The Collin College Spring Creek Campus was fortunate due to the Department of Music’s Faculty Recital on Thursday‚ October 29‚ 2015‚ at 7:30 pm in the John Anthony Theatre. The four performers at this recital were Brian Allison on piano‚ Garry Evans on clarinet‚ Natalya Pitts on piano‚ and Alicja Usarek on violin. The music program that night was comprised of five works‚ including: “Fantasy for Two Pianos in A Minor”‚ “Six Studies in English Folksong”‚ “Melody in A Minor”‚ “Dance Preludes”‚ and “Suite
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“Revolution”‚ the single version‚ was recorded in the studio in July 1968. Originally‚ The Beatles recorded “Revolution” as a combination of “Revolution 1” and “Revolution 9”‚ written by John Lennon‚ for the White Album that was released later that year. Eventually‚ “Revolution 1” and “Revolution 9” were split into two tracks. “Revolution 1” was suppose to be the next single from the group. However‚ McCartney and Harrison had objections to the track for it’s tempo was too slow to be a single. After
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Generally‚ poverty means when an individual‚ family or community does not have enough‚ clothing‚ money or “minimum necessary for decency” (Galbraith‚ 2013). According to John Kenneth Galbraith’s essay‚ "The Position of Poverty"‚ there are two types of poverty‚ case poverty‚ and insular poverty. Case poverty illustrates cases where an individual or family is poor due to aspects related to him/her circumstances such as “mental deficiency‚ bad health‚ inability to the discipline of industrial life‚
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be heard ever since people first brought their own music to America and soon it all began to merge to make western country music‚ than blues‚ rock n’ roll‚ and pop music. A song that describes the American roots of the rustic life is “Proud Mary” by John Fogerty‚ from the Creedence Clearwater Revival band. “Proud Mary” was written 47 years ago (1968) in California. The way the song came about was quite interesting. During 1967 Fogerty was trying to withdraw
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Lastly‚ John Updike makes it exceptionally clear that Sammy‚ who is narrator of the story and the cashier that had a first-hand account of the embarrassing interaction between the store manager and the three girls‚ represents the slow transformation of America from a patriarchal society to one with equal rights and social acceptance for both men and women. Updike represents the transition of America from a patriarchal society to one with equal social rights for men and women is embodied through Sammy’s
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TITLE AND AUTHOR Title-Of Mice and Men Author-John Steinbeck HISTORICAL DATE THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED Date-February 6‚ 1937 LIST OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS George Milton-Lennie’s “cousin”/caretaker‚ clever/responsible/loyal‚ migrant worker‚ wants to start own farm‚ forced by circumstance to kill Lennie Lennie Small-big/strong‚ ignorant of own abilities‚ mentally disabled‚ depends on George‚ ultimately kills what he loves-mice‚ puppies‚ Curley’s Wife‚ dreams Slim-jerkline skinner/top hand‚ wise/experienced
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Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike is an easy read that takes place in Pennsylvania where the main character Harry Angstrom‚ more commonly known as Rabbit‚ was born and raised by his parents along with his little sister Miriam. Rabbit was a high school basketball star that cannot leave those days behind‚ even though he is now the manager at MagiPeel vegetable company. Rabbit is described as a six foot three male at the age of twenty-six who is married to Janice Springer. Janice is “a small women whose skin
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JOHN STUART MILL ON UTILITARIANISM One of Mill’s strongest arguments in support of his philosophy of morality is seen in the last two paragraphs on page 95 of the textbook Ethical Theory. Here we find one of Mill’s foundational arguments which he later builds upon to argue in favor of utilitarianism. Mill’s conclusion that we find here in this particular selection is based on the assertion he makes‚ found in the latter part of the last complete sentence on page 95: “that happiness is a good
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In the essay “The End of Football” by John Kass‚ discusses the possibility of football becoming less popular as the years goes by because the health issues that are related to tackle football. His thesis is that parents are becoming more cautious with their children playing sports because the rougher the sport‚ the likely chance that the child will have a life altering injury. Kass even said himself that he will not allow his children play football‚ even though he loves the game himself and he also
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“Dog’s Death” by John Updike is a narrative poem written in open form about a family pet that dies unexpectedly and the family’s reaction to the death. Updike does use some rhyme in his poem but in whole‚ the poem lacks a fixed structure. As I begin reading the poem I am immediately placed in a solemn state as a dog lover. The title of the poem immediately sets the tone of the poem and Updike does not stray from this morbid foreshadowing. The narrator of the poem is the family’s father and he tells
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