Flatland

December wore on, the last bird remained elusive. We had almost given up. On New Year’s Day, we decided to take a final trip to Hackberry Flats, a wildlife management area that was little more than an observation tower and acres of alternating marsh and flatland. Like Lake Overholser, it was not beautiful, but it held a certain charm; the pale grass met the sky in an unending line across the horizon and the ducks were the only creatures holding out against the loneliness of the former prairie.…

If you were to think of a horse today, you would say they are big, strong mammals. 55 mya, horses did not look like this. With the mannerisms of a deer and the traits of a dog, the first known horse darted through forests in North America during the Eocene Period. As time went by, many horses evolved like the Orohippus, Epihippus, Mesohippus, Miohippus, Parahippus, Merychippus, Pliohippus, Dinohippus, and finally the Equus. In Greek, ‘hippus’ means horse. Fossils of the first known horse were…

Robert and Bessie Brown, who are the paternal grandparents of the author’s wife, made their home in Bradley, South Dakota, a modest farming community and rail hub on the eastern Dakota prairie. Bessie grew up on a farm near Bradley; whereas Robert, a veteran of the Great War, arrived at Bradley subsequent to purchasing the town’s Ford dealership. Throughout their married lives, the civic-minded couple assumed active service roles in community affairs, often accepting leadership in their church…

From the things as personal as our religious practices, to our public workplaces, our lives revolve around the beliefs and norms that are imposed on us without our knowledge. French Sociologist, Émile Durkheim (1964), explains that the vast majority of our thoughts and behaviors are not actually our own. In reality, the ways in which we “choose” to live our lives are actually dependent on societal conventions. Thus, conformity to and deviance from social expectations are the result of one’s…

TITLE Peruvian Jungle Experience: From High Jungle To Amazon LEAD PARAGRAPH Just imagine, you are laying on a hammock floating down the Amazon River, sipping on a fresh coconut watching the sunset over the countless layers of tropical flora. If the visualization of this boat ride gave you a sense of thrill and butterflies, then you will be pleased to learn that this is a very possible journey. While not always as glorious as sipping on a coconut, the Amazon offers visitors the opportunity to go…

Canarsie is a small community in Brooklyn, New York, covering 2.898 square miles, with an estimated population 9.3,877 (cenus bureau 2013). The community, Canarsie is the connection point to many neighborhoods and boroughs. Exit 13 off the belt parkway, is one of the main entry point into the community. Major public transportation in the community are, the L train, located on rockaway parkway and six connecting bus lines that transport thousands of people on a daily basis to other standing…

Hitching a Ride on a Light Beam Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences, undergirding astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology, and—absent some paradigm-shattering revelation—human thought and action. Its analytical methods and machines have plumbed the unknown and the inaccessible, from the submicroscopic confines of the atomic nucleus to the billowing expanse of the observable universe. Physics has superseded our biochemically mediated perceptions of the world, replacing qualitative…

The country of Greece is filled with many different types of tourist attractions. If one was interested in a very mountainous peninsula with extremely beautiful beaches, then Greece is the perfect place! The unique way Greece has been formed is because of how geology, meteorology, and oceanography have shaped the country. Geology in Greece Despite the small surface area, Greece is filled with a rich and diverse natural environment. The country has many abundant natural landforms such as…

In 1966, the Black Panther Party was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale to prevent police brutality against African Americans in Oakland, California. Around this time, after the landmark United States Supreme Court ruled the Brown v. Board of Education case, which stated that the segregation of schools were unconstitutional, African Americans continued to face poverty and economic inequality. They helplessly strived for community improvement and equal human rights and tried to find an…

1. introduction Digital composites will “take images from a variety of different sources and combine them in such a way that they appear to have been shot at the same time, under the same lighting conditions, with the same camera” (Wright, 1) To do this, one must have a comprehensive understanding of numerous technologies used in order to emulate this environment in perfect harmony with reality. Steve Write states there are three ways in which you can succeed as a digital artist, through “the…