Dance at the Balcony Theatre. This brilliant work is about Matthew Shepard‚ a 21 year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie‚ Wyoming. This play is a reaction to the 1998 hate crime motivated by homophobia. The play was derived from hundreds of interviews made by members of the theatre company with the citizens of Laramie‚ Wyoming‚ as well as published news reports. There were many moments in the play that really grabbed my attention‚ and I believe
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Bridger Tetons SCI 275 June 23‚ 2013 David Dykeman Bridger Teton The Bridger Teton National Forest is ~3.4 million acres of public land in Wyoming State. It is untouched and uninhabited by humans for the most part. It is the also largest parcel of public land in the lower 48 states. Some think that it should be preserved from environmentally destructive practices‚ such as drilling and mining. There are others who claim this area can provide much needed fuel sources that will offset
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Final Exam Paper The Laramie Project Over spring break‚ I went home and saw The Laramie Project at my high school. Before seeing the play‚ I knew a brief overview of what had happened in Laramie‚ Wyoming‚ but did not know the details. I knew that Matthew Shepard was a gay‚ male‚ college student who was brutally murdered from a hate crime. When I first got to the auditorium‚ I could barely find my seat because the entire place was packed with people‚ and I knew it had been a sold out show.
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Joshua Karichner 11-12-14 Dr. Guynn ENG 0104 Buffalo Bill Museum The title of the essay written by Jane Tompkins about her trip to the buffalo bill museum was named “At the Buffalo Bill Museum.” Throughout this essay Thompkins was confused about Bill Cody also known as “Buffalo Bill” not knowing of he was a good person or if he was a bad person. Through the entire essay she was fence sitting on her beliefs of Buffalo Bill. Finally she came to the conclusion that Buffalo Bill was indeed a good
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My Trip to Wyoming ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! Went the airplane as we took off at the St. Louis Airport. We were headed to Cody‚ Wyoming‚ for a horseback riding adventure in the mountains. I was with my dad. The plane trip was pretty boring to be honest‚ but boy was i sure happy when we got to cody. We checked into the Irma Hotel and found our room. We then went and ate lunch at a great mexican restaurant. Since it was nearing the fourth of July‚ (it was July Third.) The restaurant had red
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community where everybody was familiar with each other‚ and minded their own business. For this reason‚ the murder came as a shock and changed the “Gem of the Midwest”‚ into a town known for this terrible tragedy. Laramie seemed to be the melting pot of Wyoming‚ a place where diversity can live in peace. Moíses Kaufman’s point of the Laramie Project was that Matthew Shepard’s murder was an isolated incident‚ and could have happened anywhere because Laramie was a community with the “Live and let live” mentality
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Matthew Shepard Case Brief Facts: Twenty one year old‚ University of Wyoming college student‚ Matthew Shepard‚ died October 12‚ 1998 at 12:53 a.m. after spending five days in a comma due to massive injuries and head trauma in a robbery and hate crime assault (Matthew Shepard‚ 2000 [on-line]). Matthew Shepard met Aaron McKinney (22) and Russell Henderson (21) of Laramie in a local bar called Fireside Lounge. McKinney and Henderson had been drinking. The two led Shepard to believe they were
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The Laramie Project Lane Tech College Preparatory has chosen to do a play on The Laramie Project‚ a non-fiction story of discrimination upon homosexual and the hate crime of Matthew Shepard’s murder in 1998. The story takes place in Laramie‚ Wyoming‚ based on hundred of interviews afterward the murder‚ and re-enacts in chronology of the murder. It truly is a really serious and important subject to touch upon but‚ Lane Tech failed to show it to its full extend and beauty the production could have
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Hate Crimes: Matthew Sheppard On 6 October 1998‚ Matthew Shepard‚ a student at the University of Wyoming‚ met Aaron James McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson in a bar. The two men‚ claiming to also be gay‚ offered to drive Matthew home‚ but instead brought him to an isolated area‚ where they took his wallet (containing $20 and a credit card) and his leather shoes. But that was not the end. McKinney and Henderson tied Shepard to a fence‚ and proceeded to beat him to the point of unconsciousness
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cinematography. Heaven’s Gate is a great example of a modern take on the genre. Heaven’s Gate tells the story of James Averill‚ played by Kris Kristofferson‚ a Harvard graduate who travels west to Johnson County. Averill becomes a sheriff in the Wyoming county‚ making efforts to advance and develop the country. But this is the 1890s‚ and the anarchic Johnson County is in the midst of a war‚ with the county’s land barons fighting against Eastern European immigrants. Along with the commentary on the
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