Montana 1948 by Larry Watson

"Clay Beats Liston: February 25, 1964" From the accounts of various Kentucky newspapers, I was able to learn a few facts about Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, as well as the attitudes of his fellow Kentuckians. The first thing I noticed in all the newspapers that I viewed was that almost all the articles written about the fight were written by writers from either the Associated Press (AP) or United Press International (UPI). This displayed three things about the Kentucky press, first the belief that Clay's fight was not important enough to cover themselves, secondly that the newspapers probably did not make enough money to send their own reporters down to Miami Beach, and finally the localization of the newspapers' audiences. Another aspect of the fight is the effect it had on Kentucky society, especially the sports scene.

The Rough Riders Towards the end of the nineteenth century, William McKinley defeated Grover Cleveland for the presidency and there was a huge push for the United States of America to expand beyond its continental boarders. (Lorant, p. 281) With an enthusiasm for a new urge for international Manifest Destiny, the American people wanted to match Europe^s imperial power by making America^s weight felt around the world. (Boger p.714) The extent of expansionism was felt in the Pacific Ocean with the occupation of the Hawaiian Islands and Guam, but the most famous example of Americas enthusiasm for international assertiveness came in

Amongst all of the years in the decade 1963 is a year that would be forever remembered as a tragic year around the world.

Smoke on the Mountain did an excellent job at utilizing each of the seven components of a play in the production of the show. The first two components are plot and characters. The plot is the actions in a show and the characters are the people who carry out the actions of the plot and they both require the other in order to be developed correctly. When Vera Sanders explains to the congregation why they are all similar to June bugs she is developing her character and in turn, developing the plot. She begins by telling a story when a June bug flew into her lemonade one evening while she was sitting on her porch. She was incredibly upset about this because that June bug contaminated her drink. Her emotions, thoughts, and actions about this ordeal were logical and believable to the audience which allows her character to be developed. She goes on to explain how, like the June bug that flew into her lemonade, we are all inadvertently flying into the drink of sin. This correlation between us and a June bug started out very strange and confusing but through logical steps and details given by Vera, we were able to make the connection and understand her reasoning. Believable actions and stories like this are what build the plot. This is why characters and plot go together. The next component Aristotle listed is the theme; the abstracted subtext (aka the hidden message) in a show. There were two themes in—overcoming tribulations and sin and becoming unified as a community through song. The vast amount of songs that were performed during the show made me believe that unity through song was the central theme. Just like the community in the play, when I was participating in this show, I felt the power of music through and found myself on the e...

John Green’s book, Looking for Alaska, is a thrilling and heartening novel that will keep you engrossed in the book and will never let you put the book down. It is a book about an righteous and a wonderful tale of how teens survive despite having difficult issues in their own lives and relate to other people. The book is on the story of Miles Halter, a teen who has a great passion with people’s famous last words. He is a teen who does not have many friends, so he makes a decision to go to a boarding school named Culver Creek in Alabama. He makes many friends, rivals and most of all he realizes who he is. In Culver Creek, he meets his roommate Chip Martin and Chip’s friends Takumi Hikohito, Lara Buterskaya, and Alaska Young. All of them including Miles, become close friends. While Miles is building friendship with everyone, he starts to develop a huge crush on Alaska, though Alaska has a boyfriend who is Jake. In the book, situations become different, tensions rise and everyone gets to learn themselves in a variety of ways in the end.The use of language by Green makes the book more re...

The US is well known for its most used, honed, and practiced problem solving skill: eradication. Though there are many examples of this practice, some of the most well known include the Native Americans that were drug off their land or shot, the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that were subject to the atomic bomb in order to “bring the war to a speedy end,” or the Florida panthers that lost their habitat to urbanization. Whether human or animal that are hunted, Americans are very experienced at leaving a wake of destruction behind their path to progress. Yet another of these horror stories is currently taking place in the ecosystems of North America, this time involving a new victim -- the beaver. Beavers, like Native Americans and red wolves, are in need of land that is also needed by humans. Although at first glance, it may appear that only one side can win control of the land, there is good news. This news comes from a lesson that most people learn as toddlers and it is the idea of compromise and sharing. Rather than waging a war with beavers, as has

The Mountain Men had a very rare lifestyle. They ate small animals such as,rat,squirrels.Their most important food source was acorns. During autumn fall, acorns were harvested in large number of women of the tribe. The women would do all the work sometimes. The California tribes had many ways to prepare acorns. The most popular methods of preparing a acorn involved boiling the acorns before making them into soup. They lived in houses similar to the Indians in the Great Basin, but their structures were larger. Their houses were dome structures, covered in grass, and with an opening in the roof for ventilation and light. I can see myself living like the Mountain men because you can experience the things that these incredible people did in their life and bring it to mine.

National Title, check… West Region Titles, four of them, check… 14 winning season, check… Most wins in Cal Poly Pomona men’s basketball history, check. With the Broncos’ 69-56 victory over the Chico State Wildcats on Saturday night, CPP head coach Greg Kamansky checked that final bullet point off his list. With 330 wins, Kamansky passes Bob Stull to earn the title of head coach with the most wins in Bronco history. The win comes as the Green and Gold’s 14th of the season. CPP thus far in 2015-16, has amassed a stellar 14-1 record, complete with a 7-1 mark in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).“One of the smartest things I have even done is surround myself with great people,” said Kamansky. “Damion Hill and all of my assistants

The Great Depression, which occurred during the 1920s and 1930s, was a time period of extreme economic crisis affecting all American citizens in some sort of way. During the Great Depression, Americans questioned their future, the government’s role in containing the economic turmoil, and the president at the time Herbert Hoover. Woody Guthrie’s song “This Land Was Made for You and Me” expresses some of the feelings many Americans experienced during this time period.

Woody Guthrie wrote tons of songs. The song he is known for is ¨This Land is Your Land¨. He played all over the USA. Every time he played it he changed the lyrics. His inspirational quote and This Land is Your Land are similar but they are also different.