New York “So how much does it cost to go to New York”, I asked my teacher “1,500 per person, the school covers the rest”, She said dimly I thought long and hard about it. I had never been to New York, let alone anywhere outside of Colorado. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to go on this trip because of my status as “Undocumented Immigrant”. The payment was no issue, I had six months to pay it off and with the job I had, I could pay it off in three. What worried me was going to the airport, being stopped by security, and not permitted to go with the rest of my classmates. Sure I was under DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), but I wasn’t certain if that would be enough “Sure I’ll go with you guys”, I said “However let me do some more research and I’ll have a more definitive answer for you”, I said with an uneasy voice. “That’s fine, let me know next week ok?”, my teacher said in a reassuring voice “Sure!” I walked out of her office and on to my next class. The thought kept bothering me and I tried to set it aside so I can actually think about more deeply later today when I got home. But despite all of my efforts, the thought lingered in my mind. “What if I’ll never be able to go with them? It’s my last year of high school, I have to go with them. It’s been a dream of mine to travel outside of Colorado and see the world. What if I’m never able to go anywhere at all?”. After school I headed home, hoping my family would be able to relieve me of my doubt. I got on
At my graduate assistantship at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), the graduate students from Monmouth were introduced to a few of the key offices that work with Residential Education and Housing. Through this introduction, I was able to meet Kelly Hennessy, who is the current Associate Dean of Students in the Department of Health and Wellness at The College of New Jersey. As a future Student Affairs professional, one of my end goals would ultimately become a Dean of Students, so it was exciting to interview Hennessy and see how she got to where she is today. Originally when Hennessy first started her college years, she thought that she wanted to be a teacher. After working with the professionals in her Residence Life Office and Leadership Office at the University of Buffalo, where she received both her bachelors and master’s degrees, she realized that her passion was no longer teaching, but rather to become the professionals she was surrounded and inspired by every day. Hennessy has worked in Residence Life for majority of her career up to about two years ago when the Department of Health and Wellness first started on TCNJ’s campus.
Buffalo New York, a city in western new york located between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, two of the great lakes, was once known as an industrial capital in the twentieth century. The city has now shifted into a more sustainable lifestyle, taking the once industrial factories and transforming them into different attractions. As of today this is their sustainable triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit:
Andrew Largeman's (Zack Braff) journey throughout "Garden State" seems to be a testament on the meaning of liberation. Going from his struggling acting life in Los Angeles to his hometown in New Jersey, where he witnesses his mother's funeral, Andrew is in the mist of confronting difficult issues. One of the biggest issues is coming to terms with his psychologist father (Ian Holm), whom he has distanced himself from for many years because he has put him on powerful antidepressants for most of his life. The reason for this I will not reveal but it has caused Andrew to feel as if his father has controlled his life in a way.
Starting as a small Tumblr blog, Humans of New York eventually developed over time and evolved. In growing popularity, Brandon Stanton, the blogs creator, eventually decided to turn his famous blog into what some may consider a photobook. When he began accompanying these photos with quotes, or “stories”, is when he noticed his creation come to life. This is where Humans of New York: Stories was born, ready to impact and affect readers all over the world. Stanton’s text provides the reader with a sense of intimacy, allowing for a viewer to feel connected to each interviewee in their own particular way. This proves as a lesson to the audience that every person has their own importance, as well as an example that each person’s unique story can teach us lessons.
In July 1919, a man named Benjamin Gitlow was arrested for the publication and distribution of a document titled the 'Left Wing Manifesto.' The document promoted Communist ideals and the overthrow of the current U.S Government. Despite the text's criticism of the U.S. Government, the Supreme Court ruled that since the manifesto exhibited no "clear and present danger", it was protected under the first and fourteenth amendment ("Gitlow v. New York").
Since the start of the United State the way in which a particular crime is seen has
When it comes to debate about the success of the Albany Movement, one major pattern emerges. Those whose allegiance belongs to Martin Luther King tend to characterize the movement as either a complete failure, or as valuable solely due to its role in providing a learning experience for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during its mission in Birmingham. Likewise, those that believe that the Albany Movement was a success in its own right do not maintain strong bonds with King, but instead value the grassroots elements of the effort. The reason for this pattern is due to King’s own interpretation of what victory entails. To King and his supporters, a successful mass action movement required not only the fulfillment of demands and nationwide headlines, but also federal intervention. In contrast, scholars and activists that are more aligned with the vision of community empowerment wager their opinion of success on the mobilization of the formerly quiescent black community. Furthermore, those that hold a King-centric point of view perceive the barriers the Albany Movement faced as signs of defeat, rather than indicators of persistence and organizational success like grassroots supporters. All in all, the defining factor that determines whether activists and historians consider the Albany Movement as a success or as a failure depends upon their view of Martin Luther King and grassroots organization.
