Aurora

Sandy Hook Shooting Conspiracies The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary was a tragic event, with twenty six dead and only questions remaining, it’s hard not to sympathize with the families of those lost. There is a movement, however, that claims the shooting was false (Spaeth). The shooting is believed to have been staged in order to pave the way for stricter gun control (Salazar). Conspiracy theorists, calling themselves Truthers, have presented evidence to support their claims numerous times…

At the beginning of “Chapter 7, “My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor writes, “The vague shame overhanging my father’s alcoholism silenced any conversation among the adults that might have caused me to question what I thought” (64). Sotomayor's father, Juli, had the biggest transformation in his life from being the smartest and cleverest to turning into an alcoholic. On the other hand, Sotomayor’s mother, Celina, had a good transformation, from being poor and living in poverty to getting married…

Millard Fillmore was born on Jan 7, 1800. Millard’s birthplace is a big debate. There are many different sources that place him in many different locations at his birth. He was born in Locke Township, New York, Summerhill, New York, Cayuga County, New York or, a region in New York known as the Finger Lakes. He was born to Nathaniel and Phoebe Fillmore. His odd name, Millard, comes from his mother’s maiden name. He had nine other siblings Millard Fillmore was born into extreme poverty. At…

The death rate could reduce if younger people such as students are informed of the danger and understand it is not something to take lightly. “Approximately 50% of unintentional fatal shootings were self-inflicted; and most unintentional firearm deaths were caused by friends or family members” (1). Informing the public about the dangers of guns is as crucial as informing the public of something like the dangers of drugs. It will not stop someone from purchasing a gun and killing innocent…

Nathan Dunlap was a 19 year old African American male from Aurora, Colorado. Dunlap grew up in a single parent home with his mother, Carol Dunlap. Ms. Dunlap suffered from a bipolar disorder, that caused her to have unpredictable mood swings and hypersexual behavior. When having a bipolar episode she would often sexually and physically abuse Nathan and his sister Adinea. On December 14, 1993, Dunlap went into the local Chuck E. Cheese Pizzeria, where he once worked. He sat around for a few…

Lloyd Augustus Hall was born in Elgin, Illinois on June 20th, 1894. While growing up he was an honors student at West Side High School in Aurora, Illinois. He was captain of the school debate team while competing in baseball, football, and track. He graduated high school at the top 10 of his class. Hall then chose to attend Northwestern University. In 1916, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. He then graduated, earning a degree from the University of Chicago. Through a…

Identifying the Issue Late at night on July 20, 2012, an eager crowd of roughly four hundred people streamed into a Century 16, movie theater in Aurora, Colorado to watch a midnight screening of the film, The Dark Knight Rises – the third movie of the new batman trilogy. Unnoticed by everyone else, one of the roughly for hundred people, James Eagan Holmes, a 6’3” male at the age of 25, also purchased his ticket and sat in the front row of the theater. About twenty minutes into the film, James…

passed, the Congress knew that there would be negative effects of selling guns to the public, yet, the Congress doesn’t try to prevent gun owners from selling guns to the public. Incidents like the Sandy Hooks Elementary School shooting, the 2012 Aurora shooting, should have provoked the Congress into passing a law for gun control. I want to mention that, the U.S. worries more about Immigration than gun control. The U.S. is in a hurry to assure the general public is protected from Immigrants…

Gun control. Two words that have been fought and debated over for hundreds of years. Two words that have caused war in countries around the world. Two words that Communist and Dictatorship parties have used to disarm their own people and others for total control. Now, the United States is facing the same problem more than ever. In this twenty first century, the United States government is try everything they got in their arsenal to win the battle for gun control. The ones who are doing the…

My family’s migration story goes back to when my father was born in the sovereign state of Guanajuato in Mexico. He migrated to this country in 1983 at the young age of eighteen facing many challenges along the way such as racism and the fact that he had nothing to his name. His journey was long and difficult as he traveled alongside his cousin and a coyote leading the way. Although my father did not enter the country in a way that is considered “legal” he felt he needed to in order to attempt…