Research post

1."Little Italy Neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois (IL), 60607 Detailed Profile." Little Italy Neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois (IL), 60607 Subdivision Profile. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Little-Italy-Chicago-IL.html>. Many young females in little Italy (low 20s)

 2."Chicago Neighborhood Details: University Village." Chicago Neighborhood Details: University Village. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.chicagohome.com/NHDetails.cfm?NH_ID=54>. The positive influence of University of Illinois at Chicago has dramatically changed the face of the area.

 3."Chicago Neighborhood Details: Tri-Taylor." Chicago Neighborhood Details: Tri-Taylor. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.chicagohome.com/NHDetails.cfm?NH_ID=52>. This growing area is stabilized by the University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago’s medical district.

 4."UIC Key Facts." University of Illinois at Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.uic.edu/uic/about/keyfacts/index.shtml>. UIC was formed in 1982 by the consolidation of two U. of I. campuses.

 5."Greektown." Explore Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/neighborhoods/greektown.html>.The university opened in 1965, and college students  attracted in part by the low prices at Greek restaurants.

 6."Little Italy." Little Italy. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/758.html>. Italians were never actually a majority in the area they just maintained a strong presence in the commercial and political fabric of the area throughout the twentieth century.

 7. "University of Illinois at Chicago: Campus Housing — 818 S. Wolcott Avenue (Suite 220), Chicago, Illinois 60612 — 312-355-6300." Family Housing – UIC Campus Housing, A Division of Student Affairs. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.housing.uic.edu/halls/family.php>.  U.I.C provides housing for students with families.

8. "Near West Side." Near West Side. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/878.html>. By the 1870s a small middle class had gradually replaced the wealthy families around Union Park.

9. "Greektown." Greektown. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/549.html>. Chicago's Greek population began to grow in the area surrounded by Halsted, Harrison, and Blue Island Streets.

10. "University of Illinois at Chicago." University of Illinois at Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1290.html>. A major economic engine, it employed about 12,000 people with a budget of approximately a billion dollars.

11. "Daley's Chicago." Daley's Chicago. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1722.html>. Daley constructed the University of Illinois at Chicago-Chicago circle

12. "Hull House." Hull House. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/615.html>.  A settlement house which was established by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr on the Near West Side.

13. "Jane Addams: Halsted Street around 1890." Jane Addams: Halsted Street around 1890. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2393.html>. The founder of the Hull house

14. "Pilsen." Pilsen. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2477.html>. German and Irish immigrants settled in this neighborhood.

15. "Spartacus Educational." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAaddams.htm>. Jane Addams did more than any other woman

16. "Spartacus Educational." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWstarr.htm>. Co-founder of the Hull house.

17. "UIC College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - The Latin American and Latino Studies Program." UIC College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - The Latin American and Latino Studies Program. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://www.uic.edu/las/latamst/research/immigrant.shtml>.  Affecting 13 million undocumented and their familie

18. "University Village / Little Italy Real Estate & Homes for Sale." Zillow. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://www.zillow.com/university-village---little-italy-chicago-il/>. Many houses in this neighborhood are expensive.

19."Vacant Property Razed for UIC, 1962." Vacant Property Razed for UIC, 1962. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3620.html>. Doubt in Senor Daley.

20. "Father Arnold Damen, Chicago’s Jesuit Apostle." Father Arnold Damen, Chicago’s Jesuit Apostle. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. <http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-93.html>. Founder of St. Ignatius.

Community Song Post

“My Life” The Game featuring Lil Wayne

[Intro]

 Punk *** motherf*ck*r!

 B*tch *** n*gg*!

 What were you gonna do?

 Kill me in my sleep u b*tch *** n*gg*?

 Tupac, Biggie shut the f*ck up!

 F*cking d*gs, they barking sh*t...

 Don't shoot me! Don't shoot me!

 F*ck you n*gg*!

[Chorus (Lil' Wayne)]

 And I'm grindin' until I'm tired

 And you ain't grindin' until you tired

 So I'm grinding with my eyes wide

 Looking to find,

 A way through the day

 The life of the night

 Dear lord you've take so many of my people

 I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life

 Like what the hell am I doing right?

[Verse 1 (The Game)]

 Take me away from the hood

 like a state penitentiary.

 Take me away from the hood

 in a casket or a Bentley.

 Take me away...

 Like I overdosed on cocaine,

 or take me away

 like a bullet from Kurt Cobain.

 Suicide.

 I'm from a windy city

 like do or die.

 From a block close to

 where Biggie was crucified.

 That was Brooklyn's Jesus

 shot for no f*ck*ng reason.

 And you wonder why Kanye

 wear his Jesus pieces.

 (My life!)

 Cause that's Jesus people,

 and Game he's the equal.

 Hated on so much

 Passion Of The Christ need a sequel.

 Yeah, like Rockefeller need a Segal.

 Like I needed my father,

 (My life!)

 but he needed a needle.

 I need some meditation

 so I can lead my people.

 They askin' why?

 Why did John Lennon leave the Beetles?

 And Why every hood n*gg*

 feed off evil?

 Answer my question before this

 bullet leave this Desert Eagle.

[Chorus (Lil' Wayne)]

 And I'm grindin' until I'm tired

 And you ain't grindin' until you tired

 So I'm grinding with my eyes wide

 Looking to find,

 A way through the day

 The life of the night

 Dear lord you've take so many of my people

 I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life

 Like what the hell am I doing right?

