Business Essays
Cloning.”Your gut reaction is, ‘Oh, mixing humans and animals, cloning, that’s all bad… ‘ the real reason it’s scary is that there’s enough vague language in it to leave it open for interpretation.”~Dr. Nathaniel Zoneraich, Valley Fertility SpecialistIt is quite ironic how true that is. My first reaction was the same –as expected. Cloning is […]
Who was Elizabeth I? This woman whose name has been scattered timelessly across our globe for hundreds of years since the day of her birth! Why is she still so important to us? What did she accomplish back in the days of darkness to make us so aware of herself and her time? And what […]
“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him,” asserted Booker T. Washington in his famous aphorism concerning the peculiar institution of slavery. Although an abundance of his 19th century contemporaries marked this idea as a foolish and false declaration, Washington hosted a very credible theory. The bondage of African Americans in the […]
On March 6, 1921, people flocked to the theaters to see Hollywood’s new star in Metro Pictures’ silent film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Women of all ages were captivated by the man on the screen, a darker, exotic man who was far different than any other silent film stars. Rudolph Valentino soared to […]
On April 14th, 1865 a tragic event occurred in Washington D.C. The 16th President of the United States was shot and killed by a well- known stage actor, John Wilkes Booth, in the famous Ford’s theatre. This is not only a terrible loss for our country, but also a large threat to our humanity as […]
Characters in The Smurfs are use to symbolize groups of people that do not fit into society. Women characters specifically tend to be stereotyped. Women are constantly portrayed as housewives, protective of others, and they are always in need of male support. Although this is sometimes true, women are given more authority over men and […]
“Don’t have sex. Because you will get pregnant. And die.” These lines from the infamous movie Mean Girls show the humorous side of chastity education’s many problems. A well-rounded sex education curriculum gives students accurate information without censoring and does not cater to religious groups as chastity education often does. It also encourages critical thinking […]
“Four score and seven years ago…” the kids’ eyes begin to glaze over. After two minutes, few students are still listening, and those who are look like they’re about to fall asleep as they rest their chins upon their palms, eyelids flickering shut. How did these once-eager, happy-go-lucky, information-absorbing children suddenly, one by one, drop […]
Is everything a coincidence? Is change as simple as flipping a switch?The novel Jennifer Government starts off showing the title character investigating the murder of 14 teens at a Nike Store.Upon investigating, Jennifer finds that the liaison of Nike, John Nike is pulling the strings.He uses, murders, and manipulates people such as Hack Nike and […]
What is a Tsunami? A tsunami is a huge wave that creates by an earthquake and comes out the ocean and destroys anything in front of it. They come towards you from a speed of 500 mph. Tsunamis are like giant floods. The destruction is so bad in 2004 there were 250,000 dead. In a […]
As you grow up, the way you look and the way you carry yourself is very important. You are supposed to learn these things throughout your school career. By middle school, there is confusion on what you should and shouldn’t do. Now, most people our age will know right from wrong; but then there are […]
Comic Book Superheroes and the End of the Idyllic Era Olivia Richey America, a hero no longer: sad, lonely, and confused. The Vietnam War caused America to fall from its unwavering optimism into a state of knowing maturity. Once the young hot shot country going out to save the world, we grew up in an […]
I create art. Writing is an art form not recognized by other people. I began my journey into the ever-changing world of writing at a young age. Since then, it has been a valuable and important aspect in my life. But there was one instance that changed the way I thought of it all. I […]
Sitting in math class, starts out as a normal day, until blood splatters on my paper and on the right side of my face. I turn to find a gun pointed on my head and am being told to get on my stomach with my hands up. I look around and see a couple of […]
S. A.D. By: Moriah Wicker Did you know that the United States is the number one country in obesity, not just adult obesity, or teenage obesity but childhood obesity too? Our country’s diet is the worst by far, and truly appalling. We are the most powerful country, yet we’re the most unhealthy. This diet, you […]
What does someone expect out of a man these days? Should he be good with words? Does he need to be good looking? These both were expectations of men in Cyrano’s time period. In this tragic love story about two men who struggle to win over one woman’s heart, deciding to work together seemed like […]
You walk up to the kid that is tiny, He cant defend himselfso you take advantage of him and bully him, you take his lunch money and call him a loser, Ruined his self esteem. You see a sixteen year old girl walking down the street withher two year old son you call her names, […]
Muckraking is more of an art dedicated to informing the common folk of the more corrupt and overlooked side of our country. One of these is our wasteful destruction of the environment. The universal conscience of the higher parts of our society completely overlooks the utter chaos they leave in their wake of consumption. Their […]
St. Cyril of Jerusalem once professed, “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you, we go to the father of souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” Flannery O’Connor believed that pride, one of the seven cardinal sins of the Catholic faith, […]
Depression in the United States has reached rocketing numbers. It is the country with the highest depression rate. I cannot bear to see gloominess, especially when my own feelings are so felicitous. They can only be felicitous. Therefore, being a valid advocate because I am one of the few who has luckily received a Temporal […]
“Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia and an appeal to the essence of being”- Albert Camus. The novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a realistic fiction based novel about a young man coming of age and expressing a loss of innocence in his life. This young man, Tom Sawyer, is […]
In the course of this passage Macbeth settles his inner conflict between flimsy “goodness” and the evil that he yearns for by sacrificing his love for his wife.Macbeth’s inner conflict is not between “good” and “evil.”It is between love for his wife, the only reason Macbeth retains any semblance of goodness, and his desire for […]
With the sophistication of the production of films, America found itself introduced to a new medium of communication, and the films produced in the early 1900’s were for the most part favorably received by American audiences. From Charlie Chaplin’s comedic style in Shoulder Arms to the more dramatic approach of Michael Curtiz’s The Third Degree, […]
Is It Ok For Men To Harass Women On The Street? Girl’s ages 16-19 are four times more likely than the general population to be the victims of sexual assault. Girls will begin to feel uncomfortable and ashamed of their own bodies if they are sexually harassed even once. Not to mention that the harassment […]
“I love life” says Angelou, “I love living life and love the art of living, so I try to live my life as a poetic adventure, in everything I do.” She also believes in having your own beliefs in order to accomplish your valued dreams. “A belief that as long as people dream of freedom, […]
The Importance of Lou Gehrig in the 1920’s Louis Henry Gehrig was born in the Yorkville subdivision of Manhattan, New York City on June 19, 1903. His parents, Heinrich and Christina Gehrig were both natives of Germany. Lou’s father was an ironworker, and occasionally worked as a tinsmith, mechanic, and a janitor. Lou’s mother worked […]
Time today is especially important in maintaining jobs, school, and progress in everyday life. It’s contribution to society has been able to make us more civilized and productive. A concept of time can increase productivity and make us able to plan things accordingly, it is a major contributor to today’s society. There have been clocks […]
The spark of inspiration in anybody is always ignited by something, and there are many things in this world from which people can create ideas and theories. However, the spark isn’t able to sustain combustion on its own. It needs a fuel source, and the human brain is full of ideas to throw into the […]
“Cheyenne Mountain sits on the eastern slope of Colorado’s Front Range … beautiful and serene, dotted with rocky outcroppings, scrub oak, and ponderosa pine” (1). Yet underneath its pastoral, natural facade lies a “top-secret, underground combat operations center…. designed to survive a direct hit by an atomic bomb” (1). Despite the impression of impenetrability the […]
The Great Gatsby is thought to be one of the best novels of all time. Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, it is about a small group of friends living in New York City in the early 1920s. The main character, Nick Carraway, is fascinated by his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Every weekend, Gatsby hosts […]
