Maglina stands up for people who cannot hear.

In our society, many people do have some knowledge of the deaf and hard of hearing culture; however, what people do not know is how effectively deaf and hard of hearing students or people change our society.

It would help to understand American Sign Language (ASL). American Sign Language is the language of a national community of Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals in the U.S. Signing seems to awaken great interest in people, who have little or no experience with it. "The term 'sign language' has traditionally been used as a generic term for different varieties of signing communication," said K.S., a college student.

Exactly who uses ASL? It is safe to say that there are large numbers of ASL users in the U.S., probably more than other countries. ASL is being learned as a second language by thousands of students every year. In the future, it's likely that there will be more second language users of ASL than there are first language users in the U.S. In our current society, American Sign Language is the third most widely used language in the United States.

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Sims2girl reports on what we see when we go to sleep.

Everybody has a wild side that awakens as the rest of you falls asleep, ties on a cape, leaps out the window and takes off on a magical flight to 'Dreamland.'

Everyone dreams, and no one really knows why. One theory that doctors have is fairly simple: We dream to analyze. During the day, whether at school, home, the mall, anywhere, there are at least a thousand different things going on at once. We don't have a chance to analyze everything as much as our brains would like to. So our brains, being the clever little piles of mush that they are, use sleep to analyze those things you missed.

Not all people dream. When you dream, your body enters a stage called REM sleep. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movements, which is basically what occurs. This is the only time dreaming is possible. Some people, for whatever reason, aren't able, or choose not to, go into REM sleep. Therefore, not everyone dreams.'

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