My friend is a victim of alcoholism When I see a person who cannot control his or her drinking habits, I am always wonder: "What could cause to a person to become an alcohol abuser?" Few months ago, I was shocked by the news that my best friend is now an alcoholic. My friend's nam...

Black humor is a strange humor used to express non hilarious things that happened in this disordered world, like things you would never find funny but in the sense the comic puts it in makes you end up laughing at it. The usage of it in "The War of the Roses" is done fairly well, conside...

On Thursday, September 22nd, the Spanish Club hosted a movie in Kelley Auditorium. The movie was "Like Water for Chocolate" by Alfonso Arau. By surprise the film was very interesting. It was about one of the bad contributions in the Mexican Cultural. The story begins in the late 1800&...

"All of a sudden there were people screaming. I saw people jumping out of the building. Their arms were flailing." These recollections by Michael Walters, a freelance photojournalist from Manhattan, refer to the events of September 11, 2001. No one expected two airplanes to demolish the ...

Fear. Something people face everyday. Fear is something that Mrs. Mallard faced early on in, "The Story of An Hour." She had fear on so many levels. Fear of being alone. Fear of the future. Fear of her life without a controlling and demanding husband. And fear of not being needed. No matt...

In the story of "Gimpel the Fool" by Issac Bashevis Singer, Gimpel tells the story of his sometimes crazy life. Although he is constantly called a fool and dope, he does not see himself as one. His vision of life and the way that people treat other people is seriously warped by events ...

To Love or Loathe? If progress is truly the essence that drives America then this country needs to be prepared to change and accommodate the people behind that push. Almost everyday, lawmakers in Capitol Hill introduce new bills to protect the basic freedoms this country was founded on....