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champagne at Wrigley Field. The following day, the Cubs turned it around by beating the Brewers 5 to 4. On Monday, Cubs clinched their 100th win of the season against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs hit this record for the first time since 1935. Judith Ryan, a Cubs fan of 73 years, said she’s just proud to see them do it in her lifetime. Now if the team could take home the World…

manager, one Latino manager, and one Japanese manager, but by the end of the season the Latino one had been fired. This underrepresentation is not a new one considering the low turnover rate mentioned in Shannon Ryan’s article in the Chicago Tribune. Ryan includes a quote from Adrian Burgos, a history professor at the University of Illinois, who has written about Latinos in baseball "What's so scary…

properly and that resources are utilized in a wise manor. This attention to financial detail reduces financial waste and minimizes financial risk, (Chait,Ryan, Taylor, 2005). Given the delicate financial situation of Baystate Health I would use…

more than 60% of all juvenile delinquent dispositions. (NeMoyer et al., 2014.) Statistics show that 1.9 million juveniles were arrested during the year of 2009 (Barnert, Perry, Azzi, Shetgiri, Ryan, Dudovitz, Zima, Chung, 2015; Choate, Manton, 2014) and 1.6 million juvenile arrests in the year of 2010 (Ryan, Abrams, Huang, 2014.) In the year of 2007, 16% of arrests related to violent crimes and 26% of all property crimes…

apples, red and green, add natural enjoyment to my life like my little brothers, Ryan and Carsen. While they act the same, they are unique in every other way possible. I always look forward to seeing Carsen shoot hoops as I pull through the driveway. Although he is only nine, his dedication to basketball is the reason why I stay competitive whenever he challenges me to a game of Knockout. When I enter the front door, Ryan is seen with an open book and a…

OneRepublic, an American pop rock band, has successfully had several hit songs in the past 10 years. They started out in 2002 with members Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle, and Eddie Fisher. Ryan Tedder is the lead singer, Zach Filkins is the guitarist, Drew Brown is also a guitarist, Brent Kutzle is the bassist and cellist, and Eddie Fisher is the drummer. In 2003, they signed with Velvet Hammer, an imprint of Columbia Records. They made their first album with Greg Wells.…

pilot. Glee the first of its genre and the first of many other shows to come. Teenagers in the twenty-first century took a huge liking to shows that were either dramatic or comedic. Musical movies were making a boom in Hollywood. With this in mind, Ryan Murphy created a teenage musical dramedy (drama, comedy) that succeeded more than what colleagues had expected of the show. Glee took these three genres and combined them, however, even with these comedies in mind there was a twist. Many of the…

The 2011 Pura Belpré Award for Narrative was presented to Pam Muñoz Ryan for her work in The Dreamer. The Dreamer tells the story of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda, who overcame a traumatic childhood to become one of Chile’s most renowned citizens. The Dreamer depicts Neruda’s , who's real name is Neftali Reyes, life through the use of pieces of poetry and prose. This structure aids the book in discussing topics such as abuse, love, and childhood imagination. The Dreamer earned the Pura…

The movie “Crash” tells interlocking stories of various races and the experiences of racism based on their position within American society. Essentially crashing together in this movie are issues concerning beliefs of pre-conceived judgments, stereotypes, gender roles, and racial discrimination. Running rampant throughout the movie are examples of these negative beliefs depicted in the typical day in the life of a Los Angeles citizen. While the film does exhibit the experiences of various groups…

Throughout the past decade American culture has adapted to utilizing Social media as a popular form of communication and information. In Brian Williams’ “Enough About You”, Williams believes that American culture has become motivated by the desire to celebrate one’s self, which he explains as the User-Generated Generation. Social media has been beneficial to American culture in terms of communication but it has also been harmful in terms of health and safety. It has improved methods of…