Minor Arcana

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court, on the case of Roe v Wade, ruled to legalize abortion in all fifty US states. Forty two years after this decision, approximately 56 million abortions have been performed in the US alone and this number continues to climb drastically day to day. For some individuals, this number is simply not enough. For example, in her article, It Is Time to Integrate Abortion into Primary Care, Susan Yanow argues the case that abortion is here to stay. With this observation

My journey through this semester was very knowledgeable and interesting experience. From learning about musical techniques and applying it to my songwriting process, it helped me become a better songwriter. Throughout this reflection, I want to discuss the things I learned throughout the semester and why it helped my as a songwriter. Before taking this course, I used to just sing my songs, but never used to write them down. Throughout, the course I learned that it’s important to work on your songs

The standards society hold for women today are wiped away in Colbie Caillat’s song Try. Caillat uses simplicity and a contemporary music style in Try to convey the suffocation women feel because they try to live up to these stereotypes in the 21st century. When Caillat wrote her song, she used repetition of her lyrics to hit home the theme that women are beautiful inside and out. Caillat stated in an interview that “When you have a cute outfit on and your makeup looks amazing, the first thing

Franz Schubert was born in Vienna, Austria in 1797. Growing up Schubert learnt to play piano, violin and viola. As well as being gifted with the ability of these instruments, his voice “earned him admittance to the Imperial Chapel choir school.” [2] This is where he developed his theory and compositional ability. When Schubert passed away in 1828 he left behind “over 600 lieder (German art songs), 9 symphonies, 15 string quartets, and hundreds of other different genres of pieces, including operas

Based on the readings this semester, many things make interesting connections between today’s cultures and early North American cultures. Three authors illustrate these connections very well: Olaudah Equiano, Roger Williams, and Anne Bradstreet. The authors give specific examples of what people did on a normal basis as well as what their “norms” were; these examples were well enough explained to be compared to today. Equiano’s examples will hit home for most as he explains his norms versus what today’s

As this piece was from the romantic period, there were a lot more tone changes, from low to high. Similarly, the tempo was constantly changing between fast and slow, much like the timbre. The keys that Hadreas played were a mix between major and minor keys. This was to represent the back and forth of argument and dialogue, mentioned in stage 4, between “traditional and exotic scales”. The dynamic of the piece seems like it was forte, especially since it resembles a dispute. During these parts that

Should abortion be illegal? This is the big question that thousands of people, especially women, are talking about. People demonstrate their opinions with a mix of reactions. These reactions are called Attitude, but people may as well express hostile sexism when they show their attitudes. Hostile sexism consists of negative characteristics, feelings that women are not capable of taking decisions. According to Saul Kassin, Steven Fein and Hazel Markus (2016), attitude is defined as positive or negative

Explaining the importance of my major and minor is very simple. My major will be general business; the reasoning behind this choice is I have always been fascinated by business. I loved my economics classes which fueled my interest for investing and looking at companies and gauging their worth and risk. In this regard i feel like having a general business degree will help me find a job in anything business as I will have a wide spread knowledge on the topic, while I do love business that is not my

Abortion—what a controversial topic it can be. It is something that people are either for or against and not many in-between. It is a taboo of sorts, but as time goes on, it seems to only be a taboo if you are against abortion, not for it. Mainly because if you are against abortion then you are clearly against women’s rights in general. To be for abortion is “all the rage” these days because our society is so focused on equality, and all things equality. However, while we are fighting for equal

The Fox’s Struggles. I was eating the pancakes Shadow Foxy made. They were surprisingly good for his first time making them, but he probably learned from the champ. “These are really good! I’m surprised you made them this well,” I exclaimed. “Thanks, honey. 408 did help me a bit,” Shadow Foxy said. “He didn’t know that you had to flip the pancakes,” 408 stated, “so it was a burnt surface on one side, and a gooey, sticky surface on the other.” “It was bad,” Phantom Foxy said in a direct tone