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In the hours after Notre Dame’s 31-0 thrashing of rival Michigan under the lights of Notre Dame Stadium, defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder’s stock had never been higher. His defense had just held Michigan to 289 total yards, forced four turnovers, registered three sacks, and produced perhaps the greatest gif in college football history. He’d replaced Bob Diaco’s “bend but don’t break”, totally unfun philosophy, with an attacking defense where he routinely sent multiple safeties, linebackers,

other concerns.” (The War with Spain, David F. Trask 1981) The widely reported speech on 17 March 1898 by U.S. Senator Redfield Proctor, a conservative Republican who had just returned from a fact-finding trip to Cuba. Proctor’s speech read “with as little apparent feeling as if he constituted an agricultural report instead of a record of almost inconceivable horror” (Senator Redfield Proctor 1898), (Chicago Times-Herald

Evolution - Towards Enlightenment       Stubborn people are hard to deal with. Even after evidence is presented, they stand steadfast with the "facts" they want to believe. No one is immune to this trait, no person always willing to admit they are wrong. In 1859, Charles Darwin published The Origin of the Species (Leakey 1). His theories had little scientific evidence to support his ideas; the book was only about what he theorized. The people became infuriated. The possibility of humans

Nella Larsen's Passing The Harlem Renaissance was a turning point for many African Americans. A vast amount of literature was created specifically for this group during this era. It was a period when the African American "was in vogue" and "white thinkers and writers were devoting a considerable amount of attention" to them (Taylor 91, 90). For the first time, African Americans were being told that it was okay to be proud of who they were. This new consciousness and self-awareness was

“Silver Linings Playbook” is an enthralling movie that follows a bipolar character named Pat, who after an eight-month court-mandated hospital sentence, must recuperate and improve his mental health in order to avoid going back to the hospital. Pat struggles immensely with controlling his anger, rapid thoughts, and his emotions. The movie does an excellent job at illustrating the endless personal turmoil an individual with Bipolar disorder struggles with. Additionally, the movie does a fantastic

Passing by Nella Larsen is a story told in the perspective of Irene Redfield, a fair-skinned African American woman, who worries that her husband’s restlessness in their marriage is due to a possible affair with her friend Clare. As Irene gets ready for an event she thinks to herself: “With this self-assurance that she had

Security to All Men Topics involving equality of genders have rose to the occasion these last few years. Roughly a century ago, women were recognized as mostly sincere, naïve, and submissive. Although in the novel, Frankenstein, one by the name of Caroline Beaufort labors vigorously to care for her poor father, the majority of the gender were stereotyped as gentle but helpless. In Victor and his monster’s eyes, woman is the ultimate companion, providing comfort and acceptance. For Victor, his fiancé

1900’s, homosexuality was not something that was accepted. Larsen made it aware that these were real problems in those times without coming out directly and saying it. The main plot of “Passing” focuses on two light-skinned black women, Irene Redfield and her old time friend Clare Kendry. Both women can “pass” as white women. Irene who is married to a successful African-American doctor, passes only when it is

Human Relationships in Nella Larsen's Passing Works Cited Not Included       The Harlem Renaissance was a turning point for many African Americans. A vast amount of literature was created specifically for this group during this era. For the first time, African Americans were being told that it was okay to be proud of who they were. This new consciousness and self-awareness was prominent in many works of literature, but several writers began exploring the darker side of this movement with literature

Passing and Human Relationships The Harlem Renaissance was a turning point for many African Americans. A vast amount of literature was created specifically for this group during this era. For the first time, African Americans were being told that it was okay to be proud of who they were. This new consciousness and self-awareness was prominent in many works of literature, but several writers began exploring the darker side of this movement with literature that concentrated on the negative