Memorial Hall

regular occurrence after perusing the multitude of other museums on the National Mall that day. Though I previously visited the Holocaust Museum on the Dake Washington DC trip, two friends accompanied me who showed no interest in the contents of this memorial practicing their speed walking skills more than the information on the plaques. Tourists filled the atrium. My mom and her friend, Laurie, stood in line to get our tickets, while the four of us teenagers plus a French exchange student…

For example, in the diner hall only proper manners were tolerated and if the expectations were any lower they could even be removed from the cafeteria. Before each meal, grace was given and strict timing of each meal was given that if you were late you would not be served food.…

slaves (Horwitz, theatlantic.com, 2013). Others claim the Emancipation Proclamation was a final jab to undermine the Confederacy; that the war centered on states’ rights versus national legislation (Horwitz, theatlantic.com, 2013). Thousands of memorials and monuments stand throughout the eastern United States to commemorate the dead. The view on the primary purposed of the Civil War (emancipation versus states’ rights) influences ones evaluation of Civil War monuments. It seems justified to…

One is a booming voice, definite in its meaning and stance, resounding from the Lincoln Memorial to hundreds of thousands of protesters; the other, a quiet but purposeful voice, speaking to a calm audience within a town building. Each are known to be one of the most important promoters of peace in modern history; the manner in which they communicated their messages were so similar, and, at the same time, strikingly different. The most renowned of their speeches, being Dr. Martin Luther King…

Charles Pierce author of Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, graduated in 1975 from Marquette University with a degree in journalism. Pierce is currently a senior journalist and on-line political blogger at Esquire Magazine. His writing has been published with the New York Times Magazine and LA Times Magazine along with Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune. While searching the provided list of books to choose for this review, I chose Idiot America: How…

On November 10, 2015 from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. in the Great Hall at Coffman Memorial Union in the University of Minnesota, I assisted the nursing and pharmacy students as they conducted their Immunization Tours on campus. I got there early and nothing had been set up yet. I talked to a nurse in charge and she gave me my volunteer t-shirt. She told me and the other three freshman nursing guarantee students to wait for a different nurse who would explain what we had to do. When she came,…

and enjoy nature. When you climb to the top of this mountain, you will feel like you are on top of the world. It is a great reason to come to Japan. Now, if you want to see a historical part of Japan, you have to visit the terrific Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The rich history this site has to offer…

The following is a list of the Senate, offices, units, commissions, committees, and outreach assembly depicted on the ASUCD Finder; Senate: Thursdays, 6:10pm, Mee Room, (Third Floor, Memorial Union). Offices: Student Government Administrative Office (348 Memorial Union), and Student Service Office (347 Memorial Union). Unit: Commercial; Aggie Reuse Store, Bike Barn, Campus Copies/Classical Notes, Coffee House, CoHo South Café/ CoHo To Go, Experimental College, Legal Services, Project Compost,…

The Memorial Union Bus Terminal From A Social Context Approach During these eleven weeks in LDA 01, we have discussed several approaches to the discipline of environmental design. Some, but not all of these approaches are the social context, ecological, participatory, artistic, and the cultural competency approach. For this project in specific, I decided to analyze a site using the social context approach. For me, this approach is the most interesting and crucial when planning a project. The…

33) the debt for him. Beowulf’s father died before he could repay the debt he owed to Hrothgar. This meant Beowulf now had to pay the debt in place of his father. Beowulf paid this debt by traveling to Denmark when he heard of Hrothgar’s the great hall was being terrorized by Grendel. This is one of the main reasons why Beowulf goes to Denmark after he hears of Hrothgar’s troubles and he knows that he can help. When Beowulf arrives, Hrothgar reminds Beowulf of the debt he owes by again saying “I…