Susanna Hall

Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest individual achievement in baseball. Each player strives to have his career recognized as one of the best of his era. Unfortunately, the sport of baseball has had many players who are willing to cheat the game in order to achieve this prestigious honor. Recently, the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs have distorted both the records and individual statistics of the game. This era, known as the Steroid Era, has come to an end with recent improvements…

tribulations of character that plague the mead hall and Beowulf. The mead hall symbolizes the center of civilization. Heorot itself is allegorical for a holy place or church, where the community meets. This is another example of how Christianity overlays the Pagan elements of the story. In fact the two fit together and augment the significance in the sanctity of the drinking hall. Hrothgar, King of the Danes, had many successes in war and he built a mead hall to attest to his newfound power. The…

Greatness is only rewarded to those who seek it, not to those who wait for it to be handed out. Accordingly, producing movies based on great works of literature means translating the original work into something that not only has a great moral, but that is also visually captivating throughout the entire duration of the film. Beowulf the poem was published by an anonymous author in the 900’s and reflects the Anglo-Saxon civilization which had just recently converted to Christianity at the time of…

this writer will draw a comparison between the politics of the political organization Tammany hall in New York City to that of modern day campaigns, especially the last election cycle. In order to fully explore this topic the corruption of Tammany hall and the perceived corruption of modern day politics needs to be partially, if not fully ignored. George Plunkett, the man credited with dismantling Tammany hall was summarized by his eulogizer with the following quote. “He understood that in…

In the epic poem, Beowulf, the protagonist Beowulf engaged in three battles. In the first battle Beowulf fights Grendel to help the Danes. The second battle was between Beowulf and Grendel’s mother as a result of Beowulf killing her son. The third battle was between Beowulf and the Dragon. Although the three battles had many things in common, they also had several differences. The battle between Beowulf and Grendel was aggressive. It showed the strength between the masculine figures.…

NEW YORK There are allegations of corruption against state Sen. Malcom A. Smith and New York City Council member Dan Halloran astounded the state. (huffingtonpost, 2014) New York City has a dirty side in politics with the reformers there is chance for change with the charges of bribery, wire fraud, and extortion. Larry Norden said “In some sense, we are very lucky,” deputy director of the non-partisan public policy and law institute Brennan Center for Justice. “We have an opportunity in New York…

Extra-curricular activities, AP classes, and jobs…what do they all have in common? They take vast amounts of time out of a student’s day. Each time I think about students who have to juggle all three of these, one thought always comes to mind- how do they do it? Just considering the load of stress a student who goes to school and takes at least two AP classes, has to stay after school for a sport or a club, and then goes straight to their job has makes me worried for them. Especially seniors;…

like Hoffman to consider supporting his daughter business by using her products in the Triple Plus restaurants. Due to the fact that Wasson helped him when becoming CEO, he decided to present the idea himself to Triple’s purchasing manager, Deidre Hall and left the final decision up to her. Deidre’s Decision…

The purpose case conference is to evaluate client 's job readiness, taking place in the office of Mr. Cases ' office, who is the Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation (DVE) Supervisor. Mr. Case 's office is shared with an associate and also doubles as a conference room. The building is very old as is the office furnityre. The office space has two desk, a small conference table with six chairs,and it is reminisence more suitable for a nusery or a kindergarten school setting and than a…

We interact and experience architecture every day. It is physically impossible not to and because of this, it is incredibly easy to take it for granted and to forget about all the thought and care that was taken to create such huge feats. Worcester’s Union Station is located directly off of highway 190 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Thousands of people pass by it on a daily basis without even realizing that it is something more than a “pretty train station”. Before we begin, let’s answer the…