Happening College Essays Samples For Students

Amiri Baraka performs his poem "Something in the Way of Things (In Town)" with The Roots in their 2002 album Phrenology. This album is full of issues reflecting love and fight for social justice. The album collects various issues that affect people in the underground fighting to have their rightful position in the world. In this song, Amiri Baraka and the band use stomp like hip hop beats to express their view on inequalities in the American society. The title of the song comes from Baraka’s poem “In Town” and he raps the lyrics from his poem where ...

In the late eighteenth century a well known English philosopher called Jeremy Bentham proposed the idea of what he called the ‘Panopticon’. A prison that would allows a handful of guards to watch (-opticon) all (pan-) inmates, without them necessarily knowing whether or not they’re being watched. The basic design is a circular building with all cells located on the outside of the circle where in the centre is located the guards watch tower of which the guards can observer all the inmates of that floor.
He asserted that one watchman could in theory watch an entire prison ...

Introduction

Media refers to different channels that we use to convey messages and information in the world. We have different types of media e.g. Newspaper, television, magazines, Radio, Film, music and internet. We have different types of media print and visual media.
In the 21st century communication is becoming faster and better. It is important to know how to learn and understand those messages that images convey. It is also vital to know how messages are conveyed and created. This ensures that you don’t get lied to in messages.
Media studies are also about knowing how production of media ...

Introduction

Dust Bowl is a phenomenon, which shows how Mother Nature can be rough and devastating. This is the effect of strong wind blowing strongly low on the ground. It has a lot of dusts and dirt that makes it very dark that you could not even see a thing (Burns). Others even think of what they have done why it is happening, as why is it so dark and so strong that it makes their houses shake while inside the horrifying dark bowl of dirt. People did even think that it was the beginning of the end. It was ...

Introduction

Psychodynamics is an important aspect of understanding human behavior and human response. It basically aims to improve the way humans understand the way their mind functions and how well their physical capacities are able to respond to such matters accordingly. This entails the connection of the conscious versus the unconscious behavioral response of individuals to particular situations that each person encounters. Practically, this study views that humans tend to react to situations according to their knowledge and understanding of how the issues develop and how these matters should fully affect them.
At present, news items that are released by ...

An Objection to Augustine’s Response to the Problem of Evil in On the Free Choice of the Will

A contemporary Catholic apologist sums up the problem of evil nicely: “If God is so good, why is his world so bad?” (Kreeft 54). In this paper, Augustine’s response to the problem of evil will be analyzed and found to be lacking as an adequate resolution to the problem. The paper that follows is a reflection based on the readings from From Plato to Derrida, paying special attention to Augustine’s texts on evil. Augustine tries to attack what we mean when we say “evil,” but his argument insufficiently glosses over the larger issue of human suffering, and ...

1.Who was Gen. Augusto Pinochet and what did he do on Sept. 11, 1973?
He was an army general in Chile and on Sept. 11, 1973 successfully staged a coup of Chile.
2. Who filmed this documentary and how did they gain access to Pinochet's Prisons?
A European film crew talked their way into the concentration camps. They filmed many things that they were not supposed to, resulting in some of the only recorded records of what was happening.2. Who were people detained and on what grounds?
People were detained if they were perceived to have even the remotest ...

It is fair to say that many of the citizens throughout the world, especially the developed nations, live as if there is an endless amount of natural resources to keep providing the world with everything we want. There is a very big desire for most people to want to buy more, have more, and do more. This happens even if the individual is unable to afford certain items; they still find a way to purchase what they want for the status quo part of it. Even if the citizens of planet Earth had the money to keep buying more ...

Starting from autumn of 2013, Ukraine has been a center of an escalating war conflict: starting with peaceful demonstrations in support of Ukraine joining the European Union, to more than one hundred protesters being monstrously killed by the law-enforcers, to Russia invading Crimea and then developing the still-continuing conflict in the east of Ukraine. But what are the reasons of this bloodcurdling incubus born by a supposedly friendly neighbor of once peaceful and promising Ukraine? There are a lot of them, but both in the reasons and the causes Russian government is to blame: it’s them who occupied ...

