Emily Whittaker Educators should strive to find the teaching/learning method that allows their students to gather the most knowledge in the most effective way. The avenue of learning that works best for students on an individual level could be different for almost every student in the classroom, especially in older grades -- some may learn …
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Alyssa Giardono During ancient Grecian times, some of the shared traditions we still have today consist of rights to a proper burial. Antigone was a woman who lived to see the death of her brother, Polynices. When he was killed, the ruler of her city, who was also her uncle, forbade Antigone from burying him. …
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Cuando salí de La Habana, ¡válgame Dios! José Abreu Felippe Mis hermanos Juan y Nicolás lograron irse por el Mariel en 1980. Juan por el Cuatro Ruedas, frente al Alí Bar –donde en sus buenos tiempos cantaba El Benny–, uno de los centros de recepción de la escoria, enarbolando su Carta de Libertad de cuando …
Bevan Fogdall Jayro Bustamante’s 2019 film, La llorona, addresses the Guatemalan genocide through the unique lens of the horror genre. Generally, the horror genre consists of works that represent human fears through monsters, or beings that are perceived as threatening. Horror films are typically driven by a desire to eradicate the monster (Carroll 35), so …
Giovanna Maria Canu En la imagen, la escritora española Marta Sanz. La autora y las obras Marta Sanz (Madrid, 1967) es considerada "una de las nuevas narradoras, la que más explícitamente ha desarrollado una teoría del realismo" (Pozuelo Yvancos 361) por el estilo que emplea en sus obras y por el lema de su literatura: …
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Último día en casa-hogar, casa-país Luis de la Paz Y es que el hombre, aunque no lo sepa,unido está a su casa poco menosque el molusco a su concha.No se quiebra esta unión sin que algo mueraen la casa, en el hombre… O en los dos. Dulce María LoynazÚltimos días de una casa Creo que …
To Walt Whitman Wilma Anderson, '24 You overwhelm me, Walt Whitman, With your gutter songs and your God songs, With your songs without rhyme and meter, With your triumphant audacity that ignores the fetters of classical bondage. You are the poet of all thoughts, of all men and women, and of the inanimate things which …
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Mis últimos días en La Habana Nonardo Perea El 23 de febrero del año 2019, cinco días antes de viajar a Praga para pasar un curso de videoperiodismo, en mi casa recibí la visita de dos agentes de la Seguridad del Estado, para invitarme a una entrevista que se realizaría esa misma tarde en …
Cassandra Jane Addams, '81 Upon the broad Trojan plain for ten years the mighty warriors of Greece and Troy fought hand to hand for honor and justice. Safe within the city walls the stately Trojan dames ever wove with golden threads the history of the conflict. To one of these beautiful women, to Cassandra, daughter …
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Click here to register in advance and attend any of the presentations of the conference Schedule 2021 Rockford UniversityOnline Undergraduate Student Humanities Conference“Words, Ideas, & Cultures”Saturday, April 24, 2021(8 a.m. - 6 p.m. CENTRAL TIME) *Please note that all times are Central Time. 8:00 to 8:10 am: Opening of the Conference and Introduction of the …
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