Ram It Down

Sitting here delayed at Tulsa International Airport, and I think to myself how this wedding came to be. J.P. was stationed at Ram stein Air Force Base in Germany when my mom had a heart attack. He wanted to be here for her so bad, but the military would not let come home. He was told he would have to change his field of work in order to get shipped back to the United States. He put in for a job transfer from a Bio-Tech (Bio-Environmental Engineer), someone who checks the purity and cleanliness…

People in this time period were living in an era were homosexual sex was illegal in every state except Illinois. Homosexuals were discriminated against homosexual sex was punishable by prison. Within Greenwich Village is the Stonewall Inn which was a common area for homosexuals to hangout and drink. In the 1960's, New York created police vice squads that's purpose was to raid gay bars and baths. They began using decoys to solicit and entrap gays. By 1966 over 100 men a week were arrested as…

Not just her parents-in-law that are mean, even the maids in the house look down on her and all of these happen only because Nirupama’s father who cannot pay the full dowry. It is indeed a sad situation because nobody should ever be treated in such a disrespectful way. Of course, marriage life has its ups and downs, bittersweet moments in it, but Nirupama has never gotten the chance to taste the sweetness of her marriage until her last day on earth because of the unjust and unreasonable dowry…

October evening. The perfect night for a football game. There was a slight breeze that let you know it was fall, and an excitement in the air that let you know it was time for football. The matchup for the night would be the Grace Christian Academy Rams versus the Warriors of CAK. This was the last game of our regular season, and…

The sound of his feet on the stones continued to echo down the passage. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was indeed still in the corridor. "Is this it?" he wondered aloud. At that moment, however, he felt a gust of wind at his back. It smelled of salt and fish - a wind off the sea. Thinking this signified another change of location, Michael shut his eyes once again, but still he did not move. Instead he felt something ram into his elbow and at the same time as he let out…

Today, surgeons of any profession only make about $295,000 per year throughout their whole career. While entertainers like Katy Perry and Adele are making around $135 million dollars a year to stand up on a stage and lip sing for an hour or two and attend Red Carpet events. Why is that? Surgeons save lives every single day, they put in eight or more years just for college; And that's before becoming a resident, and they work on life changing surgeries that can go on for over 18 hours or…

Othello is a Moorish man living in medieval Venice, who is by all accounts well-respected by most of the other characters. He is rendered “exotic” by his background, but this doesn’t seem to impede the advancements and long strides which he has successfully made over time, through his merit he succeeds in rising to the upper echelons of the Venetian military. As the plot of the play continues to be unwrapped however, the progress and success that he has made for himself is slowly undone. Othello…

In the book of Genesis within the Old Testament, the story of Abraham and his descendants marked a major significant in the Old Testament and New Testament. Throughout the book of Genesis, it introduced the nation (Israel) to its origin in elections and promises. We know that Abraham was known and credited as faithful and righteous. However, he did have time when he was being suspicious and doubtful about God’s promises to him. Starting at the chapter 12 of Genesis, it introduced Abram to the…

weekends turned into staying Monday’s, which turned into going home on Friday’s, and that turned into sometimes staying home for a week and missing class all together. My grades severely suffered from this and my interest in college went completely down the drain. The semester was nearly over, and I made the decision to not return back for the Spring semester.That was the hardest choice I ever made, and one that I didn’t make lightly. Being homesick was almost unbearable for me and I knew that…

The end of the third quarter the Rams lead by ten points, and the Panthers have a third down conversion coming up. Fifteen seconds left on the clock. “Dag nab it, Junior, what is Billy Joe doing? He has this last quarter left to win the game, and he will not put them colored boys in so we can win! Does he think putting them in is worse than losing or something? I mean, come on, that is the only reason they are on the team in the first place!” said Bo. “Five, four, three, two, one” Buzz! “I do…