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A focus in Financial Economics with an expansive liberal arts background, internship opportunities for professional development at the center of business, and a chance to network and learn abroad. This is why Columbia College interests me the most. Despite my inclination towards the mathematics and business aspects of a liberal arts education, I also aspire to expand my insights beyond the buttons of my TI-84 and into diverse cultures and natural sciences, both inside and outside of the…

Joan Miró was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. He was born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Spain. He grew up in Barrie Gótic. He focused his art on Surrealism and Automatism. Surrealism is the sandbox for the subconscious mind; Automatism is the”random” drawing that attempted to express the inner workings of the human psyche. While he was working in the business world he had a nervous breakdown and left the business completely for art. In 1924, Miró joined a Surrealist group. Miró…

tubing to be shorter allowing the harmonic series to begin an octave higher making the trumpet easier to play. With the development of the valved trumpet came the composition of virtuosic solos in the mid-19th century. One such piece is Carnival of Venice by Jean-Baptiste Arban. This piece featured extremely fast chromatic notes unlike anything the trumpet had seen before. Arban wrote entire passages based around the chromatic scale and greatly emphasized chromatic neighbor tones throughout the…

Petrarch was a poet and a scholar who set up the renaissance era with his humanist philosophy. He was a devoted man who is considered the “Father of Humanism.” He is also considered the father of what is now the modern Italian language. He was also a poet, who wrote almost solely about his love, Laura. Born on July 20th, 1304, Petrarch started studying law because he father wanted him to. This was of course not his passion but could not refuse his father. Once his father died in 1326 he pursued…

The Paramount Theater is one of the most historical buildings in Aurora, and considered one of the top ten theaters in the Chicago area.The history of The Paramount Theater is a unique story to be told. I became more and more curious how 'd it come to be so popular? how did it all start? who designed this magnificent theater? with and without its restorations, and will it continue to be for many years.I know someone that 's been working there for many years, and he has offer to give a tour of…

informational books. Within the selections of reading I believe the main topic is courage. Courage is show through the characters in the The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Holocaust Unit, and The Merchant of Venice. The people within the writing take many risks that involve a lot of courage. I will be showing you how I look at this theme and where I see it within the reading. “Just remember this,” my father said. “Those white people aren’t better than…

educational tourism and can give visitors with a deeper look into the past. On the other hand, “dark tourism” is a way for travel companies to personify death and loss. When it comes to places like Venice, Italy, tourism plays a key role in economic stability. From 1980 to 2009, the population of Venice has gone from 120,000 to an exceptionally lower census of 60,000. (Kington) Allowing for tourism to expand to the island of Poveglia would cause for the revision of it’s deterring demographic.…

The passage and the lecture discuss the accuracy of Chevalier's memoir. Although the author has proposed clear demonstrations which indicate that this memoir is not reliable, the lecturer takes issue with what has been proposed by the author and believes that this memoir is a reliable and accurate historical resource. According to the passage, Chevalier has described himself as a wealthy man, however, some evidences indicate that Chevalier had borrowed money from a merchant. Hence, if he was…

“Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” Or do they choose it? In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, Iago is known as the “honest friend”. But behind all that he is hatching a plot to betray his general Othello. He seems to be a daring rogue but gains stature as a dastardly villain. Iago’s behavior changed from showing hatred in the beginning of the play to becoming hatred by the end of the play. Iago showed signs of hatred in the first…

How overpowering can human weaknesses become? Are they powerful enough to be responsible for death? Are they innate or are they due to a lack of self-control? Shakespeare explores all of these questions through the two main characters in Othello. He most prominently explores weaknesses through Othello and his shift from dignified to disgraced and ruined. In addition to Othello, Shakespeare creates Iago to show what can come of a person overcome by their flaws. The controversy of the beginnings…