Todd Field

Killings is a short story written by Andre Dubus. It was first published in, The Sewanee Review, in 1979. The story was also later turned into a film called, The Bedroom, by Todd Field in 2001. The story is based on love, murder, revenge and morality with an interesting twist. Dubus tells the tale in a flat, calm way. The setting of the story takes place in a small blue - collar town in Massachusetts. It opens with a gloomy August morning with the burial of twenty-one year old, Frank Fowler.…

The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team or COASST has been around for 17 years. The team of volunteers is considered a citizen science project and the main hub of the program makes its home at the University of Washington. COASST is a program that trains local people right in the home community. After the citizens have been trained, they promise to collect data from monthly surveys. They choose based on where they want to provide value. They can basically collect info on local…

After 13 years apart, the Chicago-based band's classic lineup of vocalist/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung, vocalist/guitarist Tommy Shaw, vocalist/guitarist James Young, and bassist Chuck Panozzo reunited for a successful greatest-hits tour in 1996. Drummer Todd Sucherman replaced John Panozzo, who died of chronic…

person, I wasn’t always artistic and never thought I would go into the art field. Although I did well in school, I always thought I never had a talent because other students…

Substance abuse has been an issue for much longer than people think. Substance abuse became a problem even before the development of organized sports such as the Olympics. Substance abuse has been evolving over time based on the continued advances in being able to test for different classes of substances within people’s system. Drug abuse is described as the use of drugs used as performance enhancers that could give the athlete a better advantage than other athletes. Substance abuse has been…

When Neil finds something that he has interest in he becomes super excited and tells his roommate, Todd. “So, I'm gonna act. Yes, yes! I'm gonna be an actor! Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to try this...my father wouldn't let me. For the first time in my whole life I know what I wanna do and for the first time I'm gonna do it whether my father…

STEM program and membership in the school's robotics team have culminated in the pursuit of engineering careers for Loudonville High School Teens of the Month Cole Kirkbride and Austin Zody. Kirkbride, Loudonville, is the son of Ian and Kris Viets and Todd and Lisha Kirkbride. In the fall he will pursue a degree at Ohio Northern University, where he has been admitted into the mechanical engineering program. Zody, Loudonville, is the son of Scott and Mary Zody. Zody has committed to the…

and the “lovey-doveyness” of Vivaldera. There were stunning scores written by Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi along with breathtaking costumes from the Royal Ballet designed by Jean Percival and by the company’s director, Ricardo Mendelez. In the theatre, Todd Rosenlieb and Ricardo Mendelez had a period of discussion with their audience members before the performance. They elaborated on the historical elements of the costume along with how dancers,…

general populous, the fact is that there are just 14.8 million members out of the 125 million fulltime employees the United States (“Union Members Summary”). They only make up a small portion of the work force, with all of the separate trades and career fields that are offer unions, more people opt out of joining a union due to loss being laid off because they are stuck at the lower end of seniority. Also, with the decline in numbers, workers are less likely to join in on an unpopular trend of…

A letter from Todd, the boss of a group of workers in Room 6, tells the staff to have a positive attitude about their work. “Al Roosten” is the story of the owner of an antique store who, for a charity event, has to dress up and walk on a runway to collect money. Al…