A Little Bit Longer

have a little bit of freedom because of how well she was when doing ballet. One day while she was practising with her other dance partners, she spotted a small group of people who were outside of their region come to visit. Liriana never met anyone outside of her homeland and they looked rather intimidating. However they looked, they still caught her attention. After practice, she would come visit the group to see what they were doing once she figured that they were staying a little longer and…

What happens when a sentient man-eating plant, a lovesick murderer, and an abuse victim meet up in an unassuming flower shop? Little Shop of Horrors happens. Initially, the musical appears to be vibrant and full of camp, it soon takes a nosedive into exposing the hidden evils of mankind while focusing on the clear antagonist, the mean green mother from outer space. In the dinky Nagelberg theatre, the production looks small. The same sets are used for different scenes, with four significant…

deserve(d) to be treated as so. My personal experiences has taught me to look at people with disabilities as dreamers with desires just like us and they are just as capable in doing so it just might take them a little longer or on a little different path. So, as a mother who went to Holland for a bit yes it was hard and so very sad, but you know people can learn to love…

The Cultural Event I attended was, “Claflin University Hispanic Heritage Month 2016 Kick-Off Program.” This program was held outside of the Café in the Panther Plaza on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. I attened the program by mayself and was sponcered by the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee. I found that the set up for the program was very relaxing. The chairs were set up in a semi circle around an elevated stage. We were close enough to enjoy the music, but not too close to where it became…

America today. Like Rod Janzen describes, that in the month of December there are many families making tamales now and that is a tradition that Mexican Americans have brought to America. He also describes that many non-Anglo-Saxon traditions are no longer here except for putting a Christmas tree up during Christmas. I never thought about all of the traditions that have melted away and the new ones that are resurfacing because of immigrants in America. This generation has had many changes and…

temporary roof repairs. This was the earliest I had been to bed in recent memory. I was actually relaxed and drifting off into a rare and peaceful slumber that would be that elusive, “good nights sleep” that I have heard about from other people. I no longer had the cold that kept me up coughing over the last few weeks, nothing was sore or achy and I wasn't stressed or worried about anything. Everything was just perfect… Until... “Psst… Hey!” “HEY!” I pretended to be asleep. I needed…

to manage to pay my bills, keep food on the table, and diapers for my baby. I stressed constantly about money before I even took off of work because I knew I wasn’t going to have income coming in for at least six weeks, possibly longer. My employer stated I could take longer than six weeks if needed, but there was no guarantee I would still have my job when I decided to return. I didn’t get paid for six weeks so I knew I couldn’t afford any more time off as much as I would have loved to take it.…

Many people would agree that all children are innocent. Children are not corrupted by the ugliness of the world, so everything they say and do are their own honest actions. As we grow older and witness the actions of the world, our view changes little by little, but as a child, we have not experienced enough to skew how we see the word. Although children have an unbiased perspective of the world, there surroundings will eventually influence their thoughts and actions. To me, childhood is a time…

throughout the duration of this process. The first is finding time to interview our subjects. I am at dance from right after school until 10 pm every night, and my teachers are too. Finding time between that and school or previous work for them was a little difficult, but we found breaks in our schedules that overlapped. Luckily, my group is pretty flexible with time. The second is distribution of work. While writing the proposal, it seemed that Mansi and I did most of the work. I expected to…

Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Gregor, a normal young adult male, awakens from his restful slumber to discover he no longer has his human form. Overnight, he transformed into an abnormal bug, gigantic and unidentifiable. Gregor, shocked by the change, begins to observe his new figure. Kafka describes Gregor’s situation, “He lay on his hard, armored back, and saw, as he raised his head a little, his domed, brown belly divided into arched segments” (page 1). Attempting to get out of bed, he maneuvers…