The Hamptons

The goal of the project was to hire an intern for the summer of 2016, a student with an environmental focus, to assist with monitoring conservation lands owned by the Town of Hampton. The Town has approximately 150 parcels that are either owned outright by the Town or have Town owned conservation easements. The Hampton Conservation Commission (HCC) is responsible for monitoring these properties on a regular basis.…

SUPPLEMENTAL: Hampton County Sheriff’s Office responded to Heyward Town Road regarding the earlier incident. Hampton County Dispatch advised subjects involved had a machete and was attempting to assault others. Upon arrival, deputies spoke with Terri Stevenson, and Charlene Singleton, who was parked at the end of Heyward Town Road. Upon speaking with them, deputies relocated to Heyward Town Road when we observed a large crowd standing in the middle of the road. Deputies spoke with Ms. Aundrea…

School Spirit Double Standards How would the community react if a mere fifty spectators showed up to a home football game? Chances are, they would be disappointed. They might wonder where the school spirit is. However, nobody bats an eye when it happens at a band concert. The extent to which people expect every single student to be excited about sports is overwhelming. Fine arts students work just as hard without receiving the credit they deserve. Schools as a whole care more about sports than…

t led reconstruction and increasing racial discrimination by law to compel African Americans to make tough choices to fail. The overwhelming majority of them are still living in the south and facing fierce resistance, and even violent to demand equal civil rights. Some of these blacks concluded that direct political efforts to assert their civil rights may not be of interest. Instead, they tried led by Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) focus on economic development for blacks. He insisted Others,…

real-life friends and acquaintances, topics that are traditionally taboo, including politics and religion, are suddenly visible online in the places people visit, the photos they share and the opinions they endorse” says Wall Street Journal author Keith Hampton. People post new information all the time on social media sites that can be accessed by smartphones, whether it’s to share their experiences or attract attention from the public. Smartphones expand the horizons of real world sociability.…

In Western culture marriage is a major milestone for many people bringing with it many benefits such as longer life span, improved health, and more money. Ninety percent of the American population will get married at least once in their lifetime, fifty percent of those marriages will end in divorce (Washburn, Christensen, 2008). With Americans having a high rate of divorce, I wanted to discover if the state of a couple’s finances played a role in how the felt toward their spouse. Does a couple’s…

father had covered it to abide by the law of tzniut: modesty for women. At the age of eight was when my mother and I snuck buying me my first pair of pants, a secret we kept from my father. I remember we walked around town in West Hampton Beach (aka -the “Jewish” Hamptons) and there was the ‘end of summer sale’ in main street. I stroked my finger tips through all the velveteen overalls and corduroy pants, watching all the girls try on clothes and show them off their fathers and mothers who…

Essay Question 5: “Into the Mind” Throughout our lives we have heard many different phrases, theories, and other philosophies. Some of us have taken our lives and dedicated with quotes that they identify the most with. An example of this being the always-heard “Stop and smell the roses.” With all of this figurative and literal advice just floating around us, it can be quite difficult to find one single item that resonates with our entirety. It comes to that point in our life where we have to…

A collateral interview was conducted with Mila Matic, former nanny for the family. Ms. Matic reported that she worked with the family for about two years. She indicated that she knew the mother and had experience caring for children. The nanny indicated when she started working for the family, Marcus was three years old. She stated that the father worked during the day. She reported that the mother did not work and was a stay home mom. The nanny indicated that she had the responsibility for…

Communication is a part of pretty much everything and in almost every aspect of our lives. One of those aspects where we see communication often is in films. There are multiple different aspects of communication found in movies. This is because movies imitate life and typical human interactions. I am going to break down several aspects of communication within two films and compare elements of culture, gender, and relationships between the movies. The first films I chose to analyze is the cult…