Over 100 years ago‚ poet Emma Lazarus wrote:” Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This part of her poem “The New Colossus” embodies the spirit of the Statue of Liberty’s significance to the undocumented youth of America and thousands of hopeful people of the world seeking a new life. With the DACA program‚ undocumented youth of our country can enjoy a part of what it means to be a citizen of the U.S.A. Kansas resident Juan Sanchez who came to this country
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prosperity and satisfaction is always alive. This dream has continued and passed onto generations from the time of the Native Americans to this modern era of innovation. For many settlers‚ the Statue of Liberty was their first perspective of the United States‚ connoting new open doors in life. The statue is an iconic symbol of American Dream inviting people from different nations with hope of a good job‚ opportunity and home ownership. As an International Exchange Student in the United States‚
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Enger Memorial Tower Enger Memorial Tower was built in 1939 in order to remember Bert Enger‚ who immigrated to Duluth from Norway and became a powerful and successful furniture store owner through hard work and dedication. He believed in sharing his success with the city that helped him achieve it and allowed Duluth to develop land near Enger Tower‚ including the building of a park and a golf course. When he died in 1931 he left two-thirds of his estate to Duluth. In order to commemorate Bert
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While attending Indiana State University‚ one of the first sculptures I took an interest in was the Via Solaris. “Via Solaris‚” Latin for the way or road of the sun. The sculpture is about 20-feet tall and made of bronze and steel. Via Solaris was created by John Van Alstine (b. 1952)‚ an American sculptor living and working in New York State best known for stone and metal abstract sculptures exhibiting exceptional balance and poise. The sculpture is located on the north side of Stalker Hall on
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Essay 1: American Dreams What is the “golden door” (14) that Emma Lazarus refers to in her sonnet “The New Colossus”? To some‚ “golden door” may mean opportunity access to citizenship. To others‚ it might mean freedom‚ jobs‚ and safety. Historically‚ the “golden door” probably refers to the history of immigration laws that began to become more restrictive‚ culminating in the “golden door” shutting in 1882‚ effectively excluding Chinese immigrants‚ people seeking political asylum‚ anyone psychologically
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Barcelona‚ Spain. What comes to mind when you read that? I think of a place with beautiful architecture. Chock full of culture. History everywhere you step. Art permeates every air molecule; you can even feel it in the atmosphere. Musicians play the native music on various street corners‚ laughter spills out of dance halls‚ and the rhythm is one that the whole city functions to. To say it’s an ideal vacation spot is a gross understatement. That phrase doesn’t even begin to cover all that Barcelona
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peaceful. However‚ one year later‚ 2021‚ twenty years after the 9/11 attacks‚ 10‚000 homegrown terrorists orchestrate the largest attack on U.S. soil in history. Hundreds of thousands people are injured. The Gateway Arch is obliterated. The Statue of Liberty stands in ruins. When the dust has cleared‚ the death toll is 45‚000. The largest amount of Americans to die in one day on U.S. soil since the Civil War. Many other countries are in anarchy. America itself is close. But many efforts keep the
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USA‚ New-York. Central Park‚ top view taken by AirPano is a high-resolution panorama photograph of Central Park‚ New York taken from a bird’s eye view from 2500ft above the ground during peak sunlight hours. AirPano is a not-for-profit project that works to capture beautiful cities around the world with the intention to present it in the form of panoramas and as virtual tours for everyone to experience. This slightly obscure photograph captures one of New York’s most famous sights‚ Central Park‚
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1. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT OF JUSTIFYING CAUSE-RELATED MARKETING TO YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PRIMARY ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF SUCH A PROPOSAL? Cause Related Marketing is defined as “a commercial activity by which business and charities or causes form a partnership with each other to market an image‚ product or service for mutual benefit.” The main reason for getting involved in Cause Related Marketing is not philanthropy. On the contrary‚ business gets benefited by linking
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When my family and I were on vacation in Connecticut we decided to go the New York City. We got up in the morning and drove to the train station. We rode the train into Grand Central Station‚ it was very beautiful. The ceiling in the station was high and there was loads of light coming in from the windows. After we arrived at the station we walked to the Natural History Museum. We looked at all the exhibits‚ they were amazing and very interesting. Then we went to Central park and walked around for
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