The Hum

“ Ultima comes to stay with us the summer I am almost seven”. “When she comes the beauty of the llano unfolds before my eyes, and the gurgling waters of the river sang the hum of the turning earth”. Ultima brings her owl along with her, they are a package deal. Ultima slips easily into the Marez family’s daily life. Ultima and her owl gradually change the community’s lives one incident at a time. In Chapter 10, Antonio’s uncle, Lucas gets sick. Lucus is bewitched, a bruja has put a curse on…

Imagine you were in a situation where you had a chance to get away with something you shouldn’t do. Or, had the chance to help someone and maybe change their life. Or, had the chance to take an unfamiliar path path rather than the one everyone takes and only do it for yourself. In the texts “Doing the Right Thing”, “Thank You, Ma’am”, and the road not taken The four college football players, Mrs. Jones, and the speaker have the chance to do the right thing. And every character finds the courage…

Melph Boy Chuck and Young Spliff are 2 rap artist haling from the mean streets of New Orleans, LA. Meeting in 2013, while Melph was already apart of the Big House Ent. roster, (a independent record label ran by Six War Pook). He was at work with Dj Blaq n Mild(a New Orleans super producer and producer for No Limit Forever) on his first single "One Night Stand." Still dripping of the press, Melph Boy Chuck and Spliff began hitting the streets and night clubs of the city. Stampping their names…

with a heaping ball of dust. The smell of moth balls emanates throughout the space as a rickety old ladder wobbles back and forth. Suddenly, lawn chairs drop from the hole in the ceiling, followed by box fans, fishing poles, and sleeping bags. The hum of the air compressor vibrates the garage walls as many giant pink flamingos come to life, barricading the kitchen door. The screeching voice of my mother reverberates throughout the house, into the yard, and most likely across the entire…

Joud's Reading Without Walls Challenge Response Option 2: Read a book about a topic that you don't know much about. For the reading without walls challenge I decided to read the book “Out Of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper because first of all it is about a girl with disabilities and I don't know much about disabilities other than the really common ones "so why not read it and give it a try?" I said and I sure was right the book was SPECTACULAR in my defense and I think the person right now who's…

continued my endless cycle of depression and meaninglessness. As I went to the floor below my apartment everyday and crouched myself in a corner of stairs, books pile up around me and highs and lows of my emotion blended together into gentle numbing hum. Now that I am thinking, I just needed more time and…

The World Health Organization (WHO) professes that an estimated five hundred twenty-eight million people have been diagnoses with a foodborne disease, where three hundred fifty-one thousand people have died. Over ten percent of these deaths have been caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli), a bacteria that in most strains causes mild diarrhea, but in more drastic cases can cause as much as vomiting, cramps, and bloody diarrhea. E. coli lives in the intestines of warm-blooded creatures,it is also…

cash and Bob Dylan tossed in. It seemed it was a heavy influence for a majority of musicians that I’ve seen at Shady’s. “Meridians” was an honest display of his musical influences. Yares has a warm soft-spoken voice accentuated by the bright balanced hums of his guitar. |Utilizing the harmonica at the same time provided another timbre. His multitasking created a little folk…

musty air, filling my nose with each inhale. I really don’t have any business being here today. Yes, I am a student, but as far as I’m concerned, that’s no reason to stay trapped in this prison like some sort of criminal. I shut my eyes and hear a soft hum of voices from the other end of the hallway, coming from the class that I am supposed to be attending right now. But my feet refuse to go any further. What’s the point? Why am I even here? There’s nothing and no one holding me here, but why do…

students from other countries and those whose English proficiency is limited. The result of the test determines placement in the appropriate course in the first semester (ENG 095 or the sequence HUM 099-SL & 100-SL). Students are not permitted to enroll in any cultural history course until they complete HUM 099-SL & 100-SL. It is common to see from the test results that mathematics scores are higher than the essay scores for foreign students. Therefore,…