United Service Organizations

In the poem “I am Not a Myth,” the author Matthew Hittinger uses sensual symbols of the rich and glamorous to examine the tension between Old Hollywood and New Hollywood. The enjambment, the (feminine?) sounding endings to each stanza and the (constant rhyme scheme?) in the poem highlights the cycle and materialism of fame. The speaker in the poem is the well-known film actress, Marlene Dietrich, who is commenting on the night she meant Marilyn Monroe. Hittinger adds this piece of information to set the scene and give the reader the background knowledge they would need to understand the conflict in the poem. Marlene Dietrich was a popular German film actress in Berlin and Hollywood during the 20s and 30s. When Marilyn and Marlene met in 1955, Marlene was already older and not the young beauty she was at the beginning of her career. This is a direct parallel to the title of the poem, “I am Not a Myth,” which highlights the central theme of the poem which is that people will see beauty and then begin to dehumanize and objectify your beauty to the point where the young scarlet will lose herself. The poem acts as a warning from an elder film actress with experience to a younger naïve scarlet. Hittinger uses intense detailed imagery and symbols to create this image of what the life style of a scarlet is like. The speaker, Dietrich, gives us direct markers of to whom she’s refereeing to in the text when she states, “you arrived, tipsy, a bit chartreuse/ a subdused platinum…

read the news, stay updated on current events and basically be exposed to a business promoting culture while connecting it to every age group and taking away the boring nature of it all. One user could read the latest on Cosmopolitan magazine one minute and be reading current events around the world the next. Businesses have the option of using it to promote products, and give their followers exclusive access into certain things. Kylie Jenner is a very popular example of this, she uses Snapchat…

College fraternities and sororities are organizations groups in college that are identified by Greek letters but they both are very different. A fraternity is a frat for the guys who typically love to throw huge parties and sororities are a group of girls that form sisterhood who typically do not throw parties. The culture of Structural-functional theory “is a system of behavior by which members of societies cooperate to meet their needs”. Looking at the behavior of a fraternity and a sororities…

Working out is very popular in college. At the University of Miami’s weight room, I observed that even though most male students who didn’t work out in high school students are much more likely to work in college, especially if they are in a fraternity. Males took up a majority of the gym and it seems almost all of them were in fraternities because they wore shirts that represented their organizations. All the women were dressed in tight clothing and some had put makeup on and done their hair.…

throughout. With the help of normative political economy, producers are able to produce the film, reinforced SCWAMP and gain back a profit. Meaning, this film breathes life and exploits problematic gender,race, agistic and body politics to appeal to a mainstream audience-- in this particular case, this audience being white heteronormative males. Universal and New Line Cinema (whose parent organization is Warner Brothers) fought over the then untitled film. Universal won and fully financed the…

With the reckless image of Greek like portrayed by popular movies like Animal House (1978) and The House Bunny (2008) contrasted with the philanthropic image depicted by the hundreds of thousands of dollars raised by Greek organizations, it can be difficult to understand the social norms present within Greek organizations. Conflicting messages presented by mainstream news, movies, and Greek organizations themselves can make Greek life a difficult concept to grasp. Through immersing myself in…

the home football games, Week of Welcome events, and Panthermonium. During the Week of Welcome, on August 23,2016, the Greek Barbeque took place in the Graham Central Lawn from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. I decided to attend this event because I have always considered “going Greek” and was advised that by participating it would be an opportunity to receive information about various Greek organizations at one time. The event began on the edge of the lawn, students swiped their One Cards and upon…

the friends, one of whom claimed that “She 's gonna be the girl who cried 'rape, ' and we 'll never be allowed into any frat party again” (Erdely, 2014). Under the advice of her friends, Jackie, like many other students, never revealed her rape to anyone. Until now. The Office of the President at UVA was quick to respond to Rolling Stone’s article. In a message to the University, President Teresa Sullivan stated that while federal and state privacy laws limit them “in what [they] can say…

When I think about Fiji I think about I think of a group of young men that have come together to better themselves in every aspect of life. I think of men that value and respect women. I think of a community that is determined to be dedicated learners. I think of a group of individuals that each value service and dedicate their time willingly to better the community. And most of all, I think of a brotherhood and friendships that will last a lifetime. Over the past few weeks I have been given the…

university with a more dominating Greek life presence than Lehigh. The dominance of Greek life does not necessarily make it a bad thing; it is what these people do with that power that has stirred so much controversy. What is Greek life? Greek life is a chiefly social organization of male and female college students. That’s all it…