Art

Stain glass window one of the things that interest people the most about Catholic Churches. How ever has anyone every really thought about why these churches choose to have these intricate windows rather than the regular clear glass. Well I have a theory as to why this choose was made. Often times one would but a stain glass window in a place that you would like the light to come through but do not want people to see through. the stained glass serves as more than a light source that happens to be pretty it acts as a barricade. In the there are many things that go on in the church that its own people do not know. The church hides these things. These windows are screaming scandal, lies, and deceit. From the outside the church looks beautiful and rich when in actuality it is ugly and dark. Have you ever wondered why a place covered in windows is so dark at high noon. I did and the conclusion i came to is because evil spirits flow through it.

Jo Camel

Many of us may recognize this infamous character as Jo Camel. He acted as the face of Camel Cigarettes. In this ad it depicts the effects of cigarettes. Its does this because we all knew and loved the face of Camel Cigarettes. He was cool and fun with cigarette always in hand. Now here he is no longer so happy or sporting a "cool" looking cigarette. He is in a hospital bed looking somber, and frail. I believe what this advertisment is trying to depict is the effects of smoking and how not cool smoking is.

The Courtyard

Part A

As I sit in the courtyard of my apartment I look around and really take in my surroundings. There is a bright sun shining warming my skin and giving it a golden glow. There a large lush trees bordering the building. To the left of me boys and girls all playing harmoniusly on the basketball court. Than I look to the right of me and I see a group of students sitting chatting. Sitting here I feel relaxed and at peace with the world and its surroundings.

Part B

I am currently sitting in the courtyard of my apartment buliding. While sitting here I take a minute to take in my surroundings. I can see the sun shinning way too brightly almost blinding me. Than I feel the Florida suns rays, it feels as if it is burning my skin off. There are large trees surrounding the buliding dripping water from the daily afternoon shower onto the people passing under it. Than i look over to my left and I see a group of people playing basketball, I can hear them yelling plays to their teammates and the ball loudly bouncing off the pavement. Than I look over to the right of where I am sitting and I see another group of students also loudly talking and laughing about what seems to me as nothing. They are also smoking the last straw for me. After sitting here for five minutes I become uncomfortable, hot, and irratable so I will no go back inside to my apartment.

Believing and Doubting Game: Safety

Believe

What would one as a citizen of the United States of Americans do for safety? Well, many would say anything. However, in actuality they really would not want to do much. But how can this be if we are a country of self government, run by its people. To protect our selves as a nation we there are some liberties that we must give away to take the needed steps towards security. In the formation of our country we agreed that we would have a "social contract". What this "contract" untiled was that people would surrender freedom in return for protection. Now, as citizens we agreed to this "contract" in the formation of our country this is what we as a nation should stand by.

Doubting

Many people believe that we should not have to give up any of our liberties for the protection of our nation. Protection is the job of our government, so they should have a better system. These are the thoughts of many people today with many of the heightened security alerts. In America we fought for our individual rights and they should not be compromised. Many people whom are not natives of America fled their country to come here for all the liberties that we enjoy so to have them taken away does not seem fair. In addition to that if we allow the government to take away these liberties what else in the future will the government try to take from us and we the people just allow it. By allowing the government to take away our liberties which are also our power we might even find ourselves back under the rule of a tyranny. Which by the way our fore father fought and many died trying to free us from.

Homelessness in the US

One day last year in my English class, a very interesting conversation came up. The conversation was about the treatment of homeless people in the United States. Every day in most parts of the United States someone will walk past at least one homeless person without even thinking twice about it. I had never really thought much about it much before until my professor brought up the topic. The class had a wide array of opinions on the treatment of the homless. Other seemed not to care less what happened to these people, while others such as myself seemed very concerned about their well being.
Some of the issues that i found interesting was:

~ Should the homeless be put in mental hospitals just to be kept out of the view of "society"?
~ Why has the govenment not had a more active role in the issues of homelessness?
~ How can we make the homeless more productive assets to society?
~ What types o f programs are avalible to the homeless to get them jobs, food and housing?
~ How can we prevent people from ending up on the streets?
~ How do we get treatment for the mentally ill that are homeless?
~ How do we decrease the number of homeless people in America?