Gary, Indiana

The Most Damaging Spy to Penetrate the FBI What would drive someone to betray his or her country and become the worst spy to ever penetrate the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)? Robert Hanssen had a loving family, great job, and respect from his peers. However, two years after starting at the FBI he began spying for other countries. No one suspected Robert Hanssen of being a traitor; he worked hard at his job, showed up early for work, and stayed late when he needed. Throughout all…

For many years, playing sports in college was merely part of the curriculum, done for the love of the game. But things have changed dramatically and this paper argues that today, college and university athletes should be paid. Discussion There was a time when playing college football or other sports was something young people did because it was fun and because it took some skill to make the teams. A person on the football team was important, a sort of hero to his classmates. Over time,…

Above Water Brittanie K’la Buggs is also known as K’la the Lyricist. She was born in Gary, Indiana, a small industrial town that also birthed the Jackson siblings. She moved to Atlanta to pursue music with one of her friends and began working with Anthony Tate. She released two mixtapes. I really love how inspirational her music is. She is a good role model for young women and never presents herself in a trashy manner. The song Above Water is off of her mixtape titled Everyday People. In this…

In “Why the NHL Needs Fighting,” Brandon Keim (2012) states that fighting is a crucial element of hockey. Since the argument claimed by the author is located in the second paragraph and the reasons are situated after the argument, the article presents a deductive organization. The three reasons provided by the author to support his thesis statement are: Physical punishment applied by the own players is an effective measure to restrain condemnable behaviour during the match; Hockey is an…

their genitals. Stranglers are sadistic psychos who get an arousal from strangling their victims. The first American serial killer of the twentieth century was Earle Leonard Nelson who liked to choke women to death then rape their corpses. Carlton Gary, a sex-killer nicknamed the “Stocking Strangler”, attacked seven elderly people with nylon stockings tied around their necks. Ax murderers were more infamous back in the nineteenth century; the slaughter of Maren and Anethe Hontvet in New…

In 1922, Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana and Paramount Records in Chicago began recording up and coming jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke (Tyle). Although the 1920’s and 30’s are considered the “Jazz Age,” the era is sometimes referred to as the “Dance Age” instead…

And every successful story comes with the family. And I think family support and family background is so important for any kind of successful life. This is the same thing with the Michael Jackson. Born and Family Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, on august 29, 1958.…

Chicago, Illinois often referred to as the Second City or the Windy City has recently taken on a much more ominous nickname, Chiraq. The dubious title that entails that a major American city share similar traits to the worn torn country of Iraq comes about from the dramatic and unfortunate rise of gang violence in the city and metro area. Despite success in curbing crime from its peak levels in the early 90’s the decrease is no more, crime has come roaring back in the Windy City, leaving many…

Greg Tate’s Flyboy 2 is a collection of African American works about music, culture, and more designed to illustrate important themes within the Black society. The main themes that Tate examines throughout his work involves the discussion of race, identity, and gender in a minority race within American society. The writings composed in the novel entail historic accounts, such as Michael Jackson’s struggle in society to Ice Cube’s perspective on rap and its influence in African American culture.…

19, 1950 in Marshall County on a small farm. He was born to Lugene Lucas and James Davis of Red Banks, Mississippi. He is the eldest of 24 siblings of which two have died. Shortly after the birth of my father my grandmother decided to move to Gary, Indiana. This did not sit well with my great grandparents as they were concerned that their daughter was not financially stable enough to care for my father. As a result, my dad was raised by his grandparents Frank and Mary Jane Davis. Frank was a…