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    In his article, “In Richmond, students seek to revive ‘Rebel’ mascot” published by The Washington Post, T. Rees Shapiro says that a group of students, graduates and parents started and signed a petition to bring back an old mascot because many students think or have the concept that the mascot will be a catalyst to improve the school’s spirit, the athletic occurrence and others; yet, because the mascot represents ‘rebels’, which shows relations to the confederacy and slavery, it is controversial

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    On April 11, 2003 Cheryl Crazy Bull was inaugurated as the new president of Northwest Indian College. The inauguration was attended by local community leaders as well as college leaders from schools such as Western Washington University. Not only was Crazy Bull inaugurated to her leadership position, she was also adopted by the Lummi people in a tribal ceremony led by James and Lutie Hillaire, who robed her in a traditional Coast Salish blanket and sang songs to bless the upcoming role Crazy Bull

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    In the North attempts were made to organize nurses and in June 1861 Dorothea Dix was put in charge of recruiting nurses for military hospitals, first in Washington and later other areas. Dix, like the rest of society, had some very strong ideas about what a nurse should and shouldn’t be and in a document dated July 14, 1862 she specified those ideas. No candidate for service in the Women’s Department for nursing in the military hospitals of the United States, will be received below the age of thirty-five

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    Mark Dion was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1961. He studied and received a BFA in 1968 and an honorary doctorate in 2003 from the University of Hartford, School of Art, Connecticut. He also studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1982 to 1984. He is known for his incorporation of biology, ethnography, and the history of science into his artwork. He travels the world and works with a wide range of scientists, museums, and other artists to excavate ancient artifacts and the banks

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    Forrest Gump is about the life of a man who is mentally slow and was physically disabled because when he was younger he had trouble with his back, but he had very strong legs. He had to be put into braces to support his back and he was bullied for his problems. On his first day of school, he met a girl named Jenny and they instantly became friends. He lived in a big house in Greenbow, Alabama with his mom that they used as a hotel to get money. One day, he learned that he was a very fast runner and

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    present; Nathan Bedford Forrest was a well-known general in the South and was renowned for his brilliant tactics in combat. One is known as the great emancipator of the slaves, the other, as the first leader of the Ku Klux Klan (Biography: Nathan Bedford Forrest, n.d.). The roles could have been greatly reversed, had their upbringings been different. Despite their many differences, these two influential figures had a surprising amount of similarities. Abraham

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    issues like slavery from the confines of our nation’s heritage. Now they wish to tear the monuments of brave homegrown war heroes and officers erected hundreds of years ago. In Memphis, Tennessee, the public has recently removed the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest a southern war hero. His figure sat atop his horse, facing north, in a very confident way and does not seem to be retreating. This one statue has caused uproar from the local community. People gazed upon his statute with a negative connotation

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    Do you love historical fictions? The Drummer Boy of Shiloh is the perfect story for you. The Drummer Boy of Shiloh is a story about this young, fourteen year old boy who is participating in the war as a drummer boy and is feeling doubts about the whole thing. In this story, the author, Ray Bradbury uses symbolism throughout to create vivid imagery and deep thought into each page. First, Joby is a symbol that is used in The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, a historical fiction. In lines 140-169, On page

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    T. Rees Shapiro may be showing that his article is demonstrating that the change of mascot in the Richmond High School is ‘positive’ due to the evidences he is illustrating. In the article, “In Richmond, students seek to revive ‘Rebel’ mascot” by T. Rees Shapiro, many students, graduates and parents have started and signed a petition to bring back an old mascot to which many students think it will improve the school spirit and further; yet, because the mascot represents ‘rebels’, which shows relations

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    get to know about particular news. In other words, they have instant access to news today and this was not the case about 15 years ago. During the Pre-Internet era, people had to wait for news to get published in their local news and this news that eventually came to them were filtered and edited to ensure that people heard or read only what they should. Along with these technological advancements, many cultural changes have also happened in the way people receive news. To get a deeper insight into

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