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The article “Barhopping with the Bud Girls” by James Hibberd gives its readers a bit of insight into a controversial marketing technique of some of America’s largest beer companies. In the article, Hibberd shows how certain companies hire college students as representatives for the company and how those students market their particular beer brand to their fellow students. I think this article is directed towards any average adult who is curious about the potential abuse of alcohol on college…

It’s always a crushing blow to athletics when one of the greats is exposed for doping. Coaches and athletes alike have been finding ways to twist the latest scientific developments for their benefit.While some argue that sports cannot move forward without performance-enhancing drugs, the majority views doping as unethical. As with any debated issue, there are some who support doping. Authors such as Ian Steadman defend the use of performance-enhancing drugs on the grounds that they are the…

Personal Connections in the Modern World “I’m So Totally, digitally, Close to You: The Brave New World of Digital Intimacy,” by a former Knight Fellow at MIT, Clive Thompson, follows the path of how technology has made us closer than ever and farthest apart at the same time. Thompson captures the reader’s attention by describing how Mark Zuckerberg changed the way Facebook worked forever. He then describes how adults who were at first skeptical about using social media got into using it on a…

Bad times are inevitable in everybody’s lives, but some question: what good can come from the bad? First published on April 7, 2014, the article “What Suffering Does,” by New York Times columnist and PBS News Hour commentator, David Brooks, digs into this idea through claims that suffering plays a major role in people’s lives because it helps them grow as people (Behrens). Brooks states that happiness is just one piece of “the human drama” and suffering is the other (Behrens). Brooks’ topic of…

The desire to improve our own social economic life is a normal part of mankind; however, when this desire takes over all the mind of people, it causes the destruction of the natural part of the being; Particularly, the author, D. H. Lawrence, uses characterization to show the incompatibility between love for money and real love in his short story, “The Rocking-Horse Winner.” The first character presented in the story is Hester, who can’t love and is living an unsatisfied existence. For example…

I have heeded the recommendations of Professor Balk and some fellow students. I therefore tried to challenge myself with more descriptive words and attention was given to proofreading my final draft. In planning and conducting an evaluation, one should anticipate different interest groups that may have their own political interests or agenda. Hence this essay will discuss the main points of part four of Patton’s Utilization-focused evaluation. To begin with, politics does have a tremendous…

The Enlightenment period occurred in the 18th century in Europe as a result of the Scientific Revolution. This was an era that was also known as the age of reason, since the intellectuals of this time dared to know (Spielvogel 503). They became fascinated with the achievements that took place during the Scientific Revolution and "they were advocating the application of the scientific method to the understanding of all life" (Spielvogel 503). This was a time to escape the past and advance…

The 21st century has added a new weapon to the arsenal of persecutors. Credit card companies can lower a customer 's credit limit based solely on where they’ve shopped. An employer can make his or her decision on hiring an employee using just social media footprints. Lori Andrews presents frightening information in her essay “Facebook Is Using You”. Through the use of statistics, anecdotal evidence, and appeals to the audience 's sense of fear, she successfully convinces the reader that there is…

Have you ever wonder is the American dream still effective today and is it still possible to achieve? The American dream is “the dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability and achievement, regardless of social class or circumstance at birth.” Yet, we know that “The American Dream” has not always been an easy and accessible picture for everyone due to many components such as the perception of the dream, income…

The Significance of the Gryphon In Charles Baxter’s “Gryphon”, a substitute teacher named miss Ferenczi told the tale of her seeing a “Gryphon” influencing the idea of imagination and knowing of interesting facts (597). Characterizing miss Ferenczi herself as a unique person the children get exposed too. Different from what the norm is in an education system. Being new to a community where the children were used to mothers and college graduates being there substitute having an unfamiliar face in…