La Vita Nuova

The steady thump of my footsteps echoed in my ears and I felt a bead of sweat roll down my forehead. Only a few more hours. I look over to my side and noticed everyone running at the same pace. The cold and fresh breeze brushes against my cheek shaking my body to life instead of coffee. As I run, the sun made it’s way, crawling onto the plain fields. We all cower away from the sunlight dreading it’s touch. As the sun made it’s way up, we start to slow down into a jogging pace. I look over to see…

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson chronicles Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo in their search for The American Dream. Duke is Thompson’s alter ego and Gonzo represents Thompson’s actual attorney, Oscar Zeta Acosta. The setting, Las Vegas, is very economically significant, especially in the early 1970s where its buzzing economy and money are the focal points of the non-stop city. Believing The American Dream has…

his life work as defender of the Indians within his growing comprehension of biblical, legal and ethical principles. Bartolome de Las Casas returned to Spain in 1506 where he was ordained a deacon and continued his studies to become a priest; subsequently, he traveled to Rome in 1507 where he finally achieved his goal. After Christopher Columbus’ death, Las Casas helped his son, Diego Columbus, get the inheritance that had been promised by King Ferdinand and Queen…

Families have died at concerts because people have brought guns and started shooting out of nowhere. In Las Vegas a couple of days ago there was a shooting. Someone who was a gambler shot at the concert that was going on. He shot while he was in his room he had a good angle to shoot everyone. He would only shoot the people who would run and hide. Later that night after killing 50 or more people he later on killed himself. Everyone who was running was actually running towards the killer no one…

area would survive and named this town after the famous Mountaineer, Kit Carson. After Nevada gained its Statehood, Carson City became the capital and where the celebrations of Nevada Day would be held. There are smaller parades in cities such as Las Vegas, which is approximately eight hours away from the capital. The Nevada Day Parade runs through the very North end of Carson Street all the way through town and has politicians, veterans, high school marching bands, JROTC and local businesses.…

The Latino Retreat is an annual festivity which takes place at the Mendocino College. The Latino Retreat allows for Latinos across Mendocino County to learn more about their educational opportunities, different ways they can thrive, as well as learn more about their culture. This year, the Latino Club at WHS had the opportunity to attend the 30th annual Latino Retreat. Every year, a motivational guest speaker attends the college and the students have an opportunity to speak to him or her…

people died on valntines day at a high school. On December 14, 2012 a shooter enter shady hooks elemateray school and took the lives of 20 kids and 6 adults. On July 20, 2012 a man begain shooting people at a movie theater. At a music festable in las vegas a gunman starting taken lives on the night of October 1, 2017, leaving 58 dead. When we hear these stories we feel a saddness in our hearts, yet we have done nothing about the issues of man taking guns into places and killing people. We talk…

Few times in history do we get to have a detailed and in-depth look into a major historical event like we do with Bernal Diaz del Castillo “Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España” or “The True History of the Conquest of the New Spain.” Written by a foot soldier alongside Hernan Cortes, “True History,” allows us to get a front row view to what can be considered one of the most fundamental encounters between European travelers and New World natives. Notably, it is not written is…

Bartolomé de las Casas who was also known as the “Apostle of the Indians,” was an early Spanish historian, Spanish Catholic priest, and Dominican missionary, who was the first to expose the oppression of native peoples by Europeans in the Americas. Written in 1528, his document titled “History of the Indies” which took place in Hispaniola outlined the appalling treatment of Indians and the greed and cruelty of the Spanish. Although the original document had been translated from Spanish to…

Bartolome de Las Casas’ A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies provides a first-hand account of the effects of Spanish colonisation on the native population of the Americas. The excerpt summarises Las Casas’ perspective of the colonisation of New Spain and the violent aspects of Spain’s colonial practices. This essay will examine the degree to which A Short Account is a valuable piece of historical evidence in relation to unit themes – specifically, imperialism and colonialism – and…