Essay

When I was younger, I became interested in being a rapper. The thought of it came from me seeing performers on tv in music videos and how people looked up to them like they were some type of superheroes. I would think to myself, “wow, one day I would like to have that effect on people.” At that point of time I started rapping myself. Today you will learn about how I overcame my fears to rap in public.

He started rapping not because other people was rapping and getting their names known, but because he wanted to do it for his mother who died from breast cancer, but that’s not what he always wanted to do. The two things he was known most for though were being fun and good on the court. He played basketball up to his junior year where he couldn’t play anymore because he was to busy in the streets.

Since I began to thrive under the intoxicating influence of rap music at twelve, I desired to emulate the artistic natures of my two favorite rap artistes: Kendrick Lamar and Jermaine Cole. Their unique abilities to use both tragic and pleasant human experiences to address the need for better social interaction along the multifarious divides in the world have immensely imparted on my musical interest. On learning that Dr Dre, Kendrick Lamar’s mentor, co-established USC’s Iovine and Young Academy, I became more enthusiastic about exploiting the musical opportunities at USC.

Finally, Independence, what’s next? This question addresses what many Americans felt following their independence from Britain. After the Revolutionary War, the infant nation struggled to develop the democratic nation that is situated today. The creation of the government was a major task that will help establish the basic functions of the national government and ensure the success of the nation. The Articles of Confederation was notably the first system of government that was proposed and implemented. It was drafted by Congress in 1777, spelling out the official set of laws to govern the United States of America. Between 1780 to 1791 was a critical time for the Americans because many problems they faced directly affected the future of

Over the past few decades the United States has moved away from its libertarian roots and has moved closer to an oligarchy ran by the few. In this way it is a government for the people, rather than by the people. One specific event has changed American politics forever, this was the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. On this day, the United States came under direct attack by terrorists. In the months and years after, the government pounced on the opportunity to grow government under the false pretense of “security” through the Patriot Act and invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. As a result, average working class American citizens are now forced to fund a perpetual War on Terror and hand over their private communication

The article, “Reconciling conflicting data: the global warming ‘pause’”, is about a controversial study dealing with climate change. It is controversial because some feel that the data found was altered in order to get the results certain people wanted. What the scientists did was adjust their records of ocean temperatures for their dataset. The controversy has to deal with which data the scientist used for the temperatures. One dataset was from ships in the ocean that grab ocean water in their engine rooms and then take the temperature, the other is from buoys that float along in the water and take the temperature. The scientist said that the ships temperatures where generally warmer than the buoy temperatures which are generally more

chapters of the acquis, the decision to join the EU was put to referendum in Hungary. To reach this point, the Republic of Hungary first defined its desire to join the EU, and then took it upon itself to refine the country to EU standards. In doing so, Hungary modernized and strengthened its ties to the West, opening both its markets and culture to the outside world. The resulting Hungarian referendum in 2003 depicted an overwhelming majority vote for membership into the EU—slightly over 83% of voters supported membership. However, it is interesting and quite crucial to note that although the affirmative vote was in the majority, the actual turnout for the referendum amounted to less than 50% of the Hungarian electorate—46% to be more

It is Friday afternoon and you got the car loaded down, and you are on your way to Dallas for the weekend. Everyone is a little excited, and hyped up about the days ahead and the much needed break away from the monotony of life. You are rocking out to the new Blake Shelton album when all of the sudden you see those red and blues in your rearview, instantaneously the mood does a 180, a lump grows in your throat and you snap at everyone to shut up. You look at the speedometer and whoops, you are doing 85 mph in a 70. Believe it or not the police officer feels the same way, he has a lump developing in his throat as he does not know what to expect, particularly with the growing animosity and assaults towards our Law enforcement professionals.

Being the first born to both of my parents, I have a deep understanding of what lab rats must feel while being experimented on. Whether it was my refusal to pull out my loose teeth, or my passionate, undying love for putting legos in my mouth, I was constantly surprising my mother. I paved the way for my two siblings, convincing my parents to let me have a phone at the ripe age of twelve and a half (my sister would get one at eleven, my brother at ten), pleading with my mother to not make cheese covered broccoli (such a dish has never been placed on our table since), and even championing the movement to repaint our bedrooms (pink is so 2011). But the most shocking, and perhaps the most important, astonishing feature I posses is in my two

“I wonder,” I said, “if I can come here more often and put my hands on it too.”

“Alyssa!” I stopped swinging my machete at the patch of grass and I raised my head in the direction of the voice that had called my name. Sweat beads rolled down the side of my temple, and I raised my hat with my garden gloved hand to wipe them away. The sun beat down on my bare neck, and I could feel the heat pulsating from directly above.

What have you heard in the news recently? Some people would mention Bitcoin, some would mention Net Neutrality. If we go back just a few months ago, Catalonia was at the epicenter of news. This was because a referendum about declaring independence from Spain was held, and the violence that ensued during it. This referendum showed that the majority of Catalans supported the idea of breaking apart from Spain to form their own independent nation, Catalonia. In this paper, Catalonia’s efforts to becoming an independent state will be looked at by two theories, realism and liberalism.

The sound of blaring alarms stirs me out of my sleep. The world is a blur of activity, with my coworkers rushing around amid the flashing red lights and the wailing alarms. I sleepily rub my eyes, causing everything to come into focus. I slide out of bed, put my boots on, and head to the control center, hoping to find out what’s on. As I get there, a soldier approaches me and breathlessly says, “Sir, we’ve just about pinned him down. He just sprung one of our traps. Agent X will be in custody by the end of day.” I allow myself a small smile. We first received the orders three years ago, after he performed one of the greatest acts of sabotage ever seen, almost completely crippling the entire military. When the orders had come in that day,

To function in the grey is something not many people get to do when they go to work. For 4 groups of people, dispatchers, law enforcement, fire and Emergency Medical Service (EMS), personnel, that’s the world they live in. Yes there are laws, regulations, and protocols, that govern the average person but at the end of the day, there is not anything to cover every situation that can be found in the field. There are so many moving parts in the real world it’s like living in Circ du Soleil. Ring masters, dispatch, gathering resources and information, controlling teams from across the district, to keep everyone involved and informed. The tigers, Fire, jumping though the rings of fire with the hopes of not getting burned, with risk increasing

Originaly from Damascus, the capital of Syria, Ousseni, few years before the begining of the war, was graduated in law, at Wadi International University. For a couple years, he has worked for Karam Foundation founded by Dr Orouba Barakat to empower women to fight for their right and help them to achieve economic self-subtainability by bringing their handmade textile to the market place.