My first couple weeks at The University of Alabama have certainly been a unique experience. I threw myself into the Southern culture by deciding to rush a sorority. In Connecticut‚ sororities are a fun activity that a few people join‚ and rush is a two‚ maybe three day process. Here‚ rush and sororities are a whole different ballgame. Door songs are easily the scariest thing on the planet. Recently a video of a door song from a different college went viral with captions comparing them to horror
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The Battle of Carchemish The Battle of Carchemish was a historic battle fought between Babylon‚ Media‚ Assyria‚ Egypt‚ and Israel. The battle was over who would dominatence in the Middle East. Babylon and Media hadave long been at war with Assyria for quite some time‚‚ battling for control in the Middle East.** However‚ in 612 B.C.‚ Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Nineveh‚ Assyria’s capital. The Assyrian lLeaders escaped to Haran from Nineveh‚ and tried to rebuild an army. Nebuchadnezzar then came
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The battle of Marianas included a major defeat and destruction of the Japanese navy‚ as well as the recapture of important strategic islands - Saipan‚ Guam‚ and Tinian - that turned the future of battle against the Japanese. This was important as it was where the US military began to be certain that they could push the Japanese back and force their surrender. Overall‚ this battle was the point in WWII where the tides of war in America’s favor‚ cementing it’s place in history. In the Battle of Marianas
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the novel Battle Royale‚ author Koushun Takami attempts to highlight two conflicting human impulses; the desire to stay true to moral‚ and ethical obligations‚ but also the animalistic desire to survive. The actions of the characters in Battle Royale illustrates the conflict between instinct and morals. Many of the characters stays true to their morals‚ while others decide that the will to survive outways the moral costs‚ but almost all of the characters experience the conflict between the two.
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The Battle of Algiers is a fascinating example of the evocation of thought that can be brought out by a film with such power. Each individual who views the film comes out with a slightly different opinion onto which side the film is skewed. Certainly the film pulls no punches in it’s depiction of the events in which the film represents. However‚ in all indications‚ Gillo Pontecorvo sought to make a neutral sided film that showed the futility of oppression and war. While one side may come out as
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The Battle of Gettysburg was considered one of the most important confrontations of the Civil War because it was the bloodiest battle of the War. This specific war was important also because it lasted only three days. The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1‚ 1863 and involved around 165‚000 men and ended on July 3‚ 1863 with over 50‚000 casualties. Of the casualties‚ around 23‚000 were Union soldiers and around 28‚000 were Confederates. This three day battle was the largest battle ever fought on
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The Japanese planned to attack Midway and destroy the remaining ships in the United States Pacific Fleet. However‚ the United States knew something Japan did not. The Battle of Midway was significant because it was the turning point of World War II in the favor of the Allies. There were multiple events that led up to the Battle of Midway. Just six months earlier‚ on December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States lost nineteen ships in the attack on
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The Battle of Osan The battle of Osan is one of the worst defeats by the United States of America to the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) during the Korean War. The battle of Osan‚ the first battle of the Korean War‚ showcased a poorly equipped‚ under-trained‚ unorganized and undisciplined U.S. Army force. A rough estimate of sixty U.S. soldiers killed‚ up to twenty-one wounded and eighty-two captured. Despite the low causalities‚ the loss at the battle of Osan would lead to the deaths of nine hundred
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tensions between North and South Korea after World War II. North Korea launched a surprise attack against an unprepared South Korea‚ pushing South Korean and U.S. forces to the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. launched a counterattack that started with amphibious landings at Wolmi-do Island and Inchon. The battle of Inchon was a significant factor in the Korean War because it allowed U.S. and South Korean forces to push North Korea back past the 38th Parallel. Before the Battle of Inchon
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Eugène Delacroix was largely indifferent towards politics for the greater portion of his life. He admitted‚ forth willing‚ to be bored by politics. However‚ by July 1830‚ the political crisis in France became hard to ignore. Battles for liberty‚ which were left over from the Revolution‚ bloodied the streets of Paris. After Louis XV’s execution in 1793‚ France struggled to form a functioning Government. In 1814 Louis XV’s brother‚ Louis XVIII‚ was summoned from exile in England to rule. The principles
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