Housing Limited
Today on my way back from eating a delicious buffet style meal, I stopped to check the little box that is my source for outside information; it opens into an area that stores a rainbow of flyers from every organization imaginable. Connected to that room are hundreds of these doorways, that all collect the same stack of recyclable announcements, but I have the combination to unlock the one that corresponds with the big box, called my dorm room. In my mailbox, there was a flyer that was personally addressed to me: Residents of Pennypacker Hall. When the metal clasp that kept the contents a secret, was removed the first thing I saw was "NEED A PLACE TO LIVE NEXT YEAR?" It was an advertisement for some of the apartment complexes downtown. Disappointed that it was not an invitation to a club meeting with free food, I tossed the paper aside. Later I was thinking, "Maybe this is something important that I should be thinking about…"
Do you know where you are going to live next year? This is a question that many of us college students are going to have to ask ourselves in the next couple of months. It seems that since our parents, or even ourselves, are paying to send us to college, once we get here accommodations should be available to us.
Penn State’s dorm system does not guarantee housing after freshman year. The dorm rooms that are available are handed out by lottery. To avoid the risk of being homeless, one can get an apartment downtown, but even these are limited. The increased number of people being accepted to Penn State is making the problem worse. This editorial from The Daily Collegian focuses on that.
The author starts off the article by thanking the Borough Council for discussing the issue of overcrowded housing of college students downtown. This directly shows no hard feelings towards the Borough Council, who is responsible for the zoning of the land that allowed for infill housing. Infill housing is allowing more than one building to be built on a single lot. The author wants to inform his audience, without turning them against Borough Council.
An article that was published the same day in The Daily Collegian, explains the problems with infill housing. Five years ago, the Borough Council voted to allow infill housing to create an urban village filled with shops, cafes, and art galleries that maintained the suburban look and kept historic buildings in place.
It is often easy to castigate large cities or third world countries as failures in the field of affordable housing, yet the crisis, like an invisible cancer, manifests itself in many forms, plaguing both urban and suburban areas. Reformers have wrestled passionately with the issue for centuries, revealing the severity of the situation in an attempt for change, while politicians have only responded with band aid solutions. Unfortunately, the housing crisis easily fades from our memory, replaced by visions of homeless vets, or starving children. Metropolis magazine explains that “…though billions of dollars are spent each year on housing and development programs worldwide, ? At least 1 billion people lack adequate housing; some 100 million have none at all.? In an attempt to correct this worldwide dilemma, a United Nations conference, Habitat II, was held in Istanbul, Turkey in June of 1996. This conference was open not only to government leaders, but also to community organizers, non governmental organizations, architects and planners. “By the year 2000, half the world’s people will live in cities. By the year 2025, two thirds of the world population will be urban dwellers ? Globally, one million people move from the countryside to the city each week.? Martin Johnson, a community organizer and Princeton professor who attended Habitat II, definitively put into words the focus of the deliberations. Cities, which are currently plagued with several of the severe problems of dis-investment ?crime, violence, lack of jobs and inequality ?and more importantly, a lack of affordable and decent housing, quickly appeared in the forefront of the agenda.
All across the United States, young students spend their lives in preparation for college. When high school graduation rolls around, most students have already chosen a campus. There are so many factors that go into this decision. Most of which include logistics, academics, programs, majors, and minors. Housing is typically the last thing in the minds of incoming college freshman.. However, this is not a decision that should be put off or neglected. No matter what college one chooses, the difference between living on campus and living off campus greatly affects students.
John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, has been the subject of criticism and interpretation through many years; these interpretations concur in that Adam and Eve are the sufferers of the poem, and it is their blight to lose Paradise because of their disobedience; however, their exile is merely a plight brought by Satan, and it is he who suffers exile before any others. Satan changes from Book I of the poem to Book XII; his introduction is heroic and grand, appearing as a hero rebelling against an unjust God. But by the finalization of Milton’s poem, Satan is a burnt shell of himself and, though ruler of Pandemonium, he sits in a throne in the lowest pit from God’s
Satan frequently characterizes “the tyranny of heaven” and employs negative diction in his depictions of both heaven and God (I.124). His negative portrayals of God and his kingdom highlight his utter dissatisfaction with being subservient to God and, from that, his desire for autonomy. In the exposition of the text, Satan’s emotions toward God make themselves apparent when Satan “throws his baleful eyes / That witnessed huge affliction and dismay / Mixed with obdúrate pride and steadfast hate” (I.56-58). Satan reveals himself to be furious with his continued subjugation to God as well as his inability to truly revenge himself against his subsequent punishment. According to Satan, God’s dissimulation of his power tempted Satan and others to rise
Paradise Lost Is an epic novel depicting the creation of the world and Man's fall from grace. It also shows the fall of Lucifer and his entrapment in Hell with other arch demons. Though Lucifer was one of the most beautiful angels, he became the most hideous of creatures in hell as Satan, the most powerful demigod-god. Satan resents God for the punishment that he has received and seeks revenge on Him. Satan knows, however, that he and his forces are no match for the might of Heaven, so he calls for a debate among his devilish council to work through their options. John Milton portrays the arch-demons of hell like members of the Senate, toiling over how to get back at God. The arguments are similar only in that they all believe that some course of action must be taken, but in most ways they are vastly different. Each debate builds on the last until the best compromise is met.