Descartes’ skepticism and confusions about self-believe, truth and knowledge are expressed in his First Meditation. He is confused by the nature of his sensory beliefs because most of the times they tend to mislead him. His distrust for his senses does not mean that he distrusts all of them. He only happens to distrust some of them when the conditions for trusting such senses are poor. He will trust his senses when the conditions are such that they are favorable and conducive to be trusted.
The other thing that makes Descartes skeptic about life and self-belief is in the ...

Harrison Bergeron is a story written by Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut’s story is a warning to the world about the quest of equality, which is spreading all round in many nations with America on the lead. The story shows the reader how the equality issue can have negative impacts on people’s individuality, and the society. The story revolves around the protagonist, Harrison Bergeron who is an archetypical symbol that represents defiance, and individuality. He is used to represent the people who will stand up, and protest against cruel laws imposed by the state on equality, and encourage others ...

Introduction

It was during the mid sixties that satellite television was discovered by Telstar. In fact during the 1970 football world cup in Mexico football was broadcasted live to football lover all around the world. During this period, there were much changes happening in the communication industry. British Broadcasting Cooperation played a major role in the implication of broadcasting the 1966 event to the whole world through satellite television. Though the broadcasting was done in black and white, it will always be consider as the period when there was introduction of independent broadcasting throughout many parts of the world. Media ...

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The storyline follows the execution of Farquhar Peyton, a Southerner who falls prey to a trap set by the Northerners during the Civil war. The major cause of the American Civil War was slavery with the Northerners being against it while the Southerners supporting the same (Symonds). Social Realism can be defined as a means adopted to describe certain circumstances using written and painted media. In the case of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” the author brings to light the actions of the characters while at the same time; he uses the ...

Abstract

The United States has been a victim of terrorism severally. However, the most devastating event happened on eleventh September 2001. Since then, all the security agencies in the United States were placed on high alert regarding the terrorism situation. Unfortunately, some of the terrorists have devised methods of breaching the security placed by the government. In such cases, the security agencies are forced to deal with the terrorists from inside the country. This is both a difficult and risky situation as the lives of civilians are risked in the war against the terrorists. Astechnology develops, the terrorists are finding ...

Film Studies

- The technique that was used by the director of the film to coordinate the foreground and background elements gave a feeling of anticipation. This was mostly viewed when the background sound was used to prepare the audience for a certain action. An example is the female shadow was approaching to commit a murder.
- The subjects on the side of the image relate in the sense that they have been used to depict the past offences that were misunderstood. For instance, when Norman found Marion dead, he thought it was the mother who committed the crime yet it ...

Outline

In my causal essay, I will discuss the events that can lead up to the event of a house fire occurring. My outline will go as follows:

Introduction

Brief outline of causality and introduce the idea of the causality of a house fire.

Thesis statement

A prime example of this is a house fire – causality, in this instance, is a specific series of events that can lead to a house fire happening.

The various events that could lead up to a house fire happening. Alternative views of house fire causality Human Error.

Conclusion

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The City

This work is aimed at a broad analysis of the relationship between the everyday life and post-modernism and contemporary art. The purpose of this work is to identify the impact of the post-modernism and the contemporary art on the everyday life of society and vice versa.
Before considering in what way Postmodernism and Contemporary Art fins a situation in the everyday life of society, it is necessary to begin with an analysis of the very concepts of "post-modernism" and "contemporary art". Postmodernism is a complex, multidimensional, and intensively developing movement of the modern philosophical and socio-humanitarian thought of the ...

Activity 21 Expressing Yourself

If I am to become one of Antonio’s closest friends and at the same time be given the chance to give him counsel about his biggest life dilemmas (at least at that point in his life) (also I would assume that I am a friend who is older than him by several years and have had encountered more experiences and problems than him), I would teach Antonio the same things and ideas that Ultima did. I honestly think that the way how Ultima gave Antonio various counsels was the best way to go because firstly, it did not ...

The story by Don DeLillo is about two teenage girls appearing on a kids’ television channel. The setting is in a minimum-security prison in Dubai, where criminals charged with financial crimes are rehabilitated. One of the criminals happens to be the father of the teenage girls who are presenting the market news and reports. Issues of financial market and financial reports that the girls are reporting on are too advanced for them. Observing the very first show they present, we understand that they have no understanding of what they are presenting; they have been given scripts with the reports, ...

