Bowls

The spectacle that we call the Super Bowl is nonetheless amazing to the senses; not only the eyes, but the heart. The money making super giant that is the NFL, continually surprises, amazes and ultimately disappoints us in ways we forget, year after year. In this discussion, football shall be a focal point, but not the main topic. Our topic concerns something much larger than football (Huh? Gasp! Couldn’t be!), a topic that is intertwined with everything and anything we do; the sociology of our…

The Super Bowl this year sure was an interesting one! The falcons sure thought that they were going to win! Most of us watch the Super Bowl for the game right? Well some of us watch I just for the halftime show. During the actual game the Patriots sure made an outstanding comeback! For those of us who watch it just for the halftime show, that was a great one! The wait was worth it. The halftime show could have inspired the Patriots to comeback for the win! Lady Gaga began her show on the roof of…

cha know, we’re Minnesotans! The organizers of the 2018 Super Bowl have gladly embraced many Minnesotan stereotypes in order to take advantage of the opportunity to showcase everything great about Minnesota. They want to excite guests about all aspects of Minnesotan culture by portraying Minnesotans in a positive light and showing them all the possible activities they can be a part of. On the Minneapolis Super Bowl website, the Super bowl organizers reassure visitors that all their needs are…

The Dust Bowl was a time where dangerous dust storms damaged the agriculture of the Great Plains. One hundred million acres were turned into dust due to overfarming and wind erosion. Three major dust storms occurred in 1934, 1936 and 1939-40, which resulted in erosion and loss of topsoil. These storms hit Oklahoma, Texas, sections of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico leaving many families nowhere to go .It lasted for almost a decade. Some say that this is the worst manmade ecological disaster in…

This movie is about a family that was living in the time of the Great Depression. After the farmers prepared the land in the 1920s and 30s to plant wheat a horrible drought came along and killed the plants. After that, came the Dust Bowl which happened when severe winds blew the topsoil of the lands and left it empty. The dust would get so bad at times that people had to breathe in and out of handkerchiefs to keep from choking on the dust. This tragedy forced them out of their home in Oklahoma…

decade. It caused high temperatures, high winds, and no rainfall. 4.The Dust Bowl got its name from a journalist traveling through the region. 5.The states of Texas, Oklahoma, western Kansas, eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico were included in the Dust Bowl. These five states were part of the Dust Bowl…

Farmers arrived in the Sothern Great Plains in the 1880s. The land was very cheap there. The farmers lived in soddies. However, the Southern Great Plains rarely got rainfall. Therefore, some farmers and there families moved away. However, the government passed the Enlarged Homestead Act. It said that if anyone could hang on for three years, they would receive 320 acres of land. World War 1 was good for the Plains farmers. The farmers were able to sell wheat at a very high price to Europe.…

today’s society we all have diverse opinions; similarly, it is challenging to meet the criteria that the public insists upon. The evening of the Super Bowl brought the occasional snacks, lifelong friends, and judgment of the never ending commercials. Although many were ridiculous, this advertisement enlists items that intrigue viewers. Super Bowl Baby Legends adequately supplies the perfect combination that no human can deny, football and babies. The producer of a commercial is empowered with…

NFL, that conclusion just so happens to be called the Super Bowl. This year was Super Bowl 49 (XLIX) which took place in Arizona. It was against the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. At half time there is always a performance to keep the spectators amped up during the mini break with entertainment as well as to keep entertained the viewers at home so they stay on the channel and not be tempted to change it. For the 2015 Super Bowl, the chosen performer was Katy Perry with special…

bangs against the doors of the home. Now, how one will react to the dust bowl is anyone’s guess. Will they run away and seek refuge, will they wait out the storm and seek shelter in their own abode, or will they stand erect, petrified by the beast, that is the dust storm. This was much like the situations that the main protagonists and their families faced in the poems “Fields of Flashing Light,” and the poem “Leaving the Dust Bowl.”There were differences and similarities of how the families in…