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Music is something that many people all around the world love listening to and creating. Other than enjoyment, music has many additional benefits. It is proven that by listening to music, both memory and coordination can be tremendously improved. In addition to that, music allows children to be more focused in school and even get better SAT scores. Music is a very important and necessary component in daily life, but it was not always how it is today. From the beginning of time, human beings…

On Wednesday, April 20th, I attended a small formal concert at Webster Hall. It was the annual Hunter College USG Spring Fling event; last year featured a performance by Fetty Wap, A very popular up and coming hip-hop artist. This year, Hunter students had the pleasure of seeing Oxymorons, the opening act and Waka Flaka Flame, the main performer. Waka Flaka Flame is a hip-hop artist who has been active in the scene since 2008. He is known for his popular hits “No hands”, “Round of Applause” and…

galleries as well. For Easter, it is big in every city, town, and village. The people all come together at the local church or cathedrals. From July to December, people of Sicily were part of the Etnafest, which is colorful art festivals with rock, blues, reggae, jazz and classical music and puppet shows. Also, for Easter, they made a sponge cake with sweetened ricotta cream, marzipan and candied fruits and pumpkin. Marzipan confectionaries shaped in to fruits and agnello pasquale, Easter lambs…

Feminism is wanting women to be equal to men (Haslanger). Feminism is being able to express yourself as a woman and not being tied down by society norms or even people (Haslanger). This expression can be seen as crazy to some, but it sure can lead to being an icon and being at the top of the charts (McDermott). Gwen Stefani proves that girls can express themselves and reach success by juggling numerous things throughout her life, expressing herself through fashion and crazy hair colors, and by…

Daara J, a Senegalese rap group that includes N’Dongo D and Faada Freddy, has been vital in transforming Senegal, a third world country, into one of the most important and largest sites of hip hop music in Africa. They also served as pioneers in adopting this culture among West Africans, especially in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. This “hardcore” Senegalese duo was formed in 1992, originally with a third member, Lord Alaji Man, up until 2007 when the group officially changed its name to Daara J…

Today’s world is familiar with Australia and the cultural significance it shares, from bushranger to beach boy these representations are effortlessly displayed. However, amongst the glorious beaches and harsh deserts making a perfect canvas for film, stands another minority that are quite often forgotten. Like with many countries over the globe, Australia has an Indigenous race, made up of those people who were there long before settlement. Misunderstood and misrepresented this race has been…

The Rise and Suspension of Subversion and Defiance: A Comparison of Culture in Subculture: The Meaning of Style by Dick Hebdige and Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Culture is an ambiguous term that sociologists have attributed multiple definitions to. For the purpose of this essay, I will follow T.S. Eliot’s definition of all of the characteristic activities and interests of a group of people (Eliot, 1948). In this essay, I will compare how Dick Hebdige in Subculture: The Meaning of…

West Hollywood Carnaval 1. Description Monday October 31, 2016, Halloween night, my friend and I decided to attend West Hollywood Carnaval. Before getting there, we had a hard time looking for parking for we didn’t know it’s going to be that popular. It took us about two hours to find parking which is also very far from the event. We walked for 30 minutes just to get to the location. It’s both our first time. The event takes place in the streets of Santa Monica Boulevard between N Doheny Drive…

A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors (band directors). A school band consists of woodwind instruments, brass instruments and percussion instruments, although upper level bands may also have string basses or bass guitar. School bands tend to be more common in the United States. School bands in the United Kingdom are generally similar to those in the US although…

Introduction In 1983, when Cyndi Lauper released “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” on her album She’s So Unusual, it garnered so much fame that it became one of the most well-known feminist anthems in the country. Several artists covered the song in subsequent years, and Lauper herself released a remastered version. However, few people are aware, even today, that the song is a cover version of Robert Hazard’s original demo, recorded in 1979 but never released officially (the demo is currently…