Vandals

Looking down at our smart phones is not just causing us to bump into each other, it is causing us to become zombies. No we are not actually turning into a dead corpse, but we are losing social interaction which is basically the same thing. It’s ironic how these touch screen phones can actually make us lose touch. Addiction is defined as the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity. We live a very addictive lifestyle. Addiction is all around us: you can…

Loundy Silkman The Early Church and Persecutions For many years Christians and pagans coexisted until the emperor Trajan made Christianity illegal- a situation that stayed in effect for 100 years until the rule of Constantine. During the 100 year that Christianity was illegal people met underground in people’s apartments. These early builders of the Church had to meet in secret, yet they served as the cornerstone of Christian worship in Rome. Throughout this time many of the Christians’…

The Decline of Rome The most significant factors that contributed to the downfall of the Western Roman Empire were barbarian invasions due to a weakened military and a shrinking population that held resentment towards Rome. These problems converged and created a domino effect that eventually toppled the dignified Roman Empire. Rome had lost the essence of what made the Roman empire Roman. This included a disciplined and driven military made of confident soldiers who believed in the power of…

The plague holds a unique place in history and has a tremendous influence on the development of modern civilizations. Scholars even speculated that the Roman Empire may have fallen since soldiers returning from the battle of the Persian Gulf were carriers of the plague. For quite some time, the plague has been a symbol of disaster for people living in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Not only that but since the cause of it is unknown, outbreaks contributed to massive panics where every it appeared.…

As we walk through the city streets, or as we travel, we find graffiti for almost about anywhere. It has been around forever and it will never stop. Originally, graffiti was brought up in the subways in New York in the 1960’s, and it was a manner for real graffiti writers to express themselves to no limits. During the 1960’s, graffiti was strictly illegal; many laws were enforced against this act to the extent where these people were incarcerated for something they loved to do. For the real…

that brag about their crimes. Having Law enforcement find a way to stop crimes before they happen is amazing for our society. When the vancouver canucks lost in 2011 the city had erupted with riots and social media was used as an outlet to capture vandals that were tagged in photos posted on facebook from that day. Social media allows people to better their relationships says Ryan Neal writer of the Demographic report Facebook Gets Older, from january of…

In Frank Romero 's mural, "Going to the Olympics, 1984," it consists of five cars driving in a single file line towards the 1984 Olympics that was held in Los Angeles with hearts appearing above each vehicle, two gentlemen are wrestling in the sky next to a blimp that says "a good year" on it and a horse. The corner of the mural has a stamp on it and on the other side what looks to be an iron. The backdrop is saturated with Los Angeles trademark palm trees under the orange sky. The hearts…

Crime and social behavior go hand in hand and this is thoroughly expressed throughout hundreds of different theories created my Criminologists. Travis Hirschi believed that there were multiple sections that interconnected and contributed to a person bond to society. These sections are involvement, belief, commitment, attachment, and motivation. This is not only a major influence on criminal behavior and delinquency but typically in most studies, it is found that anti-social tendencies are proven…

The Roman Empire was a powerful, imperialistic nation that dominated the world for 500 years, due to its successful military and thriving government. It was destined for an industrial revolution, according to Esolen, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization. So what exactly caused the fall of Rome? Historians have debated numerous theories. The most famous explanation is the invasions of Germanic tribes. However, the internal conditions of Rome include: unstable economic…

Every adult has experienced maturation that ended their childhood; for some people it’s early on, while for others it’s later in their life. For Holden Caulfield, maturation and coming of age occurs when he is 16 and he flunks out of his school. Holden Caulfield, protagonist of the story, “The Catcher In The Rye”, written by JD Salinger, experiences maturation and a transition from youth to adolescence. “The Catcher In The Rye” is a story centred around a teenage boy’s perception of the world…