Introduction

For any organization to maintain its well being, then risk management is very vital. Ideally, risk management guarantees the security of the organization spending and security control measures are observed keenly. For any organization to carry out risk management, appropriate and competent comprehension of the risks pertaining risks should be considered. That is; efficiency and effectiveness to observe the risks of the organization are essential. Taking into consideration the Justice and security organizations, there are myriad elements that are expected to cause operational constraints (Kolb, 2008). The performance of most justice and security organizations is assessed through its definite ...

Religious studies

A PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE
Ever since the beginning of time, Man has strived to discover the secrets of the Universe. From Aristotle to Socrates to the modern philosophers, every curious mind has tried to divulge answers from Mother Earth in order to satiate their burning thirst for the knowledge. Philosophy has solely existed to answer questions related to reality, existence, values, reason and mind. Philosophy has been divided into many subcategories. They include metaphysics, ethics, logic, aesthetics and epistemology. Whereas logic is connected with reasoning, epistemology attempts to garner the nature and scope of knowledge. Ethics refers to the philosophy ...

The Mayan apocalyptic predictions of 2012 have long since passed, and civilization has essentially moved on from its portents of doom and gloom. However, with Gregg Braden’s Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age, elements of self-help spiritualism and pseudo-math are combined to create a work of New Age spiritualism that, while certainly illuminating to the converted, will not successfully convince those looking for philosophies to the universe that require greater rigor. Looking at the book through an air of skepticism, Fractal Time fails to convince, poorly using its own research and loosely connecting ...

Introduction

The Taming of the Shrew is one of the Shakespearean plays that are not traditionally taught in English courses. However, its lively plot and interesting characters make for a remarkable introduction to the Bard. This is because the story is mostly about various “courting” couples, which can be a lively topic as it elicits the timeless battle between the sexes. However, there are other themes and meanings which are explored in the play. The induction scene is an important part of this play because it shows how important different senses, particularly sight, are to humans. The induction scene begins ...

A character in a story is regarded as a fictional representation of a person and is mostly a psychologically realistic description. Different authors have various ways of bringing out characters in a story. However, most of the authors use narrators in their stories to tell the reader what is happening in the story as well as describing different characters in the story. For instance, John Updike in A & P uses Sammy to narrate the story, and events happening in the story as well as introducing and describing other minor characters in the story.
Characters help in developing the story ...

Grimm: Season 3

During the 3rd season, the series is staged in such a way the Nick appears to be dead. This happens at the beginning of the series. There have been many comments in relation to the fugue state of Nick. Part of the audience enjoyed this part while the rest are not happy with it claiming that the movie will be boring and a cliché if this continues throughout the movie.
One interested fun is seen to describe the reason behind this claiming that it is as a result of Nick’s Super hearing. To him this is like a ...

- Introduction
Everybody knows the brand “Kodak” but not a lot of people know that Kodak was one of the biggest American companies in the 1980s. Kodak is short for Eastman Kodak Company, a Multinational Enterprise (MNE) that once led the market in the production of equipment for photography, film, digital imaging and other products related to photography and photographic processing. Kodak was founded in 1889 by George Eastman in Rochester, New York. By the 1970s, Kodak was the most dominant American firm in the film production sector. Back then, Kodak held a 90% lion share of the total ...

1. Discuss the pros and cons of using a Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA). Include information about when it would or would not be appropriate to use this Risk Assessment Technique.
- Pros of Using Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA):
The PHA would be advantageous in emphasizing the prevention of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities that could happen in the work setting. The PHA identifies risks and hazards associated to the job through taking a closer look at each task, responsibilities being undertaken, as well as the environment or the work setting. The posture, use of body parts, and integration of ...

Communication Studies

The approaches of media and communications have progressed far in life since the grumbles of the early civilizations; yet, every innovation comes with its own set of problems. Ever since the origins of time, truly since very long ago, people have been communicating with one another. Be it the Stone Age man’s grumbling or writing on the cave walls, man had always had something to say, to any person keen on listening to him. There has not been much change in those days. Then why does the concept of media and communications sound so recent and contemporary? Why ...

Introduction

Survivors of sexual childhood abuse go through a series of intense and overwhelming feelings. These include feelings of guilt, fear and shame. The abusers are fond of telling children that it is their fault that they were abused, removing the blame away from the abuser, who should be blamed and blaming the child. In addition to this, abusers may bribe or threaten the child not to speak up; telling the child that no one will believe him or her. The response of a survivor’s family or friends to the revelation of the sexual abuse also has the possibility ...

