Garth Brooks

students and working with all these enthusiastic people. A few smiles every time easily made my day. Until I knew there is another opportunity to become Orientation Leader, which is a greater chance to help new students to adjust well to the Stony Brook community, I could not wait to apply for it.…

different schools they are interested in. Personally, I am interested in factors like location and school size. In this essay, I will examine three schools: University of South Florida (USF), University of Central Florida (UCF), and SUNY at Stony Brook University—SUNY. USF is located in Tampa, Florida, which is only about one hour away from my home. While it would be nice to be close to my family, I do not like the weather in Florida. It is too hot in the summer and it is not cold for very long…

semester. I also hope that it wasn't too rough because right now the physics homework seems so difficult. I really do hope it has gotten better and that now you understand the complex problems for simple concepts. So how exactly do I feel about Stony Brook University and my time here. Am I completely happy with where I am and do I hope to stay here for the next four years? I'm not sure how to answer this question because I don't know if I like this place or that I'm glad this place isn't too…

language barrier stands as a major challenge. 300 out of 1700 undergraduate international students at Stony Brook University are from Chinese speaking country according to the International admission office, language barrier is the first challenge for them when they step on campus. Mariana Catalano, a 10 years coordinator of the undergraduate English as Second Language Program (ESL) at Stony Brook, explained during her term, she has designed and developed the writing placement for all…

What effects do connotation, bias, and rhetoric have on the author’s argument, and how does it affect the audience? In the editorial “‘Boobies,’ the courts and free speech” by the Times Editorial Board the author uses connotation, bias, and rhetoric to help sway the audience toward believing in their side of the argument. To start off, the author uses connotation a lot in his editorial. These are some examples of those words, “Constitutional rights, wrongly, disrespect, defiance, and…

people liked more traditional music. The year 1986 brought forth several new artists who performed in traditional country styles, such as honky-tonk. This sparked the "new traditionalist" movement, or return to traditional country music. In 1989 Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam were introduced into Country music Hall of Fame; they also had their first country…

One women. That has helped shaped country forever. The lady from Idol that rose to fame. This women is commonly picked to host the CMA Awards. She has won 7 Grammys and been nominated 14 times out of her 11 years of singing professionally. She grew up in a small town of Checotah, Oklahoma. This woman's name is Carrie Underwood. Underwood is one that almost everyone knows of because of her popularity in the country music world. Carrie is a very talented artist that was taken to fame on the hit TV…

Monday, May 2 at 7 p.m. in Swan Lake Hall of Madame Gurskey’s Academy of Tap and Ballet. The festival will be three days full of fun, food, festivity and culture. Day one of the festival includes musical performances by Josh Turner, Luke Bryan, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Maypearl Weedmeyer, Tammanette and the Tams and Cookie and the Cupcakes. “Country-western music certainly is part of our culture,” festival sponsor, Madame Gurskey said. “We have booked a number of stars and rising stars who…

If an artist wants to keep their fame in today’s society, they need to be able to rapidly adapt to the advances in technology, even if those advancements are causing these artists to lose their money. While this trend of streaming and file sharing is mainly causing a loss of money for the music industry there are still some benefits. For example, one of the biggest benefits is easier distribution. Before streaming was a common thing in society, distributing music was extrememly expensive as…

new introduction of music impacted music on a global scale.This would present some of the most iconic artists the world had ever seen at that time such as rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon; and country stars Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and Jimmy Rodgers.But as time progresses music progresses with it and new genres and artist become popular,This leads into the 1980s. 80’s music was about image, the impression of the artist was more important than ever at the time.The music…