Dead Sea scrolls

Is there ever a moment where the odds are stacked against someone so much, that they have the right to give up? Cormac McCarthy would say no. In his novel The Road, McCarthy tells the story of a man and his son slogging across the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the United States. In this ashen wasteland, morality is almost completely absent, with the man and the boy being some of the only characters the reader sees who have even an ounce of goodness within them. The others are murderers and…

The Dead Kennedys were one of the United States’s most influential hardcore punk bands, and were composed of Jello Biafra (Eric Reed Boucher) on vocals, East Bay Ray (Raymond Pepperell) on guitar, Klaus Flouride (Geoffrey Lyall) on bass, Ted (Bruce Slesinge) on drums, and finally 6025 (Carlos Cadona) on rhythm guitar. Not only were they influential in their style, but they caused stirs by the extreme and controversial nature of their political statements. The band formed in San Francisco in…

Nihilism: Don’t Embrace Nietzsche’s Nothingness “Life itself is essential assimilation, injury, violation of the foreign and the weaker, suppression, hardness, the forcing of One’s own forms upon something else, ingestion and—at least in its mildest form—exploitation.” -Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil The nihilism analysis has been prevalent position over the past few years. Its anticipated purpose is to demand questions about the norms made in a philosophical debate. These contain the…

2. Using two examples of different female performers, describe how changes in the role of women in American society were reflected in popular music between 1965 and 1970. The 1960’s were a time for people to express themselves and break out of social norms in their everyday life. But this also was a time for women to break norms and change their role in both society and music during 1965-1970. One woman who was breaking many norms in the musical world at the time was Janis Joplin. The…

El Dia de Los Muertos commonly referred as the day of the dead is a unique function within the Mexican calendars. The function is meant to honor the department family's friends, relatives, and other heroes. Back before colonization, the celebration was done from 31st October and proceeds until 2nd November every year. The ceremony is highly valued by all persons of Mexican ancestry even those that live in the foreign land. The great occasion usually focuses on gatherings of the family and…

The last and seemingly people's least favorite of Romero's Dead films, Survival of the Dead isn't actually all that bad. It's a far better film than its predecessor Diary of the Dead, at least in my opinion. Returning the standard third person perspective and adopting a more humorous approach, Survival isn't a seemingly endless slog. The films tone is probably the lightest of the Dead films, which at times does push over the border of funny, to simply camp pander. Though we also get a slew of…

You’re all moved into your new house, thanks to expert moving company A Mother’s Touch Movers in Melbourne, FL. But there’s still time to take the kids on a vacation before school resumes, so you may be considering what destination your family will enjoy. If you’re tired of the amusement parks in Orlando, consider a creative twist on a train ride through the Great Smoky Mountains, called the “Wizard of Oz Train Ride” (http://www.gsmr.com/events/wizard-of-oz#.V5qCxq7TS8p). It may very well…

Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche were two of the most prominent philosophers in the period following the enlightenment. Kierkegaard was from Denmark, and skillfully used pseudonyms and fictional characters to present his work. Nietzsche was from Germany, and was a ruthless critic of morality, Christianity, and many other aspects of the society he lived in. In Kierkegaard’s first work Either/Or, he uses fictional characters by the names of A and Judge William to preach the aesthetic…

Hollywood Forever’s 15th annual Dia de Los Muertos festival will be held on Saturday, November 1st at the renowned cemetery location in Los Angeles. Started by Tyler Cassity and Deisy Marquez, the event serves as a platform for the ancient Mexican holiday in “remembering the departed spirits of our lives.” “Home to the oldest memorial park in Hollywood dating back to 1899, Hollywood Forever is the only cemetery in the country which opens its gates and welcomes its surrounding community to…

de Los Muertos. On October 18, 2016, from 11 am to 1 pm in the Central Park Atrium the event shared the history of Dia de Los Muertos and provided the opportunity of decorating a sugar skull of our own. Dia de Los Muertos is Spanish for Day of the Dead. Although the tradition originated from Mexico, other cultures acknowledge the festivity internationally. The annual holiday takes place the first two days of November, due to their belief that the gates of Heaven open at midnight on November…