Saturday

The fragrant smell of cookies fresh out of the oven and the faint sound of humming over Saturday morning cartoons. These were a few of the things that I associated with grandmothers when I was younger. Red lipstick kisses and stern smacks on the butt when a child was in trouble. These were also things that I correlated with grandmothers. Growing up as a member of the black community, I was fed the community narrative that the grandmother is the root of the family. She provides warmth, wisdom,…

The 37th president of the United States, Richard Nixon, was involved criminally in a case during his presidency. He took many steps to try to cover the crime, steps that were crucial to his presidency, in which he was involved in a “Saturday Night Massacre” and allowed others to take the blame for his actions. Nixon may not have planned the scandal, nor was he even a part of the burglary, but he did many things to make it seem like he had no idea that any of the scandal had occurred. Nixon…

Samantha Bee is a comedian, political commentator, and a late night television show host. Bee hosts the late night comedy show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS. She started out as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. She was on the show for twelve years and was the longest serving correspondent before leaving in 2015 for her own show. According to The Cut, Bee has talked about women’s rights like abortion and child care, examined current political issues…

Methodology The aim of the analysis is to study the effects that late night political comedy has on politics. While these are both different and well-respected programs that provide viewers with a hardheaded and a playful understanding of current affairs, there is a body of a political frame of mind that can be searched and characterized in a style that can be looked at as information and still seem entertaining. The quantitative analysis, which will be in the shape of an online survey, will…

The Effects of Sexual Abuse in Perks of Being a Wallflower Charlie, the lead character in Stephen Chboksy’s Perks of Being a Wallflower, has a best friend who committed suicide the year before he would have entered high school with him. The reason is never revealed in Perks, but it can be inferred he had family troubles. This is considered a realistic scenario in our society. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people age fifteen to nineteen, and as a society, people have recently…

Alyssa Potts Period 4 22 March 2017 1970s Popular Culture/Music The 1970s pop culture is a blend of both the 1960s and an individual movement impacted by the Vietnam War. It was a pivotal time in history as fashion, cars, movies, TV shows, music, sports, and disco dancing all shaped the coming decades. There was a tremendous amount of growth in the economy in the 1970s with inflation being so high. The 1970s brought the end of the Vietnam War, colorful disco fashion, and a television in every…

is speaking it. It took her a while to learn so much, but she finally got her first interview at the same store I was working at. Some like my aunt should have to go through so much to learn English and wait to get hire. It was a cold day on a Saturday morning when my aunt and I decided to go for a run by kozner and north and saw a big sign that said “Now Hiring” at Cook Brothers. My first aunt decided to ask if there were any positions available like a part-time…

Rhetorical Context In this highly sensitive age, political correctness plays a key role in society, including the entertainment sector. Comedians often have to sensor their shows in order to accommodate this politically correct movement. While political correctness has been around since the 1930s, it is now more prevalent than ever, especially on college campuses, where comedians often perform. Part of the reason for the widespread presence is the media’s involvement. Whenever a controversial…

terms of style and subject matter. His work is incredibly stylized but remaining realistic. The reason that I enjoy Norman Rockwell’s work so much is because growing up I always wanted to be a photographer for a magazine. Rockwell worked for the Saturday Evening Post. He wasn’t a…

The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. Also known as your calf. This is the source of a fateful moment one Saturday night in 2014, one of the most confusing and terrifying moments I have ever lived through. The night half of my family laughed at me while I begged to go to the hospital. I was 12 years old. My mother, my older brother, Jalen, and I were watching Saturday Night Live. On the couch, wrapped in a throw blanket, everything was fine. I was cackling like a hyena at the last skit before…