1975

like. There was nothing during this year: no food, no clothes, no families, and no money. Located in Southeast Asia, Cambodia is a country less than half the size of California. From 1975 to 1979 the people of this country were living in the most unbearable conditions. This is due to the fact that on April 17, 1975 Pol Pot commenced mass murders of the upper and middle class Cambodians. Starvation spread like a disease throughout Cambodia because of past government issues, the work of the Khmer…

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.” Art has changed increasingly, and it is still changing. In this essay, I will list some of the art movements in detail from the following time periods: 1860-1915, 1916-1960, and 1965-1975. The first time period we are going to look at is 1860-1915. Impressionism came first. Impressionism is when artists are very expressive, and they use movement, angles of vision, and light pretty often (Wikipedia). An example is that Vincent Van…

In this chapter, the researcher will provide a detailed look at the literature and the theoretical framework starting with Tinto’s Model of Student Departure (1975). The framework will provide a better understanding of first year retention as it pertains to increasing student persistence within the first year of enrollment. The research will discuss topics ranging from examining community colleges retention, to the factors that affect student retention. Additionally, the literature review will…

The 1975 film involves a criminal named Randle who pleads insanity after getting into trouble once again (IMDb, 1990). As Randle is involuntarily moved to the mental institution, he rebels against the domineering nurse and rallies up the patients (IMDb, 1990). The ratings of this movie were 95%, which is very high for a film rating (Rotten Tomatoes). Randle becomes enemies with Nurse Ratched as she is an authority figure who enforces the rules and correct behavior, while Randle is a rule-breaker…

In 1975, Raymond Williams published a book about television, and in that book Williams wrote about the history of television, how television worked in 1975, and his predictions for television in the future years. This essay will focus on what Williams had to say about television in 1975, in comparison to a show that came out in 1985 (Edge of Darkness) a decade after Williams’ book. This essay will also compare television today in 2017 to how it was in 1975 according to Williams. To begin, I…

Fall Semester Final Essay Question “The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 makes racial discrimination and racial hatred unlawful in public places”, According to the “Casual racism. Ahrc.admin, Australian Human Rights Commission, 18 Nov. 2014”., “Casual racism is one form of racism. It refers to conduct involving negative stereotypes or prejudices about people on the basis of race, colour or ethnicity”. With casual racism it is not always direct, it can come off as jokes, off-handed comments, and…

In 1975 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge took control of the Cambodian Government and established a communist government. When the Khmer Rouge took control Pol Pot declared that 1975 was “year zero” would set the Cambodian Calders to year zero. During the time the Khmer Rouge was in control the government started the Cambodian Genocide. In which the government targeted Buddhist monks, intellectuals, officials from the “old” regime, and enemies of the state. The government attacked monks because…

A ton of great music came out in 1975 including, Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, Queen's A Night at the Opera, Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic, Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, the Who's The Who By Numbers, Steely Dan's Katie Lied and Rush's Fly by Night just to name a few. As all of these albums celebrate their 40th anniversary, I'm reminded of just how important 1975 was for music. While each of these recordings were monumental, there are four that standout as…

Breed v. Jones (1975) In 1975, Gary Jones whom was 17 years old at the time was found guilty of armed robbery with a deadly weapon and was tried as a juvenile and adult (Merlo, Benekos, & Champion, 2017). At Jones’s hearing the courts determined that Jones needed to be tried as an adult as well. Jones did not agree with the courts and petition for habeas corpus. Jones complained that the criminal trial would then put him in double jeopardy (Oyez, 2017). Double jeopardy is when an offender is…

Between 1945 and 1975 there were two groups that were protesting, how they were treated, viewed, and being rejected in general by society in that day and age. These two groups fought for equality, and had to the drive to change the way society treated them: African Americans and women. Both groups wanted to be treated with fairness and equality and wanted to complete end of racism in the United States. 1950s and 1960s were two of the most important decades for these two groups, it was during the…