Jerry Garcia

Gender inequality is a major problem on why this issue has gotten so much attention. There are a few states in the United States that have abolished this tax and gotten rid of this gender injustice. According to California assembly women Cristina Garcia she states "The reality is, these institutions of power are male-dominated. It's either they're not thinking about it, or they're afraid to approach it" (p.3). Why are people afraid of this issue? As a society women are not encouraged to talk…

Love’s Vocabulary Essay “Love is a great intangible” was said by Diane Ackerman in the Essay Love’s Vocabulary. And she is right Love is something that is very difficult to grasp or explain. But love does have a lot of aspects. One of them that is over looked is inspiration. But it is one of the best ones. An aspect of love is inspiration because it can motivate, influence and bring out creativity to cause you to do things you didn’t want to do before. The best kind of love is the love…

The whole world just went kablooey.” LSD changed the drug culture of the time, making it more dynamic and diverse while also allowing new exploration of the mind. According to Garcia in the same interview, the government was testing residents of Stanford University with various psychedelics to investigate their effects, before they were made illegal. Even today the government is unsure of the effects of hallucinogens and psychedelics…

This performance was in response to NYPD brutality where over 100 students were injured. Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, the lead singer and guitarist for the Grateful Dead, both stated that they were not going to NY for a political statement but more to stir things up (PAPER CITE). The Dead set up near the college and started to perform. Within this…

Drugs, music, and sex, Oh My! The 1960s were some of the most turbulent years in American history. Vietnam conflict, Civil Rights, and the counterculture were all coursing through the nation, all of which contributed to modern American culture and society. From Woodstock to LSD to psychedelic rock, the counterculture produced some of the most iconic elements of the decade. The counterculture movement of the 1960s had a significant impact on American society and culture. Evidence of this impact…

manpower hours. Please refer to the Incident Run Log for further details. Chief Farmer stated several member were contaminated by a solution inside the building of 780 Cottage Grove Road. Chief Farmer is working with another District Chief Bill Riley and the Fire Marshall Bill Lewis to find out if the gear should be terminated. The solution is Creosote, which could produce cancer. The gear has been taken out of service for right now, waiting to see, what to do with it. The house is…

“I stumbled upon the philosopher’s stone, I had the veil of illusion pulled back, and was confronted by the levels of energy and many realms of consciousness which were available to man. I opened the Pandora’s box of multiple realities.”- Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary was a very important person in the psychedelic culture of San Francisco, California in the 1960’s. I would like to focus this essay on the music and culture, as I personally enjoy these things and the music to this very day. No…

John Cowan Instructor: Dr. Jerry Garcia ES100-1 – Midterm Exam March 4, 2016 Evaluating Experience Throughout the course of American history, particular ethnic groups have experienced and conquered a high level of adversity to solidify their presence in today’s society. These experiences have varied based on a multitude of factors. Perhaps the ethnic group with the most history relative to American adversity is Mexican Americans. Ever since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 Mexican culture has…

A lifeless mother suffers a heroin overdose. She lays comatose amid the aisle of a Massachusetts Family Dollar, and the morose ululation of her daughter erupted upon social media, for a bystander recorded the distressing incident. A hopeful young man, one week following his rehabilitation discharge, died inside of his Colorado home, allegedly overdosing on a fatal sedative and opioid overdose. (The Opioid Crisis, Peter Katel). The heroin and opioid crisis continually fluctuates within the United…

Introduction The United States is known to be a “melting pot”, where there has been an increase in human diversity over the years. However, the nation has struggled to live up to its standard of an unprejudiced society. Multicultural education is a form of pedagogy that incorporates cultural and race diversity into schools and classrooms (Wilson 1997). The purpose of this is to have students appreciate their culture as well as embrace that of others. It is believed that schools and other…