Transition. This is a word found in much of the literature, both old and new, surrounding the Viola Neighborhood in Greenville, South Carolina. But what kind of transition is this historic neighborhood headed for? The City of Greenville’s master plan reflects an interesting change headed for the surrounding area of Viola. While examining the plans of this revitalization of the area around Stone...
Timothy Murphy, author of AIDS, Morality, and Culture, recalled that in, “A 1988 report…some 8 to 60 percent of persons surveyed considered AIDS to be God’s punishment for immoral sexual behavior.” Many of President Ronald Reagan’s closest advisors also felt the individuals who had contracted AIDS were deserving of the plague that was now cleansing the earth of the unfaithful. ...
During the early 1970s, theatre was dominated by male actors, male directors, male playwrights, and male producers. In an article titled The ‘Woman’ Playwright Issue Gayle Austin, 80s playwright and journalist, expressed that many of the female characters portrayed in the shows of this time were flat or two-dimensional, leaving the female audience in this male dominated world wanting more than...
The experience of US troops returning from action in Operation Desert Storm, commonly referred to as the First Gulf War was markedly different from that of troops returning after the Vietnam War. In 1991 they were invited to take part in what the Los Angeles Times termed “the biggest victory celebration since the end of WWII,” in Washington D.C. Despite opposition from some, the “overall...
The large amount of social change that occurred within the mid-20th century arose from the push toward equality between the groups of people urging the nation for integration. These groups pushed for the basic rights for people of any gender, race, or sexual-orientation. This desire to change the nation led to many government and social acts to protect and provide these oppressed...
Milwaukee Public Schools used “intact busing” which required black students to go from one school to another when their home school was in disrepair or overpopulated. These students did not attend classes with white children. So even when these black students were attending primarily white schools, this form of “invisible” segregation was in use. Many bussed students were even required...
In the mid 1900’s roughly one-third of Alma College’s student body was involved in the performing arts either through music, dance, or theatre, and there was not enough space to house all of the college’s performing arts groups. The college was in desperate need of a performance center. Designs and drawings of such a center were first seen in a 1962 yearbook. However, the construction did...
“The foreman would let you know if it was safe. Because he said something was safe didn’t mean it was safe.” This is how Ulysses S. Anderson described the safety conditions at Sloss Furnace, a pig-iron producing blast furnace in Birmingham, Alabama. While being interviewed by the Sloss Furnace Association Anderson spent a great amount of time describing the safety conditions he encountered...
It would seem that James Madison had risen from the grave. Or at least one of his 12 original Constitutional amendments had been resuscitated. With near unanimity (Senate: 99-0; House: 414-3) Congress showed its support for the Twenty-Seventh Amendment on May 20,1992. The Amendment prohibits adjustments to Congressional salaries from taking effect before an election intercedes. Yet the vote was...
1992 Women’s Basketball National Championship
Alma College has a history of excellence, both in the MIAA and against colleges around the nation. The pinnacle of Alma’s athletic excellence, however, is the National Championship that the women’s basketball team of 1992 brought back to Scotland U.S.A.
Led by head coach Charlie Goffnett and assistant coach Mark Guyette,...