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In Sarah 's Kendzior 's article, "Ferguson Won 't Heal", she explores St. Louis ' history and contrasts it with it’s present, comparing the bitterness of race riots and the Michael Brown Shooting with the sweetness of cakes that pepper the privileged areas of the city. Kendzior 's article compares Darren Wilson 's administrative leave and the article of "The Grand Jury Says no Now St. Louis make the most of it" with the rubbing of salt in a wound; Ferguson 's explosive history combined with its…

“A league of their own” is a film which follows the story of a women’s league baseball team. The film was set in 1943, a period when baseball was predominately a male sport. The sudden arise of a women only team was met with ridicule. This essay analyzes the social structure of the women’s baseball team with a focus on the concept of status inconsistency. We examine the negative view of the females as baseball players and how the females developed to overcome that problem. The film is set…

Paper #1 Narrative – Final: Moving Through My Eyes At the age of 10 my world changed drastically as I moved 1,566 miles from Maddison Heights, Michigan to McIntosh, New Mexico, but what did I know about change? Why couldn’t I be as excited as my mom? Why couldn’t my dad move with us, then get a local job? Why couldn’t I just fall asleep like my sisters? Why does this move continue to impact my life nine years later? Why am I the only one who has a problem with these trivial questions? I…

Experiencing African Arts Festival African Art Festival is a St. Louis tradition in the city. It’s sponsored by Washington University, Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Art Museum, Office of Minority Health, and Recycling on the Go organization. The festival was located in Forest Park in St. Louis. Over half of the park was filled with African artists, vendors, and african musicians and dancers. The festival was a three day long event. May 28th - until May 30th. Each day the event started at 10 and…

“There is time for departure, even when there’s no certain place to go” Tennessee williams. Tennessee Williams was a famous writer, playwright, dramatist. Thomas Lanier Williams better known as Tennessee Williams was born March, 26 , 1914 in the citie of the Columbus(Tennessee Williams 3). His childhood was not good, he had 2 brothers, he was the second of the three…

The city of St. Louis has had a number of problems throughout the years; however the issues were balanced with prosperity. Nevertheless, there was a calling to fix the issues the city was dealing with and in 1917 the city of St. Louis called upon Harland Bartholomew to help analyze their problems. While the 1947 city plan was created thirty years after Bartholomew’s original plan, a number of the same ideas were being discussed. The 1917 and 1947 plan has a large number of similarities, and a…

finished in 1229. This is, in this way, the most punctual perspective of Francis, one that would be thusly reexamined. Thomas created a moment, modified existence of Francis around 1246. Thomas likewise made a gathering out of the marvels of St. Francis, a history of St. Clare of Assisi (d. 1255), and the psalm Kicks the bucket…

one of the most significant and influential patrons of the Franciscan order was St Clare of Assisi. Though she had noble beginnings she soon turned to a life of humble worship. Her work as a peacemaker and leader make her an ideal role model for the current generation and generations to come. As the main female identity within the Franciscan order, St Clare also opened the pathway of spirituality for other women. St Clare was born in 1193 in Assisi to a rich noble family. She refused two…

Americans in a way that had never been done before (Westphal baseball). These people could all talk about the game as if they had been there themselves, feeling as if they were there while listening “to these fabulous sounds from the Old Sportsman’s park in St. Louis, or sometimes from… Shibe Park or Wrigley Field in the afternoons, or the Polo Grounds” (Morris Baseball). Baseball became so popular on the radio that it became “part of the background music of America” (McDowell Baseball).…

Saint Francis of Assisi was born in 1181 in Assisi, Italy to Pietro and Pico di Bernadone. His father was a wealthy textile merchant, and had an intense love for all things French. When Pietro returned from a business trip in 1181, he was outraged to find that his wife Pica had named their newborn son Giovanni. He renamed Giovanni to Francesco, or “Frenchy”, which was later shortened to Francis. Saint Francis was baptized at the Cathedral of San Rufino on March 28, 1182 on Easter Vigil on Holy…