City University of New York

since I had been in New York City. I forgot the fast-paced world, the capricious j-walking, the unique styles, everything really. Even though i grew up in the area, it seemed so distant, as if it molded around itself and evolved into a world that could not be identified. Upon being accepted into an Urban Case Studies summer program from Columbia University, I packed my luggage, boarded on the plane from SAN to JFK Airport. What i experienced during my month in New York City is something so…

proper personal care. Homebound elders feel helpless because they are isolated from society and depend on home-based care programs. New York City has a “population of 8.4 million people, over 1.4 million New Yorkers are 60 years or older”(). Many of these people do not have the resources to support themselves and required the help of others to perform simple tasks.…

Nithin Information Writing Welcome to New Jersey, The Garden state: Does going to modern and historical places make you excited? No? Do you like blueberries fresh from the farm? Then New Jersey is for you. Fantastic places to see, historical battles, events to keep alive, and inventions that changed life in the globe. This is New Jersey, another fantastic destination. Cozy and high action attractions in New Jersey: New Jersey has some fantastic places. For example, If you like the ocean,…

that, years later through a string of events, would lead to daring political theatre engendered and made possible by the American government. This Tuesday would echo across the nation in innumerable aspects, but certainly made a great catalyst for new ideas in the creative world. Tuesday, October 29th, 1929, the American Stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the great depression. This ten year affair was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western…

at Syracuse University, School of Visual Arts. He was known for painting, drawing, and sculpture. He became famous with his art in the late 1960s. He has been in several Museums for his work since 1965. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a family of jewish immigrants. He took art classes as a child also. He went to Europe and discovered the amazing art forms. Years later he served in the Korean War, was stationed in California, Japan, and Korea. In 1953 he moved to New York City and had an…

Walden University is an accredited institution that molds professional aspiring students into scholar-practitioners. This institution provides a diverse community for developing student to create a positive social change (Walden University. 2015). Walden is committed to helping students achieve their goals through programs (bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees and certificates) facilitating a difference in your career and community. Their mission statement is the establishment of the…

effects of media, some of the more popular include moral panics, hypodermic needle theory, the limited effects model, and mean world syndrome. The Warriors (1979) is an American film directed by Walter Hill. This movie is a drama centered around a New York City gang,…

made it?’’ That’s what I asked my sister when we crossed the Brooklyn Bridge in our car. The lights, the people, the buildings, all so intriguing. We even saw the Statue of Liberty our first 5 minutes in the city. I couldn't help but to stick my head out of the window and breathe in that New York air, which was not a very good idea because there was trash a couple feet away from the car. This experience was just the encouragement I needed to chase after my dreams, for I was beginning to become…

Queens, New York on June 14, 1946. Raised in a family of five he was the fourth child to Frederick and Mary Trump. Not always being the money hungry business man we know him as today, Trump grew up in a somewhat blue collar family. If you could mentally create Donald Trump as a child the speculations you may imagine would more than likely be relatively correct. Throughout Trumps childhood he was always an energetic, assertive individual. At age thirteen his parents sent him to the New York…

Gentrification is when the high and middle class population come into a poor neighborhoods and reclaim them. During this process an abundance of homes are rebuilt and the poorer class are being replace. Gentrification has extremely negative effects on inner city communities that are generally populated by African Americans. These communities suffer from the effects of gentrification for years by losing their homes and businesses to a higher class of people. Many areas that have and are being…