Everything you need to know about in this weekly series: A look at how pitchers throw those amazing pitches in baseball‚ Radiohead performs at Lollapalooza‚ President Obama writes and op-ed about feminism‚ and Rick and Morty recreates the most insane courtroom appearances ever. At Social Underground we go beyond the mainstream stuff and see what’s underneath the surface. What should we get into‚ listen to‚ read‚ eat or watch? If there is something in our culture that needs attention that’s our job:
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In the past‚ animal testing has often contributed to human kind and was most of the time accurate‚ but as we progress‚ we slowly dive into the smaller details‚ that we as humans differ completely from animals. Small intricate things such as single gene markers‚ that maybe both humans and primates have‚ but respond differently to differently things can drastically change the results of a test. A research center called National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)‚ has recently does a study‚ “Which compared
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Celebrities look like the perfect people‚ right? But just how far do they go to look like gods and goddesses we see in professional photos. Even the beauty of individuals relates back to chemistry. Beauty products contain all types of chemicals‚ although‚ is it worth putting them on? Just think of all the harmful chemicals mixed into the products you buy and then applying it to your body. Most surely there is a tradeoff to being beautiful and being healthy. When you are reading the ingredients on
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In 1968 East Los Angeles High Schools Students united together and protested that libraries lacked the materials to satisfy their inquisitive minds. Due to lack of funding and the apathetic minds of schools‚ Chicano students did not have enough Spanish material to explore or much of other material as well- therefore these dull‚ non-cultural libraries did not meet these students’ educational needs and their desire to learn about their culture. In 1968 East Los Angeles Students had enough and demanded
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Intro (at least 5 pages) Why Culture was Chosen Our group chose St Stephen the Witness Catholic Student Center for many reasons. On the surface‚ it was an easy group to research. From the beginning of the project our group showed interested in learning more about a certain religion. St Stephen’s was not only an easily accessible resource in location and inside connections‚ but also one that was known to be very accepting and understanding. It also tends to deviate from the usual Catholic norms
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The Word gender can be defined as a term that encompasses the behaviors‚ socially constructed roles‚ and psychological attributes commonly associated with being male or female. Therefore‚ transgender people experience a mismatch between their gender identity or gender expression‚ and their assigned sex. In other words‚ transgender are people of one sex who feel trapped inside a body of a different sex. Looking at the definition‚ should a transgender participate normally at the Olympics completion
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“Every successful individual knows that his or hers achievement depends on a community of persons working together‚” as said by Paul Ryan. Communities can have a very positive impact on an individual’s life and his/hers accomplishments. In fact‚ community can be the very basis for people’s success. As defined by the dictionary‚ community is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality‚ share government and often have a cultural and historical heritage. Johnny Cade‚ from
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Many people in this generation would label themselves as poor‚ but sometimes the line between each class is misunderstood and blurred due to wants instead of needs. Believe it or not there are different levels that describe the underprivileged. Poverty can be divided into about five diverse subgroups‚ which are transitional‚ marginal‚ residual‚ absolute and relative (Carl‚ Page 30). No matter which description of poverty a person may fall into the effects of this social class can be great. A life
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In a modern American culture‚ where ideas often get lost in translation‚ vocabularies shrink to easily abbreviated “words”‚ and only extremists’ voices are heard on social media‚ it is no wonder we have a misconstrued concept of words. When terms and phrases are misunderstood or misused‚ assumptions are made and unwavering impressions are left. Specifically these are words like racism‚ feminism‚ body confidence‚ preaching‚ and of course‚ sexism. How is it that the word defined as the attitudes or
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After reading the rather confusing (and extremely hostile) essay "Shakespeare‚" it’s not hard to tell that the author calls for an eradication of William Shakespeare’s plays from English classrooms. The author feels that many of Shakespeare’s great plays‚ including Macbeth‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Twelfth Knight‚ are irrelevant to today’s society. Although the language in this essay is extremely convoluted and tangled‚ as I am sure everyone has noted‚ I believe that I have found the quintessence of
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