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really helped me stay awake and focused during class considering it was a very early morning class that started at eight-thirty. I believe that this style of teaching is very rare and most professors I’ve taken and even to this very moment, here at UC Davis chooses to utilize. Professors tend to feel very distant to me, in terms of the materials that they…

Bones”, recorded in 1966, has a combination of Latin, Bop, and Free Styles. More Bebop oriented tunes are recorded on his 1968 classic, “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”. Further, when Miles Davis embracing rock with jazz, he introduces a new direction for the development of jazz and Corea became a member of Miles Davis' band. He participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In 1971, Corea founded his own group, “Return to Forever,” one of the most influential groups of the Jazz Rock…

Summary Stephen Davis is doing what he does best, and that’s inventing. He generated a prosthetic arm that can grab just with one motion. Stephen has shared it online, so people who also have this disability can make the prosthetic limb, but if you go to his shed, you can get it for free. And if you think the arm doesn't work, just ask him to show you his. Ever since Stephen started creating the limbs, he has founded team UnLimbited. The group creates the arms with cool designs that make kids…

inflation. However, it was not only the funding of the war that the cotton gin enabled. Due to the explosion of cotton as a cash crop, Southern racism and its white-supremacy-modeled social system was strengthened. Confederate President Jefferson Davis said in 1850, “... [the slaves] in useful employment, restrained from the vicious indulgences to…

If I were asked to determine what Broadway show best represents my life, I would reply simply, Rent. Loosely adapted, my role would be to portray main character Roger Davis . I say this because Rodger and I are similar in the way that we both have a hard time coming up with new and original content. While Rogers issue revolves around his music, my issue is with essays. Ironically, we both know new material is necessary for our occupations, but due to certain circumstances we are both unable to…

transgender individuals, he replied, “I think society’s biggest failing is not seeing us as people. Being transgender does not make you any different than anyone else.” His words moved me and reminded me why I felt his story needed to be told. Anthony Davis Pait is a transgender teenager who transitioned from female to male. In October of 2016, Anthony started taking testosterone and he plans on getting surgery in the future. Although his transition has had a significant impact on him, there…

The confederate flag has been up for centuries in more than one place in the United States of America, for some it’s viewed as symbol of pride, dignity and history in the south. For others it is seen as an image of hatred violence and separation. The subject of the Confederate flag has been up for discussion for a long time and it wasn’t until recently that it finally got pulled down, ending a tradition, but is it a tradition of pride or tragedy. That is the question people of all races,…

“Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents’ jobs, deserves access to a quality education.” -Betsy Devos. Waiting for Superman is a film directed by Davis Guggenhiem, and was released in 2010. Waiting for Superman is about the struggle of getting a quality education for children from low-income families. These children featured in the documentary have shown very enthusiastic attitudes towards school, but unfortunately are prevented from doing so because of where…

Growing up in Kentucky, a love for Kentucky basketball comes naturally. Will Davis has been a die-hard fan since he was just a baby. He loved Kentucky basketball more than anything, it was his life. Nothing made him happier than Kentucky winning, and nothing hurt him worse when they lost. He watched every game with his dad. When he was just a young boy, he vowed that he would one day wear those eight letters across his chest and play in front of the 23,000 rowdy Kentucky fanatics in Rupp…

George Davis: The Man and The Monument. Throughout the south, there are countless confederate monuments, parks, statues, and landmarks. In Charlottesville, Virginia, these monuments are being taken down, which begs the question, should all monuments representing the confederacy be removed? In the historic area of downtown Wilmington, various monuments are on display honoring confederate soldiers and landmarks. Such landmarks are seen by some as a symbol of rich southern history from the Civil…