After witnessing Barack
Obama becoming the 44th
President of the United
States of America, I feel a
sense of pride knowing that
everything is going to be
okay.
Nigel Alston, a columnist at
the Winston-Salem Journal,
wrote an editorial titled, "If
you're stuck in 'can't,' change
your story line."
I take this to mean that we
should not surround our
selves with negativity, and we
need to get rid of the poor me
syndrome.
No one is immune from
problems of everyday life, but
we can all change our focus.
In the editorial Peter
McWilliam.s, a writer of best
selling self help books, was
quoted, "Our thoughts create
our reality. Where we put our
focus is the direction we tend
to go."
With the sense of personal
responsibility that has risen
within the heart of American
culture, pity stories should
decrease.
We all can visibly see the
fruits of hard work and per
sistence, but these ideals are
often outweighed by excuses
and lack of discipline.
Hard work is the key to
success.
Therefore, we should be
telling ourselves that we can
and must be successful in all
that we do.
We have a responsibility to
ourselves and the others who
follow.
Molly Gordon, a profes
sional coach, is also quoted in
Alston's column. Gordon says
"Stories shape our experience;
they explain or justify our
decisions, focus our hopes
and flesh out our dreams."
It is a new year, and
changes can be made.
Learn what works best for
you and make it a personal
responsibility to become suc
cessful.
Determine today how you
will change your future and
change your story.
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PRINCE HARRY: ‘I wonder what you would
get if you crossed a Paid and a potato spud?’
How did
WE
miss that?
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What are the top three things President Obama should address within 100 days?
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DR. ANNA L. LEE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
He should first work with
the economy, second with edu
cation and third with health
care.
GABRIEL RUSSELL
LAB MANAGER
He should establish an office
that represents justice. Security
should be firmly established,
and he must quickly stabilize
the economy.
JAMALLTHOMPSON
SENIOR
He should build the econ
omy, remove U.S. troops from
Iraq and rescue America out of
this recession.
KIAYIA PROPST
LAB MANAGER
He should make healthcare
affordable, secondly, provide
all school's with their needs
and thirdly, increase pay for
jobs.
DOUG OSMAN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
First, he must stabilize the
economy, second, end the war
in Iraq. Last, he should better
the standard of living among
all citizens.