Pittsburgh

The award-winning play “Fences”, written by August Wilson. Wilson explores the evolution of the African American experience by examining race relations during one of the most delicate times. “Fences” takes place in Pittsburgh during the 1950’s surrounding the Maxson family. Wilson chose the 1950’s because desegregation ended in 1964, so all these experiences between the characters was raw to their current state of being and mindsets. The mood throughout the play is death, being both symbolic and…

that all his new items brought him. Paul “had a curious sense of relief” when he entered New York. He felt a certain freedom being away from Pittsburgh and his father, but this newfound joy was only temporary because eventually his whereabouts would surface. “On the eighth day after his arrival in New York, he found the whole affair exploited in the Pittsburgh papers”. Paul knew his fantasy was over, reality was setting in that his father would soon drag him…

Utilizing two zipcodes where the stores are located, 15237 for a Sheetz in Pittsburgh, and 19104 for a Wawa in Philadelphia, these we entered into a zip code lookup in order to discover the demographic of the area. After pursing the results, there were some distinct differences between the two areas and perhaps insight to who really…

to spend the rest of his days helping others and giving to many charities. He donated about $5 million to the New York Public Library so that the library could open several branches. Then he established the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1904. The year after, he created the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 1905, which is a U.S.-based education policy and research center. With his strong interest to peace, he formed the Carnegie Endowment for…

be given the opportunity. However, this wasn’t normal volunteering at the YMCA 2 miles down the road, it was a volunteer mission trip in Lima, Peru. At that point in my life, I never even thought about anywhere outside of Raleigh. I had been to Pittsburgh, PA to visit family, but that was the extent to my travels. Least to say, I was extremely excited and nervous to be leaving the country and volunteering for a week. At the time of the volunteer trip, I was oblivious to the numerous…

I also worked at a school-aged summer camp and a daycare that helped me to realize just how much I like working with children and watching them learn and grow. Through Duquesne, I was able to do a Practicum at a developmental, play-centered, preschool. There, I got to see intervention techniques and ways to help preschoolers prepare for kindergarten. All of these opportunities working with children helped me to gain a feel for all different kinds of children, and I realized that it was my…

“She reminds me of my cousin Marilyn.” Anytime my mom and I look through one of Lidia’s cookbooks she makes the same comment. My cousin Marilyn has been a strong mother figure in my mom’s life from when she was very young. My mom would spend summers in Melbourne, Australia when she was a teenager with Marilyn and her family. My maternal grandmother is full blown Italian; her parents both born in Italy. When our family left Italy, half went to the states and the other half went to Australia.…

More or less a lot of this actually happened. I was just a regular yinzer, waiting for the Buc’s to finally advance past the first or second round of the playoffs. I felt like this was our year, it was a warm and beautiful september. The Pirates had recorded the second best record in all of baseball. The top three records in all of baseball all occurred in the Pirates division: the NL Central. The only problem is that we were going against the hottest pitcher in baseball Jake Arrieta, with…

characters. Nick Offerman portrays Greg’s dad and Connie Britton portrays Greg’s mom. Also, Molly Shannon is Denise and Jon Bernthal is Mr.McCarthy. The setting of the film is Greg’s senior year of highschool. He goes to school at Schenley High in Pittsburgh. The director of this film is Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Greg has managed to become friends with everyone in his grade. However, these friendships aren’t strong. He is acquaintances with everyone and doesn’t have any true friends except…

Written Report: Three Main Parts of the Pointe Shoe Looking upon the many papers on the floor of the dance room, I saw many topics that I was interested in; however, the topic of pointe shoes caught my attention the most because they are what allow a ballerina to look so light and elegant when dancing on their toes. I was surprised to find out how sturdy the shoes actually are, with all the different types of material they are made of including paper, cardboard, burlap, fabric, and glue. These…