I think everyone would agree to the fact that college dorms are the best thing that can ever happen in a student’s life. Dorms were initially live savior for many who travelled from faraway land just to follow their dreams of pursuing their education. Sooner after that dorm became a norm in the lives of college going students to be very specific. Just to give you a little idea dorms have been known to be the inspirational spot to many people who transformed the world into a better place to leave. From the world famous Mark Zuckerberg to the creators of Spongebob Squarepants dorms where were it all once began.
The similarities and differences between Heaven and Hell give meaning to Hell physical and emotional presence. As the audience analyzes the physical descriptions of Hell given in Book I and Book II, similarities between Heaven and Hell begin to surface. In total, Satan‘s council consists of twelve of his closest fallen angel comrades. These twelve fallen angels mimic Christ’s twelve apostles. Satan builds a castle entitled “Pandemonium” in Hell using the same architect that assembled God’s palace in Heaven. Within each exquisite shelter, a council is called; however, their discussions and debates vary greatly. Their viewpoints are differentiated in the physical description of each world. Hell’s most dominant feature is its perpetual darkness; whereas, Heaven constantly revolves around the presence of luminous light. This light ceases to shine on Satan and his fallen angels, making each appear defaced and foul. The inhabitants of Heaven live within this glorious light, beautiful and pure. These reverse parallels increase the impending doom of Hell. Without knowing the blessings of Heaven, the characters and the audience cannot fully understand the callous curses of Hell. ...
After defeating the rebellious angels, God cast them out from Heaven, placing them in Hell, a despairing and horrid place. Satan describes God as a tyrant who believes himself better than all, placing God as his epic adversary, “...our grand Foe/Who now triumphs, and in the excess of joy/Sole reigning holds the tyranny of Heaven” (1.122-124). Satan refuses to accept his defeat, and rather seeks to enact revenge against God either by once again leading his minions into battle or using his guile.
Satan, as a character, has been satirized, mocked and made foolish in our modern world. John Milton, however, presents quite a different Satan from the devil-on-your-shoulder image people are used to seeing. In Paradise Lost, Milton draws on the Bible for his source of Satan’s character, thereby creating a horrifyingly corrupt Satan. Despite this portrayal, readers often find themselves sympathizing with Satan’s cause, and his determination, viewing him as a hero for his cause, as evidenced by his long, brave speeches. Later, however Satan’s speeches begin to show signs of regret, making the reader question their initial reaction to him. In the end the image of Satan is further skewed by his own incriminating speech. Thus, the speeches of Satan, which initially draw readers to be supportive of his plight, later reveal his truly destructive character, resulting in the reader disliking Satan more than if he initially presented himself as a coward.
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In Milton’s Paradise Lost, Heaven and Hell, both Judeo-Christian beliefs, are portrayed as themes of good and evil. Eden, Hell and Heaven are locations based around the introduction of sinfulness inflicted upon Adam and Eve by the lyrical, archetypal Satan. Both Adam and Eve are tricked and condemned after eating from the Tree of Life, revealing the notion of acts of sinfulness apparent within the text. The idea of Hell reveals the characteristics accentuating the grandeur of the ‘fallen angel’, the Promethean hero – a concept taken from Greek mythology – which encompasses human characteristics foreshadowed by the idea of Hell. These romanticized, humanistic qualities that conform the character of Satan include the Judeo-Christian image of the fallen angel as being manipulated and structured by sinfulness – also, this is portrayed i...
Wallace, Matt. "A Devil of a Problem: Satan as Hero in Paradise Lost." The Compleat Heretic. 08 12 2008. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. .
For the passengers of Flight 227 the value assigned to bodies was such that bodies, while not a person, were still human and deserved to be treated with respect and certainly were never to be considered as food. But as Henslin relates, when the passengers were given the choice between death or cannibalism the group was able to socially construct new definitions of acceptable behavior as relates to human bodies. Acceptable behavior within the group was redefined to include eating human flesh as long as certain requirements were met, such as no o...
As Satan and his followers were thrown from the heavens by God, during the poem, the fallen Angel seeks his revenge by creating another revolt against the Lord. At the beginning of the poem the Angels who have been cast down to hell speak of the actions they should next take, whether they should seek revenge or should be peaceful and submissive to the lot they have been given. Satan is the strongest advocate for the second battle against God, he wishes to find revenge for the loss of the status of an Arch Angel and for the suffering placed of them in hell. “With rallied Arms to try what may be yet Regain’d in Heav’n, or what more lost in Hell?”(Paradise Lost Book I lines...
...nditions. Students taking online classes might find it easier to attend family gatherings, traveling, and attended to personal needs. An online class allows the students to work on their own time, to whereas the traditional classes they have to stick with a schedule.