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was constant. Most day time news channels would not do their daily segments on days of the trials. According to an article published by USA Today news network channels would turn “over a total of 84 minutes of their nightly newscast to the Simpson saga” (Rem Rieder). Instead of their daily segments they would start continuous live footage from outside the courtroom, but when the trial would start they would live stream the actual trial from inside the courtroom. The media coverage wouldn’t stop…

Normally, when you hear of someone convicted guilty and sentenced to prison, you don’t really think much past it. Or at least I didn’t. The justice system is responsible to do everything in its power to conduct fair trials and base convictions not on opinion but solely on evidence. However, this is far from the truth. Specifically, Tulia, a small town in Northwest Texas, is a prime example of a town who suffered from this courtroom injustice. Nate Blakeslee tells the town’s true story in his…

Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song (1971; Sweetback hereinafter) is a low-budget, 97-minute-long independent film written, directed, produced and scored by Melvin Van Peebles (b. 1932). Its production is considered a watershed in the history of US filmmaking. Sweetback’s firm stand on racism in the movie industry and the wider US socio-political context is still pertinent today as the racist ideology is disturbingly still with us today. Hence, the importance of revisiting Sweetback to unpack its…

Heritage on wheels. That’s my take on the Ford Mustang. You cannot escape the evidential truth that Ford’s pony car has a great deal of history behind it, while it adroitly advances that legacy with each new model built. A Once-Threatened Species More than a half century has passed since the original Mustang took to the road, but not without a little drama through the intervening years. Indeed, the Mustang’s existence was threatened at least twice over that span, beginning with new federal…

I move around a lot. From my mom, to my dad, on a constant repeat all around the United States. Here’s one instance: It was the end of the summer of 2016. Me, my dad, my step mom, her two children, my friend, and my sister were all at the airport. Once again I was getting ready to board an airplane on my own. Leaving the rest of the group behind, me, my sister, and my dad went into our terminal. The colossal airport chilled me to the bone. Knowing that I was leaving my dad to live with my…

Women go through the most difficult contradictions in life. They are known to be more sensitive and caring than men when it comes to relationships. On the other hand; men lead them on and have women going crazy because of the way men treat them. I for one am very passionate about the life of a woman because I was raised by a single mother and I noticed the everyday struggle. I praise women and strongly hope that one day all men will realize the things they go through. Men can be so selfish when…

Ernest Hemingway wrote seven outstanding novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction pieces. In Hemingway’s novel, The Old Man and the Sea, the author portrays the importance of man’s struggle against the forces of nature by creating a story interpreted as fable, fantasy, and fiction. This book observes a person who experiences trials and troubles, showing us the significance in his experience and clarifying that meaning. The Old Man and the Sea can be interpreted as a fable…

"This sucks!" That is what I would have said a couple of years ago and even further back. Writing has become important and interesting to me in the last couple of years. When I was younger, I would write every now and then of stories, but when it came to writing an assignment, I never wanted to do it. From when I was young to now, I still have not written as much as I would want to have. I still have problems trying to get all of my thoughts on paper. I tend to struggle to complete my own works,…

The independent film movement of the 1990’s allowed for a range of young, hungry filmmakers to move to a forefront which many directors nary got a chance to experience in the past. Yearning for voices which were "out of the box” in story, dialogue and acting, these indie flicks began to span beyond just arthouse cinema. Creatives didn’t always have to rely on big studio backing to get their projects off the ground. Often rough and raw, the films and their visionary maestros orchestrated their…

Avantika Shrestha Professor Kwak HNRS 101-01 Reading Notes on Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen Introduction (pg. 1-9) History provides us the blueprint of how we became to be what we are today History is often the subject that high school students find the most boring and irrelevant; often a high school subject that makes you dumber, the more you learn "American history is full of fascinating and important stories"; it often captivates and entices its audiences but students often find…