Spring

Written in 1962, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was one of the most influential texts of the environmental movement in the 1960’s and on. The book reported the adverse effects of pesticides in the environment and what our society could do to dampen the flame. Carson divided her book into seventeen chapters, each of which is an independent essay of its own, nonetheless the chapters fuse together to create a continuous non-fiction novel. In the first chapter, Carson provides the reader with a…

For this project, I looked at the light pollution condition around my parents’ house in Western Springs, Illinois. Western Springs is a small suburban community on the southwestern edge of Cook county, about fifteen miles west of Chicago. By being so far outside the city, light pollution is not very significant but is still somewhat present, especially when viewing the horizon. However, the skies directly upward are fairly clear, and you can see starts and planets with relative ease on a…

subject matter, while keeping to their techniques, it was a much more trying process for the Chinese court painters to try and bring the European techniques into their more emotionally and spiritually driven painting style. In Xu Yang’s painting, Spring in the Capital (fig. 4) there is an attempt to craft every detail in perspective, but since there is no single vanishing point the piece does not come across as effective. This is especially true since the use of traditional Chinese techniques to…

The 20th century was a tumultuous time of scientific advances that greatly affected how society lives currently. In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring on the topic of the changing environment. Through emphasizing damage already done to the environment, providing alternatives to using objects that harm the environment, and placing accusation on an anonymous powerful figure instead of the common American, Rachel Carson argues for her readers to protect the environment themselves instead…

need to choose a major, and agreed that during this Spring Break you could make this decision. Please, talk with parents about this. You wrote some questions that could guide to make the best decision for your academic future. Use them when talking with your parents . These are some reminders about the things you need to do during your Spring Break: ENGL 102: Don't forget to upload your journal entries in D2L. They are due the Monday after Spring Break (March 21st). HIST 101B: This is your…

issues presented in property and water law even more so. One thing that I did not bring though was an informed appreciation for just how complicated these issues were. Issues seemed so black and white, so right and wrong when we were reading Silent Spring in my environmental class. Of course DAT was terrible, and of course we needed to protect Yosemite. I never really stopped to appreciate that people opposed John Muir and…

During the Spring Break of 2015, I had a two hour dance camp Monday through Thursday on top of my regular classes. On Monday Carly challenged me to dance 50 hours that week; I laughed. However, I wanted to accept her challenge as much as I could so I set a goal to practice 24 hours that week. Each day I worked on a specific dance. These consisted of the Reel, Light Jig, Slip Jig, Single Jig, Treble Jig, Hornpipe, and a set dance. Each dance has two steps that are done on the right and left…

My first few weeks of placement at Spring Ridge Middle School had been eventful. While working there, I have been a literacy mentor, which means I grade papers and have conferences with the students about their writing. During my visits I am also tasked with other miscellaneous tasks like putting up bulletin boards or running errands for the teacher. The children I work with are an honors English class, in the seventh grade. However, I have worked with other classes my teacher works with in…

The upcoming week is Spring Formal Dance at Phoenix High School. Students are passing notes, asking their crushes to the dance. Some students test their limits to go big, making posters saying, “Would you go to Spring Formal with me?”, and buying bouquets or chocolates or candy; who would ever say, “no” to that. Grace and her squad; Mason, Daisy, Olivia, and Maya; planned to walk together into the assembly. The assembly was authorized to inform the students about the Spring Formal Dance. All but…

Joyce Carol Oates also annunciates for a people whose stories are not often heard in her heart wrenching poem “Poetry is the Gnomic Utterance from Which the Soul Springs, Fluttering”. It tells of the power in which words can have. In Oates’ case, the power of what happen when we become a witness. Her poem relays the effects what we usually are not shown on the news; the reaction and the emotions that come with the baseless death of a child. The Black Lives Matter Movement has been largely…