“How do you make someone understand what it means or how it feels to be torn in half? Not many people know this desperate need to be put back together again.” This quote came from none other than Damien Echols, the so called “ringleader” of the Worldwide group of teens known as The West Memphis Three. The West Memphis Three were three teenages: Jason Baldwin, Damian Echols, and Jessie Misskelley. These three teens were accused of murdering three little boys along the bank of a creek. The…
Furman University is located in Greenville, South Carolina. The university was founded in 1826 and it is a private liberal arts college. Furman is known for being one of the most selective and oldest private universities in the state of South Carolina. Furman University sprawls for 750 acres in its suburban setting and the school’s colors are purple and white. Furman’s mascot is the paladin (a warrior). Furman offers programs and majors in 42 different subjects. Some of the most popular majors…
The documentary West of Memphis, directed by Amy J. Berg in 2012, is about the Murder of three eight-year-old boys. The evolving of the story positions the audience to accept that the West Memphis three were the victims of personal greed, and a miscarriage of justice cause by upbringing as “trailer trash”. Which is soon shown to allegations and not based off solid evidence. Growing up I was taught to be honest a helpful and obviously treat people with respect, but I was taught that the…
6260 E Huntsville Rd, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 479-426-1179 mthomas.ar@gmail.com CAREER OBJECTIVE Seek position at a leading nonprofit organization that makes a difference in our community by connecting clients with appropriate services. EDUCATION Associate of Arts: 2015 Northwest Arkansas Community College - Bentonville, AR Bachelor of Arts: Social Work, Current University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR WORK HISTORY Server, 2010 to Current Penguin Ed's BBQ – Fayetteville, AR Develop…
Broadway series event. The analysis concludes with lessons learned and an appendix. Introduction to Walton Arts Center In the late 1980s, the Walton Family, City of Fayetteville, and University of Arkansas recognized the potential for an arts center in the Northwest Arkansas. In 1986, the University of Arkansas and the City of Fayetteville formed a 501(C)(3) and the Walton Arts Center was…
English, she was looking for her dream job. It took months, nearly an entire year, but she eventually found the job she had been looking for. However, it came with a price. My entire family had to move six hours across the state of Arkansas to live in Fayetteville. My brother and I were devastated. Everyone we had ever known lived in Paragould. We had grown up there, made memories there, and made friends in Paragould. And now everything we had was about to go away. All our family,…
David Pryor knew he was beat. He knew it from the start, but he spoke from his heart, picked up support from Cliff Gibson, but they went down strongly but quietly Thursday as the University of Arkansas board of trustees voted 8-2 for a $160 million expansion to Reynolds Razorback Stadium. It wasn't denied the project most likely will be more in the neighborhood of $200 million when completed. Before doing the math, which shows that is more than $60,000 for each of the proposed 3,000-plus…
Taylor Johnson 1365 W. Cleveland St. Fayetteville, AR 72701-4007 November 1, 2014 Senator Mark Pryor 500 Clinton Ave Suite 401 Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Senator Mark Pryor: From this current day, the state of Arkansas is 1 of 18 states that have yet to legalize Gay Marriage. Act 144 of 1997 and the 83rd amendment in the Arkansas State Constitution states that a marriage consists of a man and woman only. The recent decision of the Circuit Judge Chris Piazza to legalize Gay marriage was…
Mainstreaming Arkansas In the early to the middle of the twentieth century, Arkansas began to grow closer to the modern image that the rest of the United States had seemed to obtain. Although Arkansas’ process of growth was much slower than the rest of the country, the state did begin to catch up and dive into the mainstream. Arkansas developed economically, politically, and culturally by means of businesses that blossomed within the state, politicians that rose to the occasion, and the process…
At that moment, each one of use was about to embark on an incredible journey. My journey began with the decision to go to College in the Natural State of Arkansas. After graduation, it was just a few short months before I moved to the town of Fayetteville to pursue a Bachelor 's of Science in Business Administration at the University of Arkansas. I had chosen my major because I thought that owning my own business one day was what I was meant to do. And I was hoping to follow in my mother 's…