27 Club

My decision to read Alice Echol’s “Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin” was sparked by my interest in the 27 Club. The 27 Club refers to a number of popular musicians who died at the age of 27, often as a result of drug or alcohol abuse. Janis Joplin is the first of three members of the 27 Club that I am going to write my life studies on. Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 60’s as the lead singer of the psychedelic rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. Janis grew up in a small reserved town where she knew she didn’t belong, this biography shows her defiance to break free from the social norm. Janis was characterized as a “misfit” with her tomboy charm and charisma. With her free spirit and risqué outfit choices Janis Joplin dared…

The 27 Club When Kurt Cobain was found dead, his mother, Wendy O’Connor, said, “Now he’s gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club.” The 27 Club is the name given to popular musicians who died at the age of 27, often resulting from drug or alcohol abuse, or violent factors such as suicide or homicide. The number of musicians who have died at this age have raised suspicions that premature deaths at this general age are unusually common. Although death is recurrent…

A few years ago, I joined the club because my mom and dad had to work, but I have stayed because it has been fun. The club has been nice to me and they gave me new opportunities that I would not be able to do without them. The club has impacted my life by helping me get used to being around others, because before I usually stayed to my self and did things alone. The club also got me to meet new people that later became my friends. The club has helped me become a better person by helping me care…

the player's ears. This was what the club was all about, this was what the members loved to do. One of Northwest Missouri State Universities key recruiting points is there are over 200 student organization on campus. An organization for everyone. But, while larger organizations like Student Activities Council (SAC) and Student Senate tend to rise to the top there are also a number of smaller and more unique organizations. Organizations like Wakeboarding Club, Anime Club and Humans vs. Zombies…

There have been some new clubs added at Phoenix High School that should be recognized. The new clubs are Acapella Club/Ukulele Club, Gamers Club/Code Club, The breakfast Club/, Photography Club/Craft Club, and the Harry Potter Club. There is wide variety of clubs here at PHS, and with these new clubs added to the list the students have more choices of fun and interesting clubs to join. The news clubs here are unique in there on way. We asked Miss Bryan some question about craft club and…

to rebuild their lives. Like Club Success, The GOC’s purpose is to assist their members stay out of hospitals and accomplish aspirations of being socially, financially and educationally independent. While Club Success focuses on following a “work order day” setting, the GOC emphases establishing meaningful relationships with staff and other members, ultimately trying to give members more of a sense of belonging. Through these relationships, the GOC hopes to provide members with the knowledge…

• Recruitment o The total membership of the colony is at 15 members. Recruitment should be the number one priority for the men of Louisville Crescent Colony. The recruitment process that they have been going through is working in generating leads and meeting men. The colony needs to continue to follow the process and work hard. • Executing programming o The men are able to come up with ideas for programming, but have had issues with execution. Officers should create measurable goals and…

control. Faced with pressures both from the outside and from within, the Revolutionary government instituted the Reign of Terror in September. In the next 11 months, 300,000 suspected enemies of the Revolution were arrested and more than 17,000 were executed, most by guillotine. In the chaos Robespierre was able to eliminate many of his political opponents, mainly the Girondist party. Seemingly insane with power over life and death, Robespierre called for more purges and executions. By the…

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obvious. But the deeper and serious connotative meaning, in context of the current political times, is much more consequential and even grave when one realizes it is the President of the U.S. purposefully lobbing golf balls at the White House, destroying an iconic symbol of the the presidency, the United States government and the citizens. The artist appropriated an American monument to demonstrate the damage the new president is doing to our democracy. One clownish man singlehandedly damaging…