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Newell writes. n decades past, the notion of an African-American, I socially inept and mentally broken hero may very well have passed with a scornful chuckle from Hollywood’s gentry. Tasked with reinvigorating Richard Matheson’s sci-fi-horror page turner; I am Legend, Francis Lawrence puts this very notion into blockbuster filmic practice with 2007’s aptly titled; I am Legend. Lawrence rewrites the doctrine of supremacy, violence and impenetrability that has too long governed pop-culture heroism,

Could you imagine being one of the youngest fashion icons of your generation, willing to stand out so much that you had a dress sewn to you? Well Marilyn Monroe did (Life. Time Inc). Marilyn Monroe brought many great ideas of beauty to the 1960’s era. Marilyn Monroe was also a major fashion icon. An everlasting impact was made in the 1960’s through Marilyn Monroe's life, iconic style and beauty and she continues to be recognized for it even today. Marilyn Monroe’s story is different than other well

The PC and its Operating Systems The information technology field is a field that covers a vast amount of technologies and ideas that have evolved to be much more than what they were during the infancy of the technology movement. Perhaps the greatest innovator and most recognizable face of the field is Bill Gates, the creator of the Windows operating system. Windows revolutionized the way the public interacted with their personal computers and catapulted the devices into the majority of American’s

When the majority of the population thinks of rock 'n ' roll, most tend to correlate the beginnings of the rock genre with Elvis Presley or The Beatles. However, the greater part of the start of rock 'n ' roll must be attributed to the influence of African American culture and music. The African American culture initiated and impacted so many of the first genres in music that stemmed off into be many of the genres we still listen to today. Due to racism and discrimination many “race” artists were

The New York Times' Joe Nocera has been beating the drum to reform the NCAA, and he is certainly not alone. “A group of former players has filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging that student athletes are entitled to some of the money the NCAA makes off of using their names and

Yes, being a coach of a multi-million dollar college team is a big responsibility, but they are being paid unprecedented numbers. When looked at on a deeper level, “Top college coaches make between $4M and $9M per year, plus outside fees. In 40 out of 50 states, they are the highest paid state employees” (Abdul-Jabbar

protected. When Janie comes to tell her grandmother that she still doesn't love Logan after three months of marriage, Nanny says, "you come heah wid yo' mouf full uh foolishness on uh busy day. Heah you got uh prop tuh lean on all yo' bawn days, and big protection, and everybody got tuh tip dey hat tuh you and call you Mis' Killicks, and you come worryin' me 'bout love" (Hurston 22) Nanny doesn't care whether or not Janie's in love, so long as she doesn't have to worry about her financial situation

Although artists do not create certain music to cure diseases or to make scientific or technological discoveries, music is one thing society can never live without. To both artists and their listeners, music provides an indispensible beauty that helps fulfill lives, and connect to nature. Music expresses the human condition in the purest way and affects everyone at a personal level. Plato, a well-known classical Greek philosopher once said, “If you want to measure the spiritual depth of society

In the depths of your despairs, you’ll realize that your situation repeats itself until you learn valuable lessons. Throughout life it is inevitable to meet a diverse range of people in your life that can help you create yourself as an individual. On the the other hand certain acquaintances can have an opposite affect on your life and will lead them to attempting to tear you down. Meeting a variety of people, you are bound to initiate affection towards them. As marriage is the united bond of love

the beating of Rodney King and resulting Watts Riots all make understandable such a musical backlash, it does not make it acceptable. Such prejudice is mirrored in the LA-area disaster fiction and film, perhaps most notably in the white-supremacist Turner Diaries, a “lurid, violent, apocalyptic, misogynistic, racist and anti-Semitic neo Nazi” in which Aryan forces overthrow the U.S. government, in one section eerily foreshadowing Timothy McVeigh’s all-too-real Oklahoma City Bombing.6 Fashion choices