Research Paper – Dyckman Farm House & Museum Dyckman Farmhouse Museum narrates the story of rural Northern Manhattan, a landscape and a life that disappeared in the makeover of a farming community to urban neighborhood. Through the history of the Dyckman family and farm, the museum discovers life in early 19th century rural Manhattan and the protection of that memory in the early 20th century. The Dyckman Farm house & Museum is a historical place that reminds us of how the city looked and how it…

Masquerade. When attending a masquerade, a person is expected to wear a mask. In fact, it’s looked down upon if a mask isn’t worn. But, what if for some people that mask never came off? In A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, each character has constructed their own metaphorical mask that they set firmly in place every morning when exiting their bed. Each character: Nora, Torvald, and Krogstad all have masks that they put in place when speaking to each other. Throughout most of the play, it is clear that…

I had the privilege of attending an event put on by the Hillel/Jewish Student Organization. The event took place on the campus of Central Michigan University January 27th, 2016, in Pearce Hall. The official name of this event was: “Holocaust Survivor Martin Lowenberg at Central Michigan University”, and it featured Mr. Martin Lowenberg himself as the presenter. Martin Lowenberg is 87 years old and is from Schenklengsfeld, Germany. He lived in Schenklengsfeld until his 8th birthday, when he was…

eldest son of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut while his father was an undergraduate student at Yale. By the time George was two, the family had moved to West Texas, where his father started working in the oil industry There his father made a fortune in the oil business. When the Bush family first moved to Midland, they bought a house at 405 East Maple, among a cluster of tiny colorful houses in a development nicknamed…

Museum Report 1. St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, September 28, 2013, 11:00AM 2. Houses of Parliament: Effect of Fog, London 3. Claude Monet 4. 1904 5. Impressionism 6. Primarily cool blues with hints of green to enhance the subject, mostly a very light sky-blue mixed with white, progressing all the way to pale cerulean. The effect of fog detailed in the scene mutes the colors, lending the sfumato effect to the whole piece. 7. Landscape 8. Self; this and many others of the Palace of Westminster…

Executive privilege assures that the president can have open and honest communication within the Oval Office between his staff and advisors. It also ensures that those conversations are entitled to be private. Executive privilege happens throughout various presidencies. The primary controversy of it is whether or not the president has the right to use it in order to withhold information from Congress or judicial proceedings. There is an ongoing discussion in regards to who really needs to know who…

Think about the arts: they are omnipresent like air in daily life, from going to the movies to attending a music concert to visiting an art museum, with none of those activities being existent if it were not for the people who spent years perfecting those art forms for other’s entertainment and enjoyment. The truth is, the arts have been embedded in human nature just like carvings on wood, and is a surviving and persisting tradition that can be traced to even the earliest culture and history that…

INTRODUCTION Imagine yourself getting ready to attend church. Attending a house church in the first century or going to a denominational or mainline church in the twenty first century. The church may be Independent, or even a more contemporary church with the most up to date songs and latest technological equipment for enhanced presentations. You have attended there for some time now and called it home or your church. Some of your immediate family attends along with a few relatives. You have…

Attending school is seen as a privilege to some and a right to others. To Tambu and other African females in the setting of the novel, education is often seen as a privilege. White males become the stereotypical educated population, creating barriers for both females and non-whites. Being both a female and somebody who is not white, Tambu would not be expected to receive an education, especially since her immediate family is not well off. As explained in A Black Feminist Statement, black women are…

Holocaust Event I had the privilege of attending an event put on by the Hillel/Jewish Student Organization. The event took place on the campus of Central Michigan University January 27th, 2016, in Pearce Hall. The official name of this event was: “Holocaust Survivor Martin Lowenberg at Central Michigan University”, and it featured Mr. Martin Lowenberg himself as the presenter. Martin Lowenberg is 87 years old and is from Schenklengsfeld, Germany. He lived in Schenklengsfeld until his 8th birthday…