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“All serial killers are on a journey of discovery” (Badlands Killer). Well, this particular journey took place in the quiet town of Lincoln, NE, in late 1957 to early 1958. Two teenagers - Charles Raymond Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, ages 19 and 14, respectively, were responsible for the slaughter of 12 people (history.com). In this paper, I will inform you of what exactly happened in January 1958 and we will look a little harder into the lives of the 12 victims. Charles Raymond…

For more than 100 years after the ratification of the Constitution, the First Amendment secured citizens freedoms in principle only. During the twentieth century people have tested the boundaries of the freedoms of the First Amendment in the courts. Through the precedences set by these cases, the freedoms of the First Amendment have become clarified and solidified. It remains the absolute most effective instrument for securing the sacred freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and a…

radical for its time, was a derivative of his turbulent life and inversely a fine example that collars this concept: struggle and criticism are the pre-requisites to greatness in this world. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska.…

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were the superstars of the Civil Rights Era. They are still to this day and continuously discussed through news, college courses, history textbooks and magazines. Although they are not living anymore their legacy still lives on. Both men fought for equality for African Americans and both were synonymous with the journey and struggle. African Americans are fortunate to have these two leaders who fought for their rights. They had very different methods and…

Race Inequality During The Civil Rights Movement Alex Haley wrote a coruscating autobiographical novel about Malcolm X during the Civil Rights movement. Malcolm was a radical Civil Rights leader that used what some might call primitive tactics in order to achieve his goal. With this novel people got a better idea about Malcolm`s viewpoints and were able to understand Malcolm a little bit better. Historically after the novel was published according to a database “Malcolm X articulates a truth…

I’m guilty of this too; it is so easy to over look the sufferings of someone. What helped me open my eyes more to the sufferings of society was listening to the speaker last week in class. She made me realize that this is happening right here in Omaha. Now I look back and think this is probably happening right now in my hometown. What I thought was poverty free and no one experience homelessness is probably false. As Gula mentions, “ to be a human person is to be essentially directed toward…

Because gender is something that I do every day, just like every other human being on the planet, I will never complete my gender identity. Gender identity is forever in flux, and continues to change throughout one’s life. My relationship between gender, gender norms, sexuality, and society are forever changing, and remain unhinged. Beginning in roughly 2008, the idea of the “hipster” emerged into mainstream culture. The hipster was someone who tried to be different than everyone else by…

The book O Pioneers! written by Willa Cather, originally published by Hesperus Press in 1913. O Pioneers! has five parts, each part having their own chapter. It tells the struggles and successes of a Swedish-American farming family that moves to Hanover, Nebraska in the turn of the 20th century. In the five parts of the book, many things happen to the Bergson’s, the Swedish-American family that immigrated to Hanover, Nebraska in the 1800’s. One wintry January day, Alexandra Bergson and her five…

TEAM: Houston Astros AGE: 23 (Fisher will turn 24 in August) TEAM: Houston Astros AGE: 23 (Fisher will turn 24 in August) POSITION: OF BATS: Left THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-foot-3 WEIGHT: 205 lbs. ACQUIRED: The Houston Astros chose Fisher in the first round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. He was a supplemental selection for the Astros, taken as the No. 37 player selected. He was chosen out of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The Texas Rangers had previously selected him out of…

The United States is undoubtedly a very proud nation. Their successful war efforts are often broadcast and paraded and many of their victories have been exaggerated over time. However one fight that America can take credit for without amplification is the Second World War. The United States joined the Allied force officially in December of 1941 and after four years of fighting the Allies won. The United States led the Allied Forces to victory during the Second World War by their participation in…