Fallout: New Vegas

Showgirls have been the face of Las Vegas for a long time, but has been slowly dying throughout the years. In Jack Sheehan column “To Honor Las Vegas, Respect the Showgirl,” published on April 21st, 2013, in the Review-Journal, he explains why he thinks the face of the iconic showgirl is dying in Las Vegas. Sheehan, who has lived in Las Vegas for about four decades, wrote an opinionated piece, that needed more supporting facts. “To Honor Las Vegas, Respect the Showgirl,” was structured well, but…

Seth and Wells (2011) describe a commercial services airport as, “those airports that accommodate scheduled air carrier service, provided by the world’s certificated air carriers” (pg. 12). These are the types of airports the traveling public usually thinks of when an airport is mentioned. Big name airlines fly from these airports, these types of airports are notorious for long lines, security procedures, and flight delays. The primary role of commercial services airports are to safely and…

Pulp Fiction is Quentin Tarantino's most revered film, debuting in 1994. It features a series of disjointed stories surrounding a crime boss, Marsellus, and his hitmen, particularly, Vince Vega, a loyal, but sloppy and inept man who is assigned to various tasks ranging from taking care of Marsellus’ wife, to assassinating a boxer, Butch, who double crossed Marsellus. However, he is only one of many different fully flushed out characters in the film. The film aims to explore these different…

Las Vegas never fits within a definite definition. Because of its billion lights, it is often referred to as the brightest spot on earth. Few call it the city of sin. Others hear music all around. The food is scrumptious, the water fountains are rhythmic and the view from High Roller, the world’s largest observation wheel, is stupendous. There’s art on the walls and expensive brands are around every bend. Most know about its busy casinos and enthralling shows. All this within the 3.5-mile strip…

It’s been a couple day since the shooting had happened in Las Vegas as the most devastating attack and the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock rented a room in downtown Las Vegas through Airbnb at Mandalay Bay a couple days earlier before the Concert. Marilou Danley (the girlfriend) said that she was worried that her boyfriend, Stephen Paddock, was going to break up with her when he bought her a cheap ticket to the Philippines about two weeks…

The Secrets of Bangkok: Top Must See, Do and Taste Bangkok, the capital of Thailand and its biggest city, fascinates travelers with its splendid palaces, colorful and vibrant floating markets, authentic canals, majestic temples and shrines, and, of course, with its delicious food. Bangkok, widely known as “The City of Angels” is so same and so different at the same time. It welcomes visitors with its hot and wet climate, many colors, smells and sounds – a good cocktail that makes you feel like…

doors on 17 February 2011. It is a hotel resort which is a modern architectural design, the look of three towers attached by a sky terrace above, designed by Moshe Safdie that took inspirations from card decks. Marina Bay Sands is developed by Las Vegas Sands, which property worth of 8 billion now. Moreover, it won the proposal to meet Singapore’s economic and tourism goals. Marina bay sands Singapore, its business is mainly hospitality. They possess the world longest pool, the Infinity pool…

Questioning perception and power are familiar topics for Selena Roman. Roman’s series, Please Disturb, is no exception to her exploration of these topics. Please Disturb features a series of photographs that depict exotically dressed people in different miami hotel settings. There are certain reappearing props used such as plastic lips, blue and gold masks, sunglasses, and most prominently, the sequins. This recurrence helps highlight themes of superficialness, identity distortion, unmet…

best days this summer. It was a cool day in June when my family and I traveled to the airport to go to Las Vegas, Nevada. I was very excited to go to Las Vegas because I had seen how cool it looked on the movies and TV shows, and now I was finally going to be able to see it in person. Las Vegas is the setting in my favorite movie series, The Hangover, and I wanted to see all the places in Las Vegas that are in The Hangover movie series. We got to the airport and did all the pre-flight criteria…

because the white doctors would boast about their time in Las Vegas and at the casinos. Doctor Foster had a desire to go to Vegas. “He was born for Vegas” (Wilkerson, 2010, p. 309) and had the monetary means to go, but could not because Las Vegas…