Valley

Love is a motivation for people to fight, defend, and mature for. Lucius Apuleius' myth, Cupid and Psyche, tells the story of the strength and determination of the mortal needed to regain a lost love. Francesca Lia Block's modern retelling, Psyche's Dark Night, emphasizes the many issues that affect relationships and explores the pain that accompanies dating. The retelling offers a new look into love and whether or not it is worth all the pain that accompanies it. The updated setting and…

What would you have done if fought in the Civil War? There was a man named Henry Villier Partridge who fought in the Civil War for the 39th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was lucky enough to survive the experience of the war, but not so many others were. Around 620,000 Americans died in it! That’s nearly half of all deaths from war in U.S. history, with the other half being every single other war (“Military”). But this is the story of Henry V. Partridge, and his life before, in, and after…

Imhotep the great was a poet, physician, mathematician, astronomer, architect, priest, and an adviser to the king at that time (king Djoser). Imhotep was a miracle man he was famous for many things. Imhotep was born a commoner but in the end, he became a god. His most recognized achievement is the design and construction of the famous step pyramids. Imhotep was also an astrologer and a medicine man. Imhotep helped science to be introduced in a way that was unusual for his era. This…

Tell me your name and where you are from? I’m Shiya Gupta .I’m from New Delhi India. I’m a current junior at Penn, studying psychology. What are you studying? I’m studying psychology and consumer behavior. You are a junior or a senior? I’m a senior Tell me how did you end up coming to Penn? It’s an interesting story actually, my cousins came to Penn, before I was-like when I was 10, or something, and they will keep coming back over summer always telling stories about how it was out here,…

The Aztecs live in Northern Mexico. The Aztecs come from a place called Aztlan. They built Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoc. Their capital is Tenochtitlan. The Tenochtitlan was a large city. One of Aztec emperors his name is Montezuma ll. Aztec culture: In Aztec homes had a steam bath. The Aztec calendar was meant for the sun god. The calendar was made out of basalt, and basalt is solidified lava. The first calendar was called Xiuhpohualli, which counted the years. The calendar helped the farmer…

In the spring of 2005, over twenty three thousand souls gather in Menlo Park to witness the newest graduates of Stanford University walk across the stage in their caps and gowns to receive their college diplomas. Prior to the commencement, one of the most triumphant and revered entrepreneurs in the world gave a indelible speech that will forever be remembered. Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., stood in blue jeans and tennis shoes and astonished his audience with his remarkable…

Steve Jobs is one of the most successful people in America and is not a college graduate. When the topic of technology comes to mind, his name is automatically assumed. He was the founder and once the CEO of Apple, a company known for their innovation and propriety software. He uses his unstable and untraditional beginning of his life as a rhetorical advantage to grab the audience’s attention. His goal in his Stanford speech is to convince the audience that the stereotypical “money equals…

The historic city of Tenochtitlán, the heart of the Aztec Empire, is comparable to today’s New York City. It was the biggest city in all of Mesoamerica at its height in the 16th century boasting over 200,000 inhabitants. Yet in just a matter of years, the entire city as well as the whole Aztec Empire fell into ruin. How did such an impressive empire fall? The answer is a combination of factors. The Aztec Empire collapsed due to the lack of resources within the capital city of Tenochtitlán and…

It is easy to standby and love something when it is beautiful, easy and peaceful but the challenge comes when that something is not so beautiful anymore, not so easy and not so peaceful instead it has become ugly, hard and dangerous. Individuals who are willing to love in the midst of darkness are truly the real heros of the world. These heroes are able to keenly analyze the present and foresee the future. They are able to see the beauty behind the madness. One such hero is a remarkable…

been at Valley Forge, I would have and would have encouraged others to leave Valley Forge. Valley Forge was a winter camp built and used by the colonists where they were trained, but many colonists died from cold and disease. Valley Forge was a horrible place to be. As it states in Estimates of Death and Illness at Valley forge(doc A), many people got sick and a lot of people died. About 50% of all of the men at Valley Forge got sick with horrible diseases. Out of the 8,000 men at Valley…