Phil Jackson

In 1948, Shirley Jackson wrote the famous short-story that would be read in classroom across America, called “The Lottery”. “The Lottery” is a short story about a small village who believe in a tradition that once a year someone will be picked at random, from a lottery, to be stoned by the whole village. It doesn’t say for sure why they do this but readers can assume that it is a traditional sacrifice to have good harvest in the fall due to Old Man Warner saying, “Lottery in June, corn be heavy…

“BANG, BANG!!!!” Colonel Macnab just got killed in the movie Kidnapped yet, if we go back into the original book, the whole scene isn't even there! The movie and the book are very much different in the sense that the movie cut out and added scenes that were not in the book. Like in this scene, where in the book there is a completely different ending, they never even meet Colonel Macnab, Alan and Davie just go in their separate ways! I will be talking about 3 similarities in character and 1…

Sam Houston is considered by most to be the real father of Texas. What did he do for Texas? Who is he? Why so important? This article will answer all of those questions and more. In his early life young Sam Houston was quite the troublemaker in fact, he ran away from home at a very young age! Houston’s father died at the age of thirteen and soon after Houston would run away from home to go live with the Cherokee Indians. The chief became Houston’s adopted father and he was given the Cherokee…

On Wednesday, 09/07/2016, at approximately 1030 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to speak with a victim of a domestic battery at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The victim’s name was Brittany M. Hawthorne (F/W, DOB: 12/27/1984). The domestic battery occurred at 173 Mc Dowell Rd. Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois. Hawthorne reported the domestic battery occurred over a course of 4 days. The incident started on Saturday, 09/03/2016. The suspect, Donald J. Moutria…

As an uncontrollable change happened in social and cultural aspects, Berry Gordy’s legendary contribution happened in the music world when he started Motown records. Motown records, Berry Gordy, didn’t just make a mark in the music industry but also the social aspect with the influence of bringing together pop and soul, black and white and young and old like never before during this time. Regardless of race or social background, people came together to enjoy the Motown sound which became the…

Last week in our class we read and watched the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. The story has a main character, Tessie Hutchinson, and her family, who “win” the lottery. This story takes place in a small village. The people there kept their lottery, even though they could have gotten rid of it, because they wanted to stick with their traditions of ritualistic violence. This tradition was first put into use because in the past there were human sacrifices in order to get good crops for…

Biography James Taylor was born on March 12, 1948, to a musically inclined family in Boston, Massachusetts. He was at first a cellist until he was around twelve years old when he began playing the guitar. After performing a few local gigs, he found his life changing. In 1965, Taylor admitted himself into a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. There he started fine-tuning his songwriting abilities. It wasn’t until five years later when his career soared with the success of his second album,…

Barbra Joan Streisand is an accomplished singer, talented actress, and a generous philanthropist. She came into the world we live in on April 24, 1942, in beautiful Brooklyn, New York. She was born to her lovely parents, Diana and Emanuel Streisand. Originally, her name was spelt “Barbara,” but she hated it. She changed it by dropping the extra “a.” Barbra has two siblings, Roslyn and Sheldon. Streisand is the only artist/actress to receive a Tony, an Emmy, multiple Grammys including the…

How much do you know about Usher Raymond? Did you know that he was born on October 14, 1978, and had released his first album in 1994 at the age of 15 and continued on, cause I know I didn’t know that. Also Usher’s songs have constantly landed on the chart and earned several Grammys, people choice awards, and among other honors. He had sold up to 1 million copies of the album “ Confessions” in the first week it got released. (biography.om). Usher Raymond was born on “October 14, 1978 in…

president of the Democratic party as well as, the common man’s president, Jackson was a president who left a lasting impression on the American populace, but just why is this so? Heralded in modern times as a racist, bigot and yet another herald of white male supremacy what made Jackson to be have the influence he has, when exactly did history turn their back on the man, and why? To begin the analysis of President Jackson, one must start with the origins of the future president. Born on March…