Living in America is a fantasy for a lot of people, but living in New York City is something even better, and more magical than any fantasy.
Central Park was the first landscaped public park in the United States. Advocates of creating the park – primarily wealthy merchants and landowners – admired the public grounds of London and Paris and urged that New York needed a comparable facility to establish its international reputation. A public park, they argued, would offer their own families an attractive setting for carriage rides and provide working-class New Yorkers with a healthy alternative to the saloon. After three years of debate over the park site and cost, in 1853 the state legislature authorized the City of New York to use the power of eminent domain to acquire more than 700 acres of land in the center of Manhattan.
New York City is made up of five boroughs, which include the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Within these boroughs, there are high and low-income neighborhoods that contain either high or low status organizational structures or facilities. Each division has their own characteristics and top attractions, such as the Empire State building, Central Park, or Times Square. As New York City may be known for great food and fun attractions, New York faces infrastructure problems within each borough. New York City’s infrastructure funding is limited in lower income neighborhoods, where money needed to upkeep the city goes toward prime tourist’s areas or residents living in high status neighborhoods, such as The Upper East Side of Manhattan, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, and Lenox Hill, Manhattan. Moreover, abandoned buildings, poor sewage conditions, and rocky roads and streets are examples of low-income area infrastructure problems that may hinder neighborhood growth both structurally and economically. Harlem, East Brooklyn, and South Bronx are low-income parts of New York that lack new and refined facilities, roads, plumbing, and fundamental structures, which contribute to high crime and arrests.
Every time I hear this song it makes me long to leave all of my responsibilities and head off to the city of dreams. A trip to New York has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. I have always wanted to visit the place of tall buildings, history, and where culture is intertwined with its people. I have wanted to live the fast pace life of a New Yorker, where I could stand outside and see, smell, and taste all of the experiences that this city has to offer. I have been building and building this ideal image in my mind for so long. If I ever get to New York, will I be disappointed by the city that never sleeps? The city that is a part of almost every movie I watch. Can New York live up to the expectations I have
As someone walks over the grates in the sidewalk, they can feel the wind rush up from the subway cars flying through the tunnels. While they continue walking down the street and looking at all the different people that they pass, they can smell the hotdogs being cooked in the food truck. In the distance, they hear a siren weaving through the congested narrow streets of this busy city. New York City is a one of a kind type of place. It is the only place in the world where so many different cultures and backgrounds are all in one place. Along with the multitudes of different types of people and cultures, New York City truly is the city that never sleeps. The city that never sleeps, New York City, is full sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feels.
My home since the time I was born has always been New York City. Both my community and my home lie in Queens. For those who do not know Queens is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City. Although I do not live in what we New Yorker’s call, the City, there is still a convenience that Queens is missing. I speak of course about the troublesome state of the Queens Public Library, an institution that needs to be more accessible to the public.
Los Angeles was the first product off the assembly line of American urban planning. Turned on in the late 19th century, the city-making machine was fueled by an immense immigration of people who sought to create a new type of city out of the previously quaint pueblo. They also strove to craft the first major city developed primarily by Americans and outside of European archetypes. As a result, Los Angles is not only incredibly diverse, but also nearly impossible to define. Since it is a product of the American machine, understanding the community of Los Angeles becomes vital to understanding the United States. But to fully comprehend the present Los Angeles, one must look at the process that created it. Specifically, Los Angeles was
Thirteen year old Megan Meier befriended and began exchanging messages with someone who she thought was a cute 16 year old boy named Josh Evans on Myspace. The messages from Josh started out complimentary but quickly became hostile, soon leading to other forms of cyberbullying. Meier, already struggling with depression, grew even more depressed as the online harassment continued. On October 16, 2006, Meier hanged herself in her bedroom closet, dying a day later. Soon after, news surfaced that the “Josh Evans” Meier had been communicating with was not an actual person, but simply a fake account. A mother in Meier’s neighborhood ran the account, claiming that she made it in order to ascertain how Meier felt and what Meier was saying about her daughter. Due largely in part to a mother’s deep entrenchment in her daughter’s personal life, Megan Meier committed suicide, serving as an extreme example of the dangers of an overbearing parent. George Saunders’s 2009 short story first published in The New Yorker (later republished in his 2013 collection of short stories The Tenth of December: stories) also relays the dangers of overbearing parenting, but in a more direct manner.