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Senator Harlan ‘Raging Bull’ Long’s office was decorated with the usual ostentatious displays of patriotism. American flags, bronze plaques of past victories, and multitudes of framed newspaper clippings adorned the otherwise sterile marble walls. The room’s vulgar displays of political conquests had the subtlety of a bordello, but, paled to in contrast to its occupant. “Dammit Gina, where in the Hell is my call from Tony?” ‘Harley’s’ voice boomed from inside his chamber. “I’m ringing you…

Everybody loves holidays. I mean who couldn’t? However, which one do you like just a little bit more? How about we look at a couple of the biggest holidays, Christmas and Thanksgiving. Christmas is obviously the best holiday ever. From how long you get off school or work, to the food groups you focus in on for that holiday, to who figuratively or literally comes to your home. If I gave one the option of more or less, almost always one would choose more. Its just an instinct, who wouldn't want…

To discuss the Dollar Tree organization from a strategic perspective one must review the company history. The Dollar Tree organization’s main office is located in Chesapeake, VA, on the East Coast and is one of the largest and one of the most successful single-price-point retail stores in North America (dollartree.com, n.d.). Single-price point retail stores is the key concept to this organization, everything is literally priced one dollar. The organization has several hundred stores within…

The rain hit the tin roof of the rusty motor home. The profound aroma of potato soup surrounded the room as the Christmas lights shined everywhere, except in our home. Potato soup was the only meal in our plates. My seven year old self never thought much of the watery substance with the starchy vegetable floating around. I simply enjoyed my only Christmas meal. After all, living in a motorhome located in my dad’s friend's backyard was a typical day for me. It was years later, however, that I…

Walter Bendix Schonflies Benjamin was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Germany. He was a German philosopher who is associated with the Frankfurt School and his areas of interests were literary theory, language, aesthetics, and technology. Benjamin was influences by and is associated with the work of Karl Marx, Theodor Adorno, and Bertolt Brecht. Moreover, one of Benjamin’s most influential writing is titled, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). The primary argument…

Christmas tree and Nativity scene both were displayed in the space. I set to work on the Nativity scene first because I knew that the Christmas tree would take longer to festoon. After adding the animals, the three Kings, along with Mary and Joseph I was practically done besides adding small details. I stepped back to admire my work once again and even began to think that maybe I could have a well-established career being an interior…

The Evolution of Television and the Vanquishing of Human Value For years now, television has been invading the homes of families and subtly damaging family rituals. From black and white to color and high definition, television has changed. Television has changed in appearance, and has changed in how it plays a role in families’ lives. A few years ago, many families did not own a T.V set and now it is almost as if it’s competition to see who watches more T.V, or who has the most and better T.V…

sister and I were putting up ornaments onto the tree as my mom was organizing the lights out of the big, blue, plastic box with a grey piece of duct tape labeled “Lights.” There was evergreen tree sent in the air along with the Heffron Family Cheesecake cooking in the oven. We were listening to a new version of “Santa Baby” by the country artist Kelly Pickler. My sister and I spent more time singing and dancing to the song than decorating the tree. This part of the season is a major part of my…

When I first learned about the mid term project I did not think about what relationship I wanted to do the project on until I was talking to my roommate about home. I realized that I wanted to do my project on my mom who reminds me of home all the time. I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do with this until I saw some of the other presentations on the first day and that is where I discovered my inspiration and that night I worked on my first art piece. This whole process was definitely a…

Bruce Nauman is a fascinating artist. His career spans over 50 years and he has worked in a variety of different styles and mediums. He creates works that aren’t necessarily aesthetically appealing in the traditional sense, but they are still works of art because of his intention and message behind it. Many of his works, incluidinf the ones that will be mentioned later, feature strange forms, odd angles, and lack color. He does not create work to please the eye. He creates work to get people to…