Event

Stephen Tate Econ 200 Current Event: The Economic Crisis in Venezuela The economic situation in Venezuela is truly parlous. The country with a population of roughly thirty-one million people is having mass shortages of food, and common necessities such as toilet paper. Yet the reason for this economic crisis is years in the making, and has to deal with very much the political system adopted within the country. According to The Guardian and writer Julian Borger the oil rich country is facing a…

When a pandemic event strikes… Good day class the movie I chose for my speech is the inspired by the 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion. The plot of the movie appears to follow the big H1N1 and SARS scare of 2009 that left many citizens uncertain about the actual risk of the virus. The movie is about the spread of a virus Known as the Meningoencephalitis Virus One (MEV-1). transmitted by fomites. Fomites, is any object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms, such as germs or…

many different teaching all in one novel. Bram Stroker wrote this novel to really challenge your mind to try and figure out why all these events occur, and what was to happen next. Dracula takes place in Transylvania and in England. In the first part Jonathan Harker is making his way to Transylvania to the Counts castle. England is where Jonathan lives and most events occur here. These locations are very important in the story because they travel from place to place to solve the mystery. You…

Many significant events have happened in Europe from the French Revolution into the present. Developments in technology, increases in power of the people, and equality are only some of the few, however most important that this class has gone over. These themes are seen all throughout each weeks different discussions and posts if not directly, than still by influence. In addition, these issues still have impact on today’s society all over the world. There could be other developments that others…

There had been many major events that led to the rise and fall of the papacy. These major events have demonstrated the church’s rise to power and descent. The rise, peak, and fall started with the Showdown at Canossa, the Great Schism, and the Church control during the Middle Ages. The Church and Charlemagne’s relationship had helped demonstrate the rise of power for the church. This is because before a battle, Charlemagne had prayed to God for a successful win. Charlemagne had won the battle…

Life Changing Event A few years back during a nice warm summer day I was watching a PGA Golf Tournament with my dad and saw one player that came straight to my attention because he was on the big white leaderboard with his name at the top. His name was Jordan Spieth, he was a twenty year old young adult that just graduated college and winning his first major tour event. He lead me to start playing golf because he was a young person that was winning a big tournament, on the PGA tour. Spieth was…

The cultural event that I attended was the play To Kill a Mockingbird on February 25th at Leon High. This event came together through the effort of the students and faculty of Lean Theatre at Leon High School. The pamphlet handed out at the beginning of the play explained that this season Leon Theatre has aimed to show how we react in fear versus how we act in love. The play To Kill a Mockingbird is a widely known story expressing that people are people regardless of their settings. The play…

In “Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events”, E.E. Evans- Pritchard considers the importance of witchcraft as a rational thought for the Azande society in Sudan, Africa. The conceptions of natural or a supernatural did not exist because the concept explains why misfortune has occurred that is culturally relevant. Pritchard distinguished the difference between ‘witchcraft’ and ‘sorcery’ procedures because ‘sorcery’ had the ability to cause death or catastrophes, involved the use of spells to…

Two major events in Hollywood history altered the direction of the filmmaking business in America. These events were known as the Paramount decision and the Hollywood Blacklist. Both had a significant impact on not only the way movies were produced, distributed and exhibited, but also affected people directly, such as screenwriters, actors, directors and musicians as well. In both cases, laws were being broken, and the rights of individuals were being violated. The shift in direction came…

A significant event that changed my life forever was when I transferred from Hudsonville to Jenison Public schools. I had been enrolled at Hudsonville for 6 years when my parents and I decided it was time to try something new and transfer into a different environment. When I first got to Jenison I didn't know what to expect. I just prayed that it would be better than the last school I had been at. I wanted to change the fact that I had never had an easy time making friends or having a place I…