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Weston is an ecology and evolutionary biology major from Mansfield, Connecticut. As a former student at EO Smith High School, he came to UConn with a familiarity of campus and the surrounding area, which made the transition process less daunting for him. While he somewhat feared going to school so close to home, he is really making the most of what UConn has to offer and does not feel the need to head home frequently. He is studying ecology and evolutionary biology in the hopes of being able to…

love. During this time, there were four young men, the oldest being 27, that had ideas to build a recording studio so they made up this concert to raise money for it. The partnership was named the Woodstock Ventures. It was going to be a three day festival of music and peace inspired by outdoor concerts on meadows with windy roads. They also wanted there to be peaceful music under an open sky with rolling…

The Shaw Festival and Alice in Wonderland The Shaw Experience: An Analysis The History of Shaw: The Shaw Festival, created in 1962, is a defining attribute of the Canadian theatre scene. Founded by Torontonian lawyer Brian Doherty, a mere twelve years following the death of the festival’s name sake, George Bernard Shaw, the festival started as what Doherty referred to as “something (they) believe in” (Henkin). Snowballing faster, the originally small courthouse performance troupe grew into a…

The second campaign for promotional outreach, “Aggies and Woody’s” is geared towards UC Davis students. By implementing these tactics, Woodstock’s can be focused on their primary target audience. First tactic, handing out free samples at the Silo and Memorial Union, is aimed to raise on-campus awareness. Regardless of if the student is a freshman or transfer and does not know about the pizzeria or they have been here for a while and lost the attraction to revisit, this will aid in getting…

“Some folks are born, made to wave the flag, they’re red, white and blue.” This is a line of one of the songs from Woodstock. This is from a song called Fortunate Son by CCR. Woodstock made the bonds between Americans stronger. Woodstock separated the young from the old. Woodstock epitomized the anti-war movement, inspiring a generation to “set their souls free”. The first main point is Woodstock’s background. By the 1960s, Americans had created their own prophets, music, press, and America’s…

In the article “Do What You Love”, the author Tony Hawk claims that we should listen to our inner desires and has faith in it, even when it is not accepted bases on what is called normal by numerous people. To begin with, Tony says that he is an avid skateboarder for 24 years and people loath that job in personal levels followed by lots of unaccepted names which were set. He mentions that his job often conceives as a childish, time-consuming, critical and lawless job. He states that, by the time…

would be boring. So having the opportunity to recently interview Gerald Auger was a veritable treat. I do not often come into contact with Indigenous peoples, and the fact that he is such a well-spoken activist for his people with an heart for indie film that tells the accurate history of this misunderstood people group made this an enlightening question/answer session indeed. random-photo-ben-clayton-photography-1.jpg.jpg…

Woodstock Festival The Woodstock Festival begun as a small local fun time event that exploded into a 3 day rock and roll phenomenon. For some this event was a decent way to get out of the house, but for most this was a way for them to forget about the Vietnam war. The Woodstock Festival a time for America to let loose and forget about every care in the world. A weekend full of 32 rock bands, 400,000 people, drugs, and a bunch of alcohol, the world actually forgot about their pitiful little…

parks and other public places. The students felt they owed it to their generation to stand up for what they believe in. These groups of expressive, courageous people were known as hippies. They made up a big portion of the attendees of Woodstock. The festival of Rock and Peace…

SA 2: "The Chrysanthemums" is a short story of John Steinbeck which reflects the frustration in the present life of Elisa Allen, strong and proud woman. This frustration arises from not having a child as well as from the dissatisfaction in a romantic relationship with her husband. The only possible way out for Elisa's frustration is her beautiful flower garden where she plants chrysanthemums. The author frequently uses chrysanthemums as a symbol as well as a number of other items in order to…