[Verse 2 (The Game)]

 We are not the same,

 I am a martian.

 So approach my Phantom doors with caution.

 You see them 24's spinnin'

 I earned them.

 And all the pictures of me and M I burned them

 So it ain't no proof that I ever walked through 8 Mile

and since their ain't no proof I never walked through 8 mile.

 Sometimes I think about my life with my face down.

 Then I see my sons and put on that Kanye smile.

 Damn I know his mama proud,

 and since you helped me sell my dream,

 we can share my mama now.

 And like MJB, no more drama now.

 Livin' the good life,

 me and Common on common ground.

 I spit crack,

 and n*gg*s could drive it outta town.

 Got a Chris Paul mind state,

 I'm never out of bounds.

 My life use to be empty

 like a Glock without a round.

 Now my life full

 like a chopper with a thousand rounds.

[Chorus (Lil' Wayne)]

 And I'm grindin' until I'm tired

 And you ain't grindin' until you tired

 So I'm grinding with my eyes wide

 Looking to find,

 A way through the day

 The life of the night

 Dear lord you've take so many of my people

 I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life

 Like what the hell am I doing right?

[Verse 3 (The Game)]

 Walked through the gates of hell,

 see my Impala parked in front,

 with the high beams on.

 Me and the devil

 sharing chronic blunts.

 Listening to The Chronic album,

 playin' backwards.

 Shootin' at pictures of Don Imus

 for target practice.

 My mind f*ck*d up, so I

 cover it with a Raider hood.

 I'm from the city that made you

 Mother*ck*rs afraid of Suge

 Made my Grandmother pray for good

 and never made her happy,

 but I bet that new Mercedes could.

 Ain't no bars, but n*gg*s can't

 escape the hood.

 They took so many of my n*gg*s,

 that I should hate the hood.

 But it's real n*gg*s like me

 that make the hood.

 Ridin' slow in that Phantom

 just the way I should.

 With the top back

 and my Sox hat.

 I'm Paid in Full,

 the n*gg* Alvo couldn't stop that.

 Even if they brought the n*gg* Pac back,

 I'd still keep this motherf*ck*r cocked back.

[Chorus (Lil' Wayne)]

 And I'm grindin' until I'm tired

 And you ain't grindin' until you tired

 So I'm grinding with my eyes wide

 Looking to find,

 A way through the day

 The life of the night

 Dear lord you've take so many of my people

 I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life

 Like what the hell am I doing right?

My Life [4X]

This Community doesnt sound like one I would want to live in because there is alot of violence and drug use. The artist seems indifferent on the well being of his community but he cares about his grandmother so he could feel it needs changing. This was an urban place because the artsist used the word "city" and "hood" many times in the song. During the song the Game said "like Rockefeller need a segal..... like I needed my father but her needed the needle" which ment he had no father support because he was doing heroin. It must've been hard for The Game to grow up with no fatherly support. The Game's community a hood in Los Angeles.

Community Posts

The expectations for baseball is work hard in practice, put in work in the weight room, and have heart. To be a member of the baseball team at whitney you have to perform well on the field and in the classroom. My role on the team this year was to pinch run and steal all the bases.

We practiced on the Whitney Young field at skinner park. After practice we would normally go to the locker room on the second floor in the gym building. When we leave the locker room we would hang out at Billy Goats to eat and crack jokes until our rides come. Doing all these things make me feel warm and comfortable because im hanging with the team and it helps build chemistry when we are on the field. This is my community because I have many things in common with my teamates and I feel accepted.

The expectations in my family consist of keeping your room clean, getting good grades, taking care of one another. To be a member of our family you have to be related to us or be close friends with everyone in our family for a long time. My role in this family is to do well in anything to set an example for the next generation.

We live by the Garfield park conservatory but we spend most of our time on the road going to my games or to parties that other friends/family might have. We spend most of our Holidays at my Grandma's house in St. Louis. I feel comfortable in my family because we make each other better with constructive critisism all time. This is my community because I am welcomed, treated fairly, supported, and my atmosphere would be the same without my family.

The expectations for my friends are to be as funny as possible, be honest, and respect their privacy. To be one of my friends you have to be funny, dress nice, and not afraid to get your mack on. My role with my friends is the "goof ball" since im the funniest I have to keep my friends entertained.

We normally hangout at school but when we go out to lunch we end up going to Chipotle, Bacci's, McDonalds, or Billy Goats. We normally have macking sessions (when you flirt with many girls) when the whole crew is together. I feel comfortable with my friends because I can be open and dont really have to be worried about what comes out my mouth. This is my community because my friends and I share the same values.

Response To Crevecour

 

Jean de Crevecour presented many ideas in his essay. One of which is no matter how bad your past life was everything changes when you come to America. In the essay Jean de Crevecour said "Can that man call England or any other kingdom his country? A country that had no bread for him" which made me think of the latin phrase "Ubi panis ibi patria" that he used that ment where there is bread there is one's fatherland. I think he used this because america was providing protection, bread, and land. He also brought up that there is a mixture of blood in America meaning that there are all kinds of people here. All the Individuals from different nations are melted into a new race (American). He also predicts the people of America one day will cause great change in the world. I find this interesting because many Americans have caused great change in the world.

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