Sparky's Quill: The Apache Leap
Last week, Tom and I attended a free lecture at the Tempe History Museum. The topic for this month was the research of Stephen Germick about the Apache Leap legend. The legend goes like this:
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Last week, Tom and I attended a free lecture at the Tempe History Museum. The topic for this month was the research of Stephen Germick about the Apache Leap legend. The legend goes like this:
“Four score and seven years ago…”
The date: February 14, 1929. The place: Lincoln Park, Chicago. A warehouse. The players: The South Side Italian Gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish Gang led by Bugs Moran.
Ask almost any history buff if they watch the History Channel and the most likely reply will be, “Oh, yeah, I used to.” Historical documentaries about the French Revolution, the Civil War, biographies and specials dominated the majority of lineups. I have fond memories of my dad and I spending hours watching them. It’s what I credit for my love of history. Granted, a lot of the information may have been misrepresented, like a high school history textbook, but it was interesting! I actually dreamed of being one of those featured historians on a segment. One year, I was hell-bent on becoming a director or producer of one of those historical documentaries.
Have you ever wondered why some history is easy to get interested in, but any other type of history is just. . . bleh? I’m from California, and ever since elementary school we get an overview of California history, especially the Gold Rush (and take my word for it, you never know enough about the Gold Rush). But this history has always been interesting to me. My interests grew to become a love of United States history as a whole. It just came so easily to me, like math or science can come easily to others. I could recite random facts at the drop of a hat, or tell you the ways in which Thomas Jefferson was a Francophile. However, if you throw me into a class about European or Asian history, I’d be lost the entire time. I would study ten times as hard in that class because I would need to. I’m just not as interested in it. I think the reasoning behind this is because I’m studying the history of where I’m from. When the history is personal, it’s a heck of a lot more interesting.
Hey there, Holly here. The other day I was listening to the soundtrack for the film version of “Les Misérables.” It’s a hard task to find someone who hasn’t heard a song from the musical, let alone Anne Hathaway’s rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream.” This new movie musical sensation has been praised as one of the best adaptations of book to musical to movie to ever hit the United States. The musical was first conceptualized for the French stage, from Victor Hugo’s immensely political novel of the same name, by the French songwriter Alain Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schönberg in 1980. An English re-working of the French version with new songs and scenes was created for the London stage in 1985 by Herbert Kretzmer and James Fenton. The first Broadway production of the musical hit the New York scene in 1987 with a few of the cast from the London production.
We’ve all seen them. Demonstrations and protests for political, societal, and religious causes are common occurrences on university campuses. There are many forms of student protest, like the quiet ones who stand in one spot for the majority of the day holding a simple sign that is meant to convey a very powerful message. Or maybe you’ve seen the large banners and dioramas on Hayden Lawn or in front of the Memorial Union depicting all sorts of world and societal crises. Although we may not think much of them as we rush off to class, campus demonstrations and protests throughout history have led the way for major change.
And so, another semester begins.We’re all wondering what our classes will be like and hoping we didn’t get the crazy professor who firmly believes milk is a conspiracy. Here at Sparky’s Quill we are determined to get you through this first week of classes in the only way we know how: by telling you dumb facts about the U.S. Presidents in order to motivate you to be more like them.
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