Religions in societies that are tribal are based on what is happening around them. There is no specific founder of religion as every tribe had their religion based on what was happening to them at the time. The beginning of religion is covered with many myths and folklore and of people who are claimed to have been close to God. Most anthropologists claim that Christianity is filled with animism where people believe in a supernatural being that takes care of their entire problem (Frykenberg 67). Additionally, the term animism became such a popular term that it was used in ...

The American public’s trust of elected officials was at an all-time low after Richard Nixon resigned in August of 1974. The Watergate scandal caused his credibility, the credibility of the office of President and the credibility of the entire government apparatus to take an enormous blow. Before he resigned though, several events had caused the American public’s trust in government officials to waiver. Among the two most harmful were the Vietnam War and the release of the Pentagon Papers. After John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon Johnson became president. Almost immediately he increased American presence ...

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Health Insurance comes where there is a chance of bringing oneself to paying medical bills that are incurred by individuals. Health Insurance companies develop a system by determining the expenses incurred in the health care system, where they develop a standard financial structure, where they decide the premiums or such related payments. This is to ensure that the money is available to pay for the health care benefits as mentioned in the insurance agreements.
The earliest health insurance plans were for accidents incurred from ...

PAA assignment

Concrete experience
I worked for a property company (MJO) during the summer of 2013 for almost three months. MJO is a property company that builds both condotels and hotels in Indonesia. At the time, our work involved selling condotels in Bali, Indonesia. A condotel is a combination of a condo and a hotel. A condotel allows buyers to purchase real estate and rent out the condotel if they are not using it. This way, the condotel is a good source of money for the property owners because they still make money, even when the owner is not using the ...

Most people from the previous years did not have much concern for the environment; hence, they have taken it for granted. Man has and continuously abuse nature for its natural resources. While humanity’s number increase, the number of plants and animals decrease – the quality of the air and water has going down at a fast rate, too (Williams). Will the success of man means the downfall of the rest of nature? Such will not be the case. While, for the moment, giant leaps in industrialization resulted from man’s abuse of natural resources for the time being, the ...

Imagine a teacher killing his or her student and then making the claim that this action was not only the morally permissible thing to do in the circumstances, but that acting in any other way would have been immoral. Imagine that the teacher’s defense was that he foresaw that in the future this student, who was extremely gifted and charismatic, would go on to become an influential politician who would promote policies that would lead to millions dying in wars in foreign lands. What if the teacher could somehow prove that his intuition was correct? What should happen ...

Dear daughter,

I am writing this letter to you to introduce you to the interesting stage of life that is waiting for you ahead, which, unfortunately, I will not have a chance to witness. Still, I believe that with the knowledge and experience that you have already received in life with my help, you are sure to cope with all the future challenges and problems perfectly. In this letter, I want to show you how fascinating, it is to move along your path in adolescence and how much is waiting for you before you become an adult.
First of all, I ...

Introduction

There have been rampant shootings in the United States for many years. These shootings have left many people dead while many more have been injured in the process. These shootings have been happening in different places and have not been specifically happening in same places. Schools, malls, theaters and other places where the people have been grouping in large numbers have been targets for these killers. The killers that have been carrying out the said killings have been from different age groups and the common thing that has been uniting them has been the results that display their mental ...

Introduction

The Civil War is remembered as a period of great political and social upheaval. In addition, it is a period of change in technology. Military men and inventors devised new kinds of war equipment’s like the submarine, and the repeating rifle, that brought massive change on how the world military fought wars. There were also circumstances where technology was developed and had nothing in relation to war, such as the telegraph and the railroad (Blattman & Miguel, 2010). This kind of technologies and innovations did not only change the fighting styles of the people but also changed their living ...

A day without internet

For the 24 hours I went without the internet, it has been challenging for me without access to the internet. I have been a heavy consumer of the internet. One of the challenges that I got with the lack of internet use is how I spent my time. I have used the internet to spend and have conversations with my online friends. I felt bored without the use of the internet as I felt that I was left out in the whole process of internet use. The day was long as I did not have pastime activities. Most of ...

