Bruce Springsteen

Every year, there is a new controversial state law resulting in a nationwide backlash. As of March 23, 2016, North Carolina officially joined the reign of states that include laws that tear the population apart. In the past year, the United States has made significant progress in the fight for LGBT equality. Over the summer, we watched as the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges allowed same-sex couples in all 50 states to get legally married, and while the long-lasting battle for the…

2016 has been filled with vicious rivalries: Black Lives vs. Blue Lives, Vote Leave vs. Stronger In, Clinton vs. Trump, but none can top the 160-year-old battle which continues to ravage the homeland of Wawa, bagels, and Bruce Springsteen. Not all speak up, but all have an opinion; some even consider this contention to be New Jersey’s own Civil War. Each side is deeply devoted, unwaveringly loyal, prepared to fight for their cause, taking their conviction to the grave. Starting in 1865, this…

covered all over American media, the radio mainly in the ‘40s, the TV in 2000s, and was how people initially got and spread the information concerning the attacks. People wrote songs about the attacks; Doctor Clayton wrote “Pearl Harbor Blues” and Bruce Springsteen wrote “Into the Fire”. A sense of national unity occurred and people proclaimed their patriotism more than ever before. The attacks instead of hurting American morale always created the opposite…

Enough is Enough The local chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (P-9) were a group of passionate individuals that lived metaphorically by the words of “No Surrender” by Bruce Springsteen while they were striking against Hormel at the Austin, Minessota site. Director Barbara Kopple followed the Hormel strike for a couple of years in order to create the Academy Award winning documentary American Dream. The documentary shows the world a first hand experience of the struggles…

We are our surroundings. Our surroundings make us, us. Our environment gives us our character. For instance some people may adapt to their surroundings, or may become the exact opposite. People are easily victimized by their habitat. In T. Coraghessan Boyle’s short story, “Greasy Lake,” the setting of this foul lake plays a crucial role in developing the climax of the story and ultimately leads to the narrator’s realization that he is wasting his teenaged life. In a cross match twist; Boyle,…

The lake seemed to stretch on forever as if the mountain was slowly draining into it and creating perfect copy of itself. Halfway across the world from my home in Massachusetts, the wilderness of New Zealand reached out to me. The hours before had been full of adventure as my father and I had trekked to both the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers. The final trip had not even been part of our plan, but as we drove through the quaint mountain town of Fox Glacier a blue sign signaled the route to the…

Exhibit Review I decided to visit the “Making Music Modern, Design for Ear and Eye” exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art a.k.a. MoMa. The MoMa is located in west midtown New York and was founded in 1929 for the soul purpose of exhibiting the best modern art. The MoMa houses many types of modern art such as paintings, architecture, and sculptures. It allows the public to experience existing styles and creations, and perceive art in a non-historical sense. The public gets to see creations for what…

This Essay will be covering the news report about musician Bob Dylan winning the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature. The two news sources that have been researched are the metro newspaper and TRT World video on youtube. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for 'creating new poetic expressions within the American song tradition '(Ritter. K, 2016). This is written for the general public of both Britain and America The purpose for this story in the Metro newspaper is to give the public of Britain the…

popularized the genre at the time. He was also considered a cultural hero by many through his social activist work and dedication to the antiwar and civil rights struggles across America, inspiring a number of musicians such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. He was a very successful artist through many decades, including his time with the Weavers in the late 40s, all the way through the 50s, and then was blacklisted by the government for being members of a communist party through the time of…

Imagine being somewhere for a full day, approximately seven to eight hours, where you are experiencing high levels of stress and heavy workloads. You are scrambling to keep all of your priorities together while still meeting the expectations of your superiors. Now imagine doing all of this plus carrying an additional concern- not having somewhere you feel comfortable enough to use the restroom. For transgendered students on college campuses, this is a real, daily scenario they are stuck in.…