Brandon
- Aug 27, 2017
- 7 min
Faith, Mormonism and the Venus Victrix
While passing the Greek Streak during my walk home from junior high, I would close my eyes or look to my left, east, at the post office to avoid seeing the white plastic replica of the Venus Victrix that still, to my knowledge, is on display in the front windows of that restaurant for all the world to see. Sometimes I would simply walk on the other side of Carbon Avenue. After all, I knew that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her in
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Tiago Costa
- Aug 20, 2017
- 5 min
The forest is burning: what the fires in Portugal teach us about today's climate change and the
"Without trees, humans will die" For several times, I wrote this sentence in essays about the topic of the environment and the climate change. The climate change characterized as a "hoax" by the American President Donald Trump is here and has been making trouble. We are living a time of changes, and I don't need any scientist to come and tell me that; I've been myself noticing that. The recent fires that occurred in Portugal are just one more sign that the climate change is r
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Tiago Costa
- Aug 13, 2017
- 6 min
Lost in the wilderness: backpacking during 8 days in Yellowstone backcountry (slideshow)
For those who love a great amount of challenge in outdoors, the Yellowstone National Park is a mecca and a dream. Yellowstone is considered the heart of the American wildlife, and it is also the first ever national park worldwide. It was founded in 1872, with the intention of preserving species that were being extinct by the human exploration back then. To fight private exploration and protect the ecosystem, Congress intervened. On March 1st, 1872, the Yellowstone National Pa
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