The idea of brotherly love extends beyond the relationship between the narrator and Sonny into the community as a whole. Harlem is plagued by drugs, poverty and frustration but members of the community came together to watch over and protect one another. Fury and anger are products…
This shift away from the gospel began as an attempt to ‘keep up with the times’ and draw millennials into the church. For years, Christians have struggled to reach the younger generations with the gospel, but millennials have proven to be an exceedingly difficult people group to reach even though they make up a large portion of the world's population. In fact, Kara Powell tells us in her article, Put Away the Skinny Jeans, that “young adults ages 18–29 make up 22 percent of the adult US…
curiosity for science only grew and multiplied as I became older and soon I found myself joining an increased number of clubs related to the field and taking higher level science courses. My sophomore year of high school, I was able to join my schools Envirothon team and compete in the first ever Wayne County Competition. It was exciting to have another opportunity to explore this blooming interest of mine. The team used to have a practice before school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, we would…
During the 2000s there is less racism then there was back in the 1990’s, but it still exists. I don't necessarily consider it racist, but calling all blacks African Americans is not accurate anymore. There are blacks in every part of the world, South America, Central America, Jamaica, and more There are many who believe calling an “African American” black is racist. When someone asks me about my background I just tell them that I am black simple as is. I’ve faced many other things for being…
working, this is the time most often spent resting to get back to work. But defining spare time positively means you must say what it is, and that is what leisure is. Leisure time is spent doing activities that you do just for the sake of the activity. Leisure activities are able to provide a sense of purpose and a level of fulfillment that are lacing in work and…
most popular sport, as well as the most popular recreational sport. It’s also the sport with the most players, 90% of Argentines’ population plays in a soccer club. Soccer is important to their culture because it was brought into the country when it was still being formed, and the people grew to love it and they taught their children to love it. Soccer was brought to Argentina in the middle of the 19th century by British immigrants. The first Argentine soccer league was put together in 1891,…
Gentlemen of Distinction, a club I joined my senior year prompted me to participate and start a canned good drive. The underlying motives of the club was to help out the community and show the people that there are African-American teenagers doing good deeds. Compared to the activities we did before, this one was different. Figuring out how to help these people in need was an underlying issue my club was trying to figure out. There are a million possibilities that pop in our heads to help out…
This place is so creative that it'ss lobby won an award for top-tier design. Not only does the Cosmotopolitan of Las Vegas, have one of the biggest nighclubs in the country, it has a variety of restaurants that are being run buy chefs that are internationally know. Addionally, it's also worth noting that if you rent a room at this hotel, rent a northeast courner suite. Those suuties, face borth the Strip and Bellagio fountain as well. Palms Casino Resort If you want to spend some time at a…
After six years of performing under the name Grimes, Claire Boucher is blasting into the stratosphere of mainstream pop; her intergalactic, out-of-this-world beats and softened sound made more palatable for radio on her fourth studio album, “Art Angels.” Trading her signature dream-pop with thudding, club beats and more confident sounding operatics, the genre-blending album covers a lot of ground in its 14 songs, and features more live instrumentation than ever before, including piano, guitar,…
The Dark Side Have you ever heard of the dark side of the American Dream? F. Scott Fitzgerald has written a wonderful portrayal of the darker side of the American Dream in Winter Dreams. In this short story, we read about love, passion, and heartache. We also read about Dexter Green, a young man who falls in love with Judy Jones, a woman who believes that her life will only have meaning if men are fawning over her. Dexter Green is a young man who is the son of the owner of the second-best…