I. King Jordan

know the struggle that they face and not face the same trials and struggles? They wanted someone they could relate to. Someone who could help them. Continuing to protest, the students and their supporters asked for and presented the Board of Trustees with four specific demands. The first demand was that Elisabeth Zinser must resign and a deaf person needed to be selected as president. This was their main point, and mainly what they fought for. This first demand was very much non-negotiable. The second demand was Jane Spilman must step down as chairperson of the Board of Trustees. The third demand was deaf people must constitute a percentage of 51 majority on the board. This I do agree with. I believe that most of the faculty and staff, as well as trustees should be deaf. It is a university for the deaf, I believe that everything should be in place to help the students in a way that is more comfortable and convenient for them. The fourth demand, the last and final demand was said that there should be no reprisals against any student or employee involved in the protest. By demanding this shows that the student body cared for one another and they did not want anyone to be punished. It showed unity and one coming together, standing strong and tall for something that they believe strongly in. It also shows that the students and supporters of the DPN Movement was not going to stop until they got exactly what they asked for. On March 7, 1988, students barricaded the campus, using…

My Misconception of Jordan The Middle East was nothing like I experienced it to be. I was expecting to see women fully covered from head to toe and very poor areas. Although that type of lifestyle does exist in the Middle East, I rarely saw it. In the Middle East, I stayed in Amman, Jordan. When I first arrived to my grandmother’s area I noticed every woman had their body and hair covered. The men wore sandals with jeans and regular t-shirts and no one drove nice cars.…

on the Arab world. This, I believe, would be the ideal opportunity to further my passion for Arabic studies in the Ivy League. My recent experience studying Arabic on a David L. Boren Scholarship in Amman, Jordan, has allowed me to obtain an intense level of Arabic language proficiency, with experience integrating the language into both research and professional development. While living in Amman, I served as an English language instructor for both Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Through my…

the choreography is essential to the drama even without the music. “West Side Story marks the full integration of dance into the Broadway musical and the true arrival of the choreographer-director.” (Laird) In the past few famous musicals such as Oklahoma! and The King and I, there have been big dance numbers that help drive the plot and reveal the inner thoughts of characters. Jerome Robbins was responsible ultimately for the full integration of each element into a dramatic whole.”(Laird) “He…

fifteen years old. In 1918 Rodgers was accepted to Columbia University. Rodger elder brother, Mortimer, had been someone always he rivaled as a child. But Mortimer ended up introducing Rodgers famous partnerships with Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart. Mortimer could be gifted as the one who helps create such a legacy. Though Richard Rodgers has not had as many tragic back stories as many of his fellow composers. But his trials can be seen throughout his music. Many of his leading roles have…

Modern Mission “Getting to know you…” Many people might know this famous song from Rodger and Hammerstein’s Tony award winning Broadway musical The King and I. This musical follows Anna Leonowens, a Western school teacher, to Bangkok, Siam, modern day Thailand. She becomes the governess to King Rama IV of Bangkok’s, more commonly known as King Mongkut,children. She was hired to teach his multitude of children in the Western way and also advised the king on trades and other affairs with the West.…

for their honeymoon until the case is heard in front of a judge. Funny enough, there was a judge who attended their wedding. They decided to have the hearing in the kitchen of Aunt Eller’s home. The judge decides that it was self-defense and finds Curly not guilty of any wrong doing, and the two depart for their long awaited honeymoon. I found this to be an amazing musical to watch. To be honest, I was not too thrilled to watch it, but the further I went into it, the more I wanted! It was…

set the precedent in the Western Hemisphere as the police force in the Americas. During World War II, the Soviet Union was our ally; but on March 12, 1947, the Truman Doctrine changed everything. In his address to Congress, he noted that the Soviet Union and the communist movement were spreading to Iran, Turkey, and Greece. ( history.com) If the United States did not provide military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, the communists would gain a foothold in the Middle East. The British…

was the richest man in Palestine. He marketed about ten percent of all the citrus crops sent from Palestine to Europe – especially to England and Germany. He owned a summer house in Marseilles, France, and another house in İskenderun, then in Syria and afterwards Turkey, and a number of houses in Palestine itself. Most of the time we lived in Jaffa. Our house had about twenty rooms, and we children would go down to swim in the sea. We also had stables with Arabian horses, and one of our homes in…

In the following essay I will claim that the Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the central themes in Middle East politics since 1948. The creation of the state of Israel and subsequent claims of territory has been the cause of many wars in the region. The displacement of the Palestinian population has caused resentment among the Palestinians and aggravated neighbouring states that were the recipients of the displaced populace. Backing by the imperial power of the United States of America…