Bartender

Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? Eighteen, that magical age, everyone has dreamed about turning. The number eighteen is significant in America because it is when teenagers are finally given the chance to show the world they’re responsible young adults. This group is no longer viewed as children in America, but as young adults who can experience the same rights and privileges as other adults. As society keeps growing and changing, the discussion to keep the drinking age at twenty-one or to…

Hemingway has created a minimalistic approach to the discourse of pregnancy and abortion in multiple short stories. By creating ambiguous plots, Hemingway establishes gender roles in his Men Without Women. Two particular short stories, “Hills like White Elephants” and “Indian Camp”, execute a mutual understanding of what it meant to be a woman in different eras, cultures, and geographical locations. Hemingway highlights the early stages of pregnancy and the moment of labor. While doing this,…

work done. In the end, it is because I respect everyone for who they are that we can all get along. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Texas Tea is a word that has many different meanings, depending on who you are, and the way you think. To an alcoholic or bartender, it will mean a drink made up of six alcohols; to a wealthy person it would mean crude oil or an oil well; to a drug attic, it will be another name for barre, a drug made up of promethazine and codeine. So, when a person in Texas hears the…

Out in the Open After making the confession to my family about my new lifestyle. I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. With that and the wedding under my belt, I could finally relax. I’d been uptight and knew that the feeling would return soon with the days of my vacation winding down. That’s when the thought of staying in Miami crossed my mind. Should I make the big move? The idea of leaving Shay and going back to Texas made my stomach hurt. Not only because of what went down…

bystander, if you see something intervene in anyway you can 3. Trust your gut, If it looks like a bad situation, it probably is. 4. Be direct. Ask someone who might look like they need help. 5. Get someone to help you if you see something. (RA, bartender, friend, or host). 6. Keep an eye on someone who has had too much to drink or someone who is trying to make an individual intoxicated. This website has many more tips. This pledge focuses on helping each other and getting in the way before…

On December 10th, I attended the “8th Annual Big Gay Xmas Party”. It was held at one of Madison’s most popular gay bars/dance clubs, Plan B. The Facebook event advertisement read as follows: “This December make the season gay and bright with Plan B as we celebrate the holidays the only way we know how... GAY! Join us at our 8th Annual Big Gay Xmas Party featuring DJ CMK and DJ Chomper! Special performances by Karizma Mirage, Sasha Daniels, and Kimaera Mirage. Go-go dancers and more! Absolut…

The 1940’s and 1950’s, an era where conformity, materialism, and sexual repression was the norm in America. Conformity was encouraged by President Eisenhower and if anybody thought differently they were dubbed a communist or “commie”. A counter culture group emerged aiming to radicalize young people to open their eyes to deception in America society and culture-enters the Beat Generation. The Beat Generation was a social and literary movement that was forming post World War II. The Beats were a…

In Napa, California, a teen was found dead after being reported missing early Tuesday morning, according to Napa Police. Just 14 years old with a promising future ahead of him/her, he/she was slumped in the pressures of maturity. Sadly, stories, such as this one, has dictated the news cycle for the past 50 years. The novel The CATCHER in the RYE depicts a problematic experience of teenage life that has and will continue to plague thousands. The author, J. D. Salinger, expressed this dreadful…

A writer’s job is to use words to immerse a reader into a world of adventure and thought. To be able to do this requires great skills and many years of writing experience. F. Scott Fitzgerald was such a person who dedicatedly wrote through poems and plays during his earlier years and fiction later on, to convey little bits of himself in his writing. In his short story, “Babylon Revisited,” he uses the power of words to transport readers through feelings of an experience he knows personally. The…

In 2004, a social media that is well known to others was created by a Harvard graduate named Mark Zuckerburg.It was a world wide social network used by many others around the world which is called Facebook.He is one of the youngest billionaire known. The reason behind his creation is that he wanted to create something where you could have open information and ways to connect with others.The Social Network said that it was only because he wanted to get girls and that was the only way to do…