Chicago

I only lived in Beaufort for a couple of years when I was a young child, but when someone asks me where I am from, I always say Beaufort, South Carolina. Living at the Old Point in Beaufort is the equivalent to being an actress playing a role in a horror film. No, there is not a murderer that chases innocent people around trying to kill them, but the whole entire environment is creepy enough to make outsiders check behind themselves after every few steps they take. As I sit alone on the third…

event stands out as a symbol of resilience and the ability to rebuild – the Great Fire of Chicago. This devastating event took place in October 1871 and destroyed a large part of the city, leaving thousands homeless and countless businesses in ruins. However, out of the ashes of this tragedy emerged a stronger and more vibrant Chicago, a testament to the indomitable spirit of its people. The Great Fire of Chicago began on a Sunday evening, in a small barn owned by Patrick and Catherine O'Leary.…

Crime in Chicago Chicago, Illinois is a booming city equipped with new technologies and new ways to make life easier. Chicago is a massive tourist area with museums, aquariums, parks, iconic baseball fields, theaters, and the famous Symphony Center. Each of these attractions and many more draw people to the streets of Chicago. While it is easy to see why many would consider it a top traveling choice, it is also easy to see why many people turn the traveling choices elsewhere. Chicago is…

These days you cannot mention the city of Chicago and not hear a negative comment about the murder rate and drug activity. What many people fail to mention is that these “problems” did not happen overnight. These “problems” have been caused by several different issues that have plagued the city. In 1971, President Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” The term “war on drugs,” can be defined as a prohibition of illegal drug production, illegal drug trade, and illegal drug use. The way drug…

Pau Gasol currently plays for the Chicago Bulls, he is 7’0 and his position is the center. Everyone may know pau Gasol for playing for the Lakers, but he was traded to the Bulls last season. He wasn’t playing good so they trade him, but for Pau it may have been the best things to happen to him. In Chicago Bulls, Pau averages 16.9 points per game, 10.8 rebounds per game, and 3.6 assists per game. While in the Lakers Pau was only scoring about 4 points. Pau Gasol started playing basketball in…

precedent. This conflict was the central cause of McDonald v. Chicago, in which laws formed by democratically elected officials were contested on the grounds of civil liberty infringement by individuals in the community. While the McDonald v. Chicago case was being reviewed by the Supreme Court in 2010, the laws in question were implemented approximately 30 years prior. According to Rubin (2005), the policies that brought forth McDonald v. Chicago were first discussed, “In 1982, [when] Mayor…

Have you ever wanted to live in the city? Well in Chicago theres been a bit of news concerning the lives that live among the city. People are having a tough time making ends meet in their comforting homes. There have been studies that have proven those who live in Chicago can barely afford to live where they do. If the was a chance that you could live in the city and be able to afford it but would have to work more than one job would you do it? Maybe just for the experience but moving there…

heat. Flaming hunks of wood flew across the forest, setting more fires miles away," saying that there were more fires being started because of this huge fire. The article also talked about the Great Chicago fire, even though less people died, it was more famous than the Peshtigo fire because Chicago was a more famous city than Peshtigo was. The effects that fires…

Smokejumpers unit died in a sudden blow up of a fire on the north ridge of Mann Gulch, trapped by the fire that had outflanked them. After his retirement as a professor at the University of Chicago, Montana writer Norman Maclean spent the last fourteen years of his life researching the Mann Gulch fire and trying to reconstruct what actually happened to the doomed fire crew on its fatal jump. Young Men and Fire, which was awarded the…

is why I want to attend the University of Chicago. The challenge behind the University of Chicago is not simply in its classwork, it is in the university 's determination to teach its students how to think. Never…