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Rod Temperton has been called pop music's "Invisible Man" because few knew his name. But his songs were megahits in the 1970s and 80s. Along with big hair, wide lapels and bell bottoms, his music helped define the disco era. Temperton died of cancer last week in London, according to a statement from his publisher. He was 66. Temperton wrote such hits as "Thriller," "Rock with You," and "Boogie Nights." But even disco had songs that were layered with great harmonies and robust horn parts.…

When a regular viewer tunes in the hit comedy show, Saturday Night Live, what might they examine on their screen? A viewer would be watching a comedy show with primarily young white men, some white women, and very few African Americans. There is a problem with the low levels of diversity within Saturday Night Live, otherwise called SNL. Since the show’s beginning, Saturday Night Live has had a very long history with not displaying actors from a variety of races and backgrounds. I, Hannah Rabitoy…

and everyone is subject to the shows mocking wittiness. When the subject of religion surfaced, the episodes Cartoon Wars Part 1 and Part 2 were the most scandalous episodes when it came to the insulting of religion (Herrmann). This time though these episodes mimicked the religion of Islam. What made it so provocative was the representation of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (Bourguet) When “Cartoon Wars Part 1” aired, it was seen with some disagreement, since it indirectly implied that Muhammad…

The political cartoon titled “Who has damaged Muhammad more?” by Signe Wilkinson that was published on 08/01/2015 speaks so much truth about Islam in this day and age. As a Muslim I greatly appreciate that the artist did not put a picture of the prophet because it is forbidden to do so and there is a reason behind it. In Islam, there is always a reason why something is “Haram” in this case pictures of the prophet is forbidden because the prophet feared that people would worship his image…

campuses are clashing with their administrations and debating the limits of free speech after finding chalk messages voicing support for Donald J. Trump scrawled on campus property.” This goes on to summarize how messages such as, “Build A Wall” and “Donald Trump 2016” were frightening and threatening to them. The president of Emory, James W. Wagner released a statement regarding the matter “As an academic community, we must value and encourage the expression of ideas, vigorous debate, speech…

The Charlie Hebdo Shooting through Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt, a 20th century German philosopher has many interesting claims and ideas in his essay The Concept of the Political. In his essay, Schmitt explains the concept of the political and its difference from the other “endeavors of human thought and action” (Schmitt 25) and his views on the ideals of the enlightenment. Schmitt, in his essay The Concept of the Political takes the time to define for us the concept of the political. While…

born bright and early on the morning of May 29th, 1976. Life was drastically different on the day she was born compared to today, especially form a technology stand point. When Carrie was a child her family had one 19” television. This tv only for three local channels. Back in the 1970’s there was no such thing as a remote for changing the channels or volume, so she had to turn the knob attached to the front of the tv. Carrie really enjoyed when Saturday mornings came around because that…

about an interesting phenomenon that is not spoken about often. It is the idea that children 's cartoons with superhero’s are actually sexist and stereotypical. The article explains that Baker and Raney are researching whether or not cartoons are stereotypical and sexist or if it has changed from the first time this idea had been researched about 40 years ago. Baker and Raney was testing to see if cartoons are to this day based on stereotypes. They assumed many things that they wanted to test…

time with my father, grandmother and other paternal relatives that lived nearby. I loved the time I spent out west with my father. Friday nights consisted of pizza, nick at night, family matters, 7th heaven, and buffy the vampire slayer. Early Saturday mornings I would wake up early enough to help my grandmother in the vegetable garden, then I would head…

Ever just think about everything there is? Whenever I am bored, thinking about random ideas seems to be something I like to do a lot. I think about everything there is to think about. I am not sure why, but it’s fun to do sometimes. Eventually, one day while I was bored, I thought, “What am I doing with my life?” I am just sitting down on my couch doing nothing. It did not seem like I was really living, I was just there existing. I was not truly living, not doing what I wanted to do, which was…