The world we are living today involves much technology that requires us to share our thoughts and situations with the world. It has become a daily routine among people to get up every day and share our experiences with millions of people across the world on how we spend our lives. Social networks such as twitter, Facebook, MySpace just to mention but a few enable us to connect with the world and find out what is happening. On a day to day activities people read about new developments and things that happen in their lives and end up writing ...

Influence of Character Reactions in Fictional Stories

The way characters react to specific situations is crucial in any story. Characters are as interesting as their responses to situations and events in various works. (Bernardo, p. 67) This document analyzes various characters and two fictional stories in order to demonstrate that this statement holds. Authors use characters to act various roles in their work and in a manner that will help to develop their plot. In any fictional work, there are various characters depending on the plot and the overall goal of the author. Major characters are normally the center of attention throughout the plot. They help ...

The way characters react to particular situations is crucial in any story. Characters are only as interesting as their responses to situations and events in the work. This document analyses various characters and two fictional stories in order to prove that this statement holds. An author uses characters to act in various roles in his/her work and in a manner that will help to develop the plot. In any fictional work, there are various characters depending on the plot and the overall goal of the author. Major characters are the center of attention throughout the plot. They help in ...

Nicholas Kristof and his wife Shryl WuDunn are people who care deeply about the plight of women in the face of dire issues such as poverty and human trafficking. Their book “Half the Sky” explores both these two issues and takes both a micro and macro view of the problem. It focuses on causes at the global level and also follows particulars cases of women who have suffered. This essay explores their work in human trafficking and explores the global problem introduced in the book.
One of the stories followed in the book, people that Krostof and WuDunn personally ...

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The problem of evil is when people are trying to analyze evil and its source and how we can be able to prevent evil from happening in our society. It is an age old problem that has tried to be solved by even our fore fathers and yet it has not been answered.
Moral evil is also known as human evil and is suffering that is as a result of human beings behaving in ways that are not morally acceptable to the society. This includes killing, stealing, rape, robbery and cheating. On the other hand natural evil are negatives ...

History contains many accounts human beings using other human beings as their personal property. This still happens today. Human slavery is real and it is happening now and today goes by the term human trafficking. (Annan, 1)
Though many people are led to believe that slavery is an atrocity of the past, saying that it ended with the Civil War, it is still going on today. The trafficking of human beings to be sold into prostitution, forced labor, or companionship slaves; or kidnapped from their families and sold in orphanages is one of the most important issues and heinous ...

Introduction

Music has become a vital part in the modern world and in our daily lives. We listen to music for various purposes which include enjoying ourselves, informing ourselves about a particular topic, among other crucial reasons. The music industry has in fact grown tremendously and as a result of this it has in one way or another lead to many opportunities to be created where the talented people have ventured in. In fact, the society has evolved through music. For a very long time music has been accepted as a social change tool but many individuals do not realize ...

“The Negro Speaks of River’s” to express the African Movement to America

Langston Hughes was one of the most vocal people in “The Harlem Renaissance.” “The Negro Speaks of River” is one of his most popular poems; a short poem vividly expressed with figurative language.
The one line “My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” standing by itself is emphasizing the resilience of the Negro. Cruelty has developed his resistance and like the river, his soul has grown deep. The choice of the river as a symbol for the Negro is an excellent one. Whether a river starts big or small, as it makes its way to the ocean it ...

Writing seems to intimidate many people. High school students and college freshmen dread writing the required essays, largely in my experience, because they are afraid of writing. People regard being a writer as something that requires a definite commitment to writing, that there is a certain point in one’s life when the person says, “I am going to become a writer.” But for many people, becoming a writer is not a decision they consciously make; it sneaks up on them little by little. Whether one becomes a writer by way of a conscious decision, or whether one wakes ...

WORD DEFINITION

- Able having adequate command or resources to achieve a deed
- Accident an uninvited, harmful happening which takes place inadvertently
- Age the impact of time on living beings measured by of number of days lived
- Amount the computation totality of two or more values
- Bite to grab especially with teeth so as to go into
- Block a concrete heap of wood or stone
- Boy a juvenile male person
- Busy supporting a great deal of activities
- Carry to hold something while in motion from one location to another
- Cat a small ...

Introduction

In one calendar year, we have thousands of events taking place all over the world. These events may include national celebrations, educational (graduations, meeting and conferences), Promotions, including product launches, expos, political rallies and fashion shows, and also commemorations, such as memorials and civic events.
These are some of the events that may take place in many places globally. The context of this case is however, large events and especially of international reach such as the World Cup, the recent Olympic Games, The Super Bowl of the US, the NBA finals in the United States, and the 24 hours ...

