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    For this activity I talked to my friend Barbara and my neighbor Gavin. Barbara is a 23-year-old white woman who attends Western Michigan University and Gavin is a 26-year-old white male who has never been to a University. I asked them both if they could name any scientist of color or any female scientist. If they could not think of any (or very few) I then asked them how they felt about it. When I asked Barbara if she could name any scientist of color or women scientist. She named Ernest Everett

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    those conditions and imagine what it would be like to live off of lower class jobs. Barbara Ehrenreich saw this and decided that she wanted to experience what it would be like and experience the hardship that they push through. Barbara discusses the difficulty of living in the lower class with the use of her first point of view/ honesty and her use of figurative language. In the novel‚ “Nickel and Dimed”‚ Barbara Ehrenreich uses a sarcastic‚ dramatic tone to support her argument that people who live

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    Aztec’s way of life‚ Barbara represents the modern European/American culture in opposition to the Aztecs. She feels the need to save the Aztecs from themselves — to intervene and correct their ways through enlightening them of the flaws in their religion. Yet‚ every time she interferes and tries to essentially westernize the Aztecs‚ she makes her own situation‚ and that of her fellow travelers‚ more dangerous. By objecting to the various elements of the Aztec’s way of life‚ Barbara raises eyebrows regarding

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    Martin Lawag Roger Hall Hist 119 May 15‚ 2012 La Purisima A.) The mission chapel is beautiful. The beauty of this chapel can compare to the Santa Barbara one. They both are bright in color. When in the chapels I get a warm feeling. Old artwork. Kind of built like an ancient style building. Candles light up the room. B.) The natives daily duties consisted of mixing mud with straws to make adobe bricks to build. The Spanish soldiers lived a more foreign like lifestyle because the mission

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    Farris Qunibi WRC 1013 Riske October 4‚ 2008 Analytical Response to Barbara Kingsolver’s “Stone Soup” Barbara Kingsolver’s “Stone Soup” is a personal response to society’s view of the “broken” family. Kingsolver believes that society has for too long criticized divorce‚ remarriage‚ single parenthood‚ gay parents‚ and blended families‚ and that alternative families deserve equal standing in our society. In response to reading Kingsolver’s essay‚ this paper will serve to show which parts of

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    Whereas‚ In Nickel and Dimed on (not) getting by in America‚ which was our third book review an experiment of living the life of an average person on minimum wage conducted by Barbara Enrenreich. The reason as stated in the initial review was to see if Enrenreich‚”could match income to expenses‚ as the truly poor attempt to do every day “(Nickel and Dimed‚ 6). In chapter eight of the Doob text labeled under “Poor People Work” one of the factors listed that affected employment opportunities were

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    Barbara Strozzi was an Italian composer and performer during the seventeenth century. Between the years 1644 and 1664 she published eight volumes of vocal music. In these publications Strozzi most frequently wrote for solo soprano and basso continuo. Six of these volumes include only secular vocal music including vocal styles such as madrigals‚ ariettas‚ arias‚ and cantatas for solo voice. One cantata in particular‚ L’amante Segreto: Voglio Morire‚ was part of her second collection of secular vocal

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    A commentary is an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event‚ topic‚ issue or situation. Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual and feminist artist who juxtaposes images with provocative words or statements. Within the short statements‚ she synthesises a comment on society‚ the economy‚ politics‚ gender‚ and culture. Kruger uses images from magazines and sets them as the background in her artworks‚ against confronting and bold messages. Kruger uses the colour red in her

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    are never spoken in a vacuum. They cannot be disconnected from their source. Whether read‚ sung‚ or spoken‚ our interpretation and understanding of words are necessarily filtered through our relationship to the person who wrote or spoke them. As Barbara Teicher points out in her book‚ It’s How You Say It‚ the “how” we say something‚ cannot be separated from “who” that says it. The critical foundation then of our interaction with others can be condensed into three essential characteristics: integrity

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    was the case of David Attias‚ “The Angel of Death”. I found this person to be a sick individual. This was the case where UCSB student David Attias plowed his car into a crowd in Isla Vista. A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has ordered the release from a state hospital of a former UC Santa Barbara student who killed four pedestrians and severely injured a fifth when he plowed his car into an Isla Vista crowd in 2001.Three months after David Attias asked to be freed from Patton State Hospital

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