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In the 1930’s there was a great drought that affected the Great Plains. This includes regions such as Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. Since, the soil in this region lacked a strong root system it became prone to dust storms. Unfortunately, this event caused many Sharecroppers to lose their jobs and most importantly their homes. John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath was awarded the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for it’s realistic representation of a migrate…

Bending the Culture: Hybridization of Punjabi Ethos in Gurinder Chadha’s Bend it Like Beckham “Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.” - Salman Rushdie ‘Diaspora is the term used to describe any population which is considered deterritorialized, dislocated and disintegrated fostering feels of ‘unbelongingness’ and ‘dispossession’. The…

Introduction Before taking this class, I had never taken any other philosophy class. Since I had not taken any other philosophy classes, I did not know what to expect. Being a 400 level class, I felt that it would be extremely difficult for a first philosophy class. However, I did not find it to be that difficult at first. The first half of the semester was fairly easy because I had previous knowledge in the areas we covered. The second half of the semester on the other hand was a different…

Sport Science 101G Essay Rugby Rugby Union is a popular contact team sport played by many people all over the world. Millions of people participate in the sport from countries all over the world, with a significant increase in popularity occurring every year. History Rugby originated in England in the early 19th Century, when a student from Rugby School called William Webb Ellis, picked up the ball during a football match and started running forwards with it. In the mid 1800’s, the rules of…

The Lagothrix is within the Neotropical primate family, Atelidae. Atelids are the largest Neotropical primates yet only two studies have tried to resolve the relationships among taxa within the genus Lagothrix (Ruiz-Garcia Pinedo-Castro, 2010). Within the genus are 2 allopatric species, one widespread in the western Amazon (L. lagotricha) and the other confined to montane forests on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera of the Andes in northern Peru, bordering the Amazonian forest (L.…

Professional football is the most watched sport in America. From fantasy football to watching your favorite team make a comeback in the fourth quarter, professional football has been an entertaining, intense showdown that we all love to watch. But despite all of this, T.V. ratings have gone down and we do not know the reason why. But what we do know is that the ratings in other countries have not gone down. From the Raiders and Chiefs week 11 showdown in Mexico to the multiple successful games…

I had a bright path ahead of me in high school and beyond. The reality of the situation was that high school was a bigger change for me than anyone had anticipated. My previous routine with my father had been rocked by the introduction to friends and a social life. Instead of my father picking me straight up from school and tutoring, however, I was beginning to hang out with friends and do things after school more frequently. This soon had adverse effects on my grades and my father took notice.…

forms of cricket such as T20 or fifty overs that generate significantly more money. One can legitimately argue that this influx of money into T20 has been a leading cause for the decline of test cricket. Michael Holding, a legendary West Indian fast bowler, said in an interview for the documentary “Death of a Gentleman” that “I fear for the importance and relevance of test cricket in today’s game”. During Holding’s time as a professional test cricket was the pinnacle of cricket. Now, however,…

Skepticism of Shakespeare's Authorship of His Plays Over the years, countless people have expressed doubt as to William Shakespeare being the true author of all of his works. These doubts are as old as his plays. Henry James, an American author, once said, "I am haunted by the conviction that the divine William is the biggest and the most successful fraud ever practiced on a patient world.” Alternately, an author by the name of Calvin Hoffman was certain that Shakespeare was very likely "the…

Each had his own following, and there were some violent debates. At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. Of late the sheep had taken to bleating ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’ both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into ‘Four legs good,…