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 – 1865) and Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) have both written novels that demonstrate how violence and prejudice disrupt the social order although their perspective is very different. Gaskell’s novel North and South (published in 1855) took place mostly in northern England and dealt with the complex issues of the social upheaval at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Doyle’s novel The Sign of the Four (published in 1890) had settings in both India and England. The Sign of the Four narrative takes place during the time of upheaval and social disorder when the East ...

Introduction

It is in the very nature of humans to have conflicts with one another. At the same time, it is not impossible to meet those conflicts with the appropriate resolutions. Whereas conflicts, small or large in scale, arise from disagreements over matters crucial to the parties involved, the escalation of such matters often lead to amicable resolutions, regardless of the length of time and representation changes within parties. War, a disastrous form of conflict, often stems from disagreements between large groups of people within a certain context and milieu, with both parties risking their interests in the given case. ...

William J. Clinton Administration

Abstract

In 1993, William Jefferson Clinton became the forty-second president of the United States of America. When he came into position he promised that he will end the bad trend that the country is in and that our country will no longer be in a standstill. Instead, he will start a term of rehabilitation. In 1996, Clinton again became the President of America. He believed that by answering the economic problems of the country would be the solution to America’s success. He rallied on to the problems of unemployment and concerns of health care. A lot of controversies ...

The film ‘Breaking the silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror’ was screened about six months after the attack of Iraq in March the year two thousand and three. This was also two years after the attack of Afghanistan. This film scrutinizes the truth and lies at the back of war on terror, examining the inconsistency between American and British rationalization for battle and the details on the ground in Washington DC and Afghanistan.
The movie starts with a disturbing sequence of pictures depicting the bloodbath inflicted on the people of Iraq by the British and US ...

Introduction

Information systems can either be a software suite or a team of individuals that work towards creating a more efficient work that are most likely inclined with an increase in output, in a manufacturing setting, and an increase in the quality of service in a customer-oriented setting. The type of information system that would be utilized should of course depend primarily on the type and nature of the business it will be used for.
It is usually important for information systems be modifiable so that it cold rightly fit into the needs of a specific company. With that in ...

EAVESDROPPING DEVICES

Eavesdropping devices are usually electronic devices that are used to intercept information and communication. They are not only used to gain access to audio communication, they are also used to gain access to visual images and data. The devices used are called eavesdropping devices because the parties whose communication is being intercepted and possibly recorded have no idea that surveillance is taking place. Most eavesdropping devices are considered illegal therefore one should be aware of the legal repercussions that may come with owning one. However, some are legal and are sold in electronic stores as well as ...

Abstract

The concept of Ageism began in 1866 and is currently seen today as a prejudice and stereotyping of adults towards young teens and adults. Most of this somewhat antagonistic behavior of adults can mostly be seen by young teens and adults when inside the workplace. With the rapid decline of companies accepting aged adults and elderly in the work force, they are forced to have ...

Discovering that employees at a company are copying books and using company time and products to do so brings up some ethical issues. First, the book’s copyrights are being infringed. Second, using company time, paper, and toner ink is stealing from the employer. What action should witnesses to this activity take?

One course of action is to ignore the copying. Witnesses can pretend they do not see it or that it is not happening. Another course of action is to approach the employees and ask them what they are doing. Maybe just the fact that someone caught them ...

The song ‘Glory’ by John Legend in collaboration with rapper Common for the soundtrack of the movie Selma is an inspirational song that is about the civil rights marches and the countless protests and sufferings of the Black people. It is an important song as it not only documents the history of the black people’s civil rights struggle but also makes an impact given the recent spate of police shootings against black men in the country. The song is powerful too as it makes a connection between the past and what is happening now.
The lyrics seamlessly connect ...

Research Motivation

The reason I wanted to research this topic is due to the fact that I was born and raised outside of Nashville, TN, and throughout my childhood and high school years there, I was aware of a potential for an earthquake in Nashville. In my community, we had learned early on about the possibility for earthquakes in places like California and Japan, but the thought of an earthquake here in my home town was really an afterthought. My sole opinion as well as opinion of many other citizens in the area was not directed at the threat of an ...