Mike Royko

As the sun kissed the horizon and the birds chirped, Rainsford's eyes fluttered open. He hadn’t felt more rested. He looked around and the room and was quickly reminded of what had happened the night before. There was Zaroff’s blood on the wood floor. It looked like it still hadn't dried yet. He shook his head and made his way out the bedroom door and to the kitchen. His left forearm was aching with pain. He pulled up his pajama sleeve and turned his arm over. He saw a huge gash on his forearm.…

This one particular advertisement about Everlast, a boxing company that has served some of the all-time greatest boxers to ever fight, shows what it means to be the bigger person. It easily stood out from the rest and got my attention because it had something to do with what I love which is boxing. While watching this advertisement I was able to identify the techniques that they used to persuade me to buy their products and to my surprise it was very effective. Having the will to be able to put…

Arenas are seen as the heart of Canada’s number one sport, hockey. Back in 1975 the Enmax Centre was built to hold the Canadian Games and since then it has evolved to be known as southern Alberta’s primary entertainment facility. The Enmax Centre is attached to Lethbridge College and located right off of one of Lethbridge’s main roads, Mayor Magrath and is on a main public transit route making it quite easily accessible. The Enmax Centre is known as the “home of the Lethbridge hurricanes”…

"Have patience",exclaims dad every day we work on the farm. Some days on the farm are easy like just feeding cows. Other days are long and hard like pulling a calf at midnight or having to fix something when you need it the most. But every day on the farm is fun and relaxing. I don't like fixing something in the middle of summer on the one hundred and ten degree days. We got a call from the fence builder and the red angus and gelbvieh cross cows at the Frazer Farm did not have any water. So dad…

“Idiocracy” is a film directed by Mike Judge that is a satirical science fiction film which basically predicts our nation’s cultural decline into nothing but a nation of imbeciles. Judge starts the film with the idea that intelligent people have now become an endangered species while the uneducated are copulating and reproducing at furiously rising exponential rates. The film presented a dangerous and chaotic way to view the world. The impoverished and uneducated people were portrayed as the…

When all the smart people die off, all that is left is the dumb. Idiocracy came out in 2006 and is a mediocre satire. After 500 years, Joe Bower, an average guy played by Luke Wilson, wakes up from a government hibernation experiment to a dimwitted society where he is the smartest person alive. Although the acting in Idiocracy is phenomenal, the portrayal of society in the future is annoyingly exaggerated and the narrator’s voice over is unnecessary but understandable. Starts off with Joe…

Introduction Old men have old hearts. Some beat bitterly as they dwell on glory lost, while others maintain contentment by allowing their blessings to mute the pain of grief. While the former tend to spend their final years lost in resentment, the latter are able to experience their decline into infirmity with pleasant nostalgia. Thesis statement: In the short story, “3 AM and the Stars Were Out”, the author, Ron Rash, introduces the reader to Carson, an aging, retired veterinarian who…

“Can I get a W.. W..can I get an A.. A..Can I get an L.. L.. can I get a squiggly SQUIGGLY.. can I get an m M..can I get an a A… can I get an r R.. can I get a t T… what does that spell Wal-Mart” (Smith & Young, 2004). Although the Wal-Mart maybe the most controversial business in America, it has one of the greatest success stories in Americas history of business (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2013). However, the success of Wal-Mart is accompanied by controversy, it is possibly the most…

Goal 1: Incorporate a diversity of students and incorporate students into a diverse culture • Include diverse content. In planning my class and creating the curriculum, I will purposefully pursue resources that come from other countries and cultures, and are not just out of a commonly used textbook. Many of my sources will be primary sources that proclaim the voice of minorities. Even using one such source throughout the year and studying it thoroughly can help my students to recognize that…

The Film, Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age is written and directed by Dennis OʻRourke. The film was released in 1986 and won the Peace Film Award in Berlin later that year. The film gives a well-balanced insight on the impacts on the indigenous communities from the Castle Bravo nuclear testing of 1954, in the Marshal Islands. The film shows multiple perspectives of the event from personal accounts of the indigenous people, to military personal, and even US political leaders. Declassified…