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athlete and actor. O.J. Simpson was an American icon who shocked his fans when he was arrested for brutal murder charges. Orenthal James Simpson was reared in a normal San Francisco environment. Simpson was born at the Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California (Libby, 1973, p. 167), on July 9,1947. His name, “Orenthal,” was suggested by his aunt (Great Athletes, 2001). He was the second of four siblings (Libby, 1973, p. 167). At age two Orenthal Simpson was diagnosed with contracted rickets…

positive and negative. One-third of students who are entering either a 2 or 4-year university are first-generation students (Cardoza). As first-generation high school graduates prepare to step into higher education, they struggle to transition to the college atmosphere since there are many external and internal forces working against them that they must face. But due to the variety of resources that universities offer first-generation students, they are beginning to succeed in college. In…

When readers first hear the name Alice Walker, the first thing that will probably come to mind is one of her most popular works, The Color Purple. Well, besides receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National book award for The Color Purple, Walker has written several other pieces, such as seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children's books, and volumes of essays and poetry. Her work continues to reach out to people, especially African American women who she writes about…

The Road to Success Many would say that one does not need to go to an elite college to be successful. Although their argument is reasonable, the statistics clearly show that going to an elite college bolsters your chances in succeeding in the working world. In fact, the average college graduate makes around $47,000 a year; however, graduates from more prestigious schools like Princeton were easily making at least six figures (Ellis). This is an extremely large discrepancy in the payoff of…

Many Americans were saddened when JFK was shot in Dallas. Music lovers were shocked to hear about the shooting of John Lennon in New York City. For the hip hop world, however, the shooting of Tupac Shakur is probably one of the saddest, and most controversial shootings of a famous person in recent history. Tupac was shot in Las Vegas on September 7th, 1996. At this time, many eyes were on the city of Las Vegas. Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon were fighting in one of the biggest boxing matches…

Romeo and Juliet-Genuine or Imaginary Have you ever read the story of Romeo and Juliet or watched the movie and wondered if Shakespeare based his story on true events? Well, wonder no farther. The story of Romeo and Juliet is not based on actual events. There is no proof that they were ever in existence other than in the pages of Shakespeare. Though there are two houses in Verona, Italy called the Montague and Capulet house, they are just a tourist trap, and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is…

Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron’s plot consists of a group of super-humans, “The Avengers,” who together destroy villains and are idolized as heroes. Over the course of the screenplay, “Iron Man”, an Avenger, creates an artificially intelligent, computerized system whose purpose is to rid the world of evil. Becoming intrigued as one of the smartest and most prestigious men in the world, Iron Man sees it fit to further innovate the system. Soon the artificial intelligence tries to exterminate…

Hershey’s friend’s and colleagues called “Hershey Heaven”. Martha Chase as stated before was born in Cleveland, Ohio . Chase earned her bachelors degree from the College of Wooster in 1950. Later on, she got her doctoral degree from the University of Southern California in 1964. Martha got married and changed her name to Martha C. Epstein the C standing for Cowles, and she later returned to Cleveland Heights, Ohio where she lived with her father Samuel W.…

Review of Literature Introduction: Optical illusions are usually described as visual images that differ from reality. The eyes and brain “sees” something that does not really match the physical measurement of the image. Optical illusions can function in many ways, they can be images that are different from the objects that make them up, they can also be ones that come from the effects on the eyes and brain through excessive stimulation, and others where the eye and brain creates unconscious…

A True Corporatocracy A true Corporatocracy happens when the corporate elite controls the power of the government. Fascism was popular in Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy during World War II. It evolved in America in a way that made companies create close ties with government and blurred the line of government and the multinational corporation. Who uses campaign contributions and the division of political groups known as Democrats and Republicans to keep a division helping people believe one…