Arcadia

Helping a Friend On May 20, 2014, Sophia and seven of her friends decided to take a trip to Lake Michigan. Sophia’s aunt owns a lake house in Arcadia, Michigan, so the girls decided to rent out the place for a few weeks. When they arrived to the house late in evening, they unpacked and settled in. Sophia, Carly, Kaylee, and Sally slept in the room with bunk beds, while Kelly, Diane, and Lauren slept in the master bedroom. George got the room in the middle all to himself. Everyone managed to get…

For decades, America has been known as a land of immigrants; people from England, France, Spain, and other countries descended on the New World to leave a lasting impression, one that can still be seen today in American culture. But of them all, England probably had the greatest effect on America. Since the time of Columbus’s discovery of the New World, Spain had been colonizing almost all the areas in the South, in what is today South America and along the South and West coast of what is now…

Moving Target Defense The current cybersecurity environment is based around a static defense that has been employed for the past few years to protect information systems (See Figure 6). Unfortunately, this cybersecurity paradigm is not effective against current and future cyber threats. According to Zheng (2014), the weakness of this cybersecurity approach is its passive and reactive nature towards safeguarding information systems. Additionally, this method also allows threat actors the time…

Introduction Through this assignment, we had to visit 8 stores in total of different market level in order to research and understand the clients of each store. As we visit the stores, we examine and study the environment, product display and their particular ways to appeal to the customers and make sales. We also develop investigative skills and more knowledge by doing this shop report. Chanel Chanel is a prestigious and recognized private company, found by Coco Chanel in 1909 and…

The Magnificent Motown Records There story of Motown Records is a story about the dreams and determination by one man incorporated with the aspirations of many others culminating into the realization of a tremendous music and cultural change throughout the world. Berry Gordy, a young man whose great- grandfather was an enslaved person of African descent, established a legacy that still resonates throughout the world even today. The Gordy family comes from humble beginnings in Georgia,…

part of the humankind (Weitz, 2003). Ideas from the Medieval Ages have molded European society to have a certain perspective on how women should act, dress, and work. According to O’Pry-Reynolds, Anita Kay, a Graduate Student in the Humanities from Arcadia University, “Women were viewed as daughters of the Eve’s sin”. These ideas surrounding masculinity and were inherited from classical literature and the Bible. In Medieval Europe, they were responsible for the temptation of men, and the…

American Psycho, Election 2016, and the Entropy of the American Dream The ‘80’s described in the book were a time of excess, immorality, and sloth. They were also significantly a time when the American Dream, as originally described was one of hard work and charismatic patriotism, changed to one of excess and moral competition. In this, the human persona became more animalistic; so begins this discourse with a genius line from the main character of American Psycho, Patrick Bateman, “There…

Empowering The Homeless: How Housing The Homeless Is Not Effectively Solving The Homelessness Problems? The problem of homelessness has been always a common case in all big cities everywhere. The root comes from a wide range of reasons, from social economy to personal issues, such as drug or alcohol addiction or mental state. The demographic for homelessness also vary from adults to kids due to so many reasons and occurrences in different levels. In the case of homeless children, Judy Daniels,…

As I reflect on my leadership journey, I think that I have made slow, gradual progress, but progress nonetheless. When I was little, I tended to deliberately blend into the background and have others do things for me. Then, as I got older, took on new responsibilities, and developed my passions and interests, I started to also develop my leadership skills. Today, I am still a quiet, timid person, but I am working on stepping out of my comfort zone. Ever since I was little, I have always…

Kaylee Argo Ms. DeGreef English IV 10 March 2017 The Tales of Greek Gods and Goddesses “Slay the monster Medusa and bring me her head,” said the king to a poor, yet valiant young Perseus (D’aulaire 114). It was his plot to get rid of the boy, so he could marry his mother. No man had set out to kill Medusa and come back alive, until Perseus. The tales of the Greek gods and goddesses are intertwined in history. They have been recited by many different cultures and told many different ways. That…