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I MADE UP THIS STORY BASED ON REAL FACTS.
The Good Soldiers
Dear Fuhrer,
My name is Himmler Von Strauss, Im a third generation German soldier, currently stationed just outside of southern Poland , near the Auschwitz concentration camp. I just received orders to establish a post outside the camp, and was commanded to shoot anyone who attempted to escape. Up until my second night on post I had never killed a man. I never thought that killing a Jew would feel so terrible. I was raised by a devoted Aryan family, my father taught me about the evil Jews when I was just a young boy. Hatred has always filled my heart for those who strive to corrupt the superior German race. Yet, I find myself feeling guiltier with each day that passes. It has been two weeks since my move to the camp and I have killed at least a dozen detainees. Survival has been difficult, constantly fighting illnes s because of meager rations and lack of rest.

L.M. Hidden Charitable Trust Board,

Before I explain how my enrollment at Washington State University
Vancouver, will impact my personal career goals, and my community; I think
it is important to understand how I reached this point in my college
education. As a varsity soccer player in high school, I was scouted by
several schools. Extensive research into the different schools academic
programs, and weighing financial options I decided that I wanted to pursue
a Computer Science degree. After graduating Prairie High School with a
grade point average of 3.591, I went on to attend George Fox University,

Andrew Uhacz
4-25-07
Media 400
Extra Credit

Finger, Salamander, Morning, Brazil, Killing

It was the morning after the attack.

And the water was murky and rough.

Like salamanders rising up to the top.

Fingers fallen soldiers drifted along the top.

Like summer time in Brazil.

The sun was beaming down on my face.

Soft winds blowing in from the east.

Scattered the scent of killing across the sea.

As I made my way towards shore.

I thought about my mothers last words.

“Go fight with honor, so we can all live with freedom.”

DJ Quick

Oh know! that’s my song - I can take you all night long.

Keep it rolling, keep it flowing, we can take this to the mornin’

Back it up, back it down, shake that money to the ground.

It’s getn hot, your bodies tight, damn I want this every night.

Oh know, its on again - let’s take another spin.

Flip da cash, let flow, bring your bones to the flo.

Feel the shiver, and I’ll deliver.

Time is up, here we go.

I know your close, but its too late, gonna have to shut the gate.

Three, two, one, and this song is done.

Color Rising
By: Andrew Uhacz & AJ Johnston
Stephen Shore
Over the last thirty years, Stephen Shore has been shown and published all over the world. At the age of 14, he presented his photos to Edward Steichen who was the curator of photography at MOMA at the time. Steichen was impressed and bought three of his works. At 24 Shore became the first living photographer to have his own personal show at the Met, in New York. “He has also had one-man shows at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the George Eastman House, Rochester, and the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His series of exhibitions at Light Gallery in New York in the early 1970’s sparked new interest in color photography and in the use of the view camera for documentary work.”

Andrew K. Uhacz
World Civilizations II
Paul Smith
Final Paper

A Day in Class

After doing extensive research on world civilizations on the past few centuries, I have decided to steer my original direction of the first papers research towards a more specific topic. Going from my focus on the growth of technology in India, to the rise of ideology in a more broad understanding of Asian culture. The information would be presented as if I was speaking to a American based demographic, or a group of peers with similar backgrounds related to my own.

The 20th century has taught us many things about the advancements of ideology, and the impact it has had on world civilizations throughout time. To explore one of the more recent contributions to human history, I will explore the time period from 1945; focusing my attention on the rise of what I like to call the modern civilization. Further pinpointing the influences of Western ideology on the technologically intrigued Asian culture. The intention of my day in class, is to give students an understanding at why things like technology have become so vital in the survival of all living things on Earth. When most people think of technology, instantly they think computers, yet the single idea of what started the function of the computer is the real symbolic piece of evidence that ensured the development of a machine that has become a huge part of our daily lives.

Andrew Uhacz
April 4, 2007
History and Media 400
Howard Aaron
Assignment II

Downfall: Docudrama Comparisons

In the docudrama, Downfall, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, we take a look in to the personal account of Traudl Junge (played by Alexandra Maria Lara), Adolph Hitler’s last private secretary before the end of the Third Reich. It is important to understand why this docudrama is more compelling to audiences than a traditional documentary or cinematic drama presentation by itself. In a typical documentary, one is provided with a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one way or another, to document reality. Furthermore, a drama depends mostly on in depth character development, interaction, and highly emotional themes. A good drama will appeal to audiences through the empathetic experiences in a story, by showing what characters are feeling, which then forces the audience to identify with each character. Now that we see the capabilities of a documentary and a drama, we can better understand why docudramas are becoming more prevalent.

Born in Philadelphia, Emmanuel Radnitsky grew up in New Jersey and became a commercial artist in New York in the 1910s. He began to sign his name Man Ray in 1912, although his family did not change its surname to Ray until the 1920s. He initially taught himself photography in order to reproduce his own works of art, which included paintings and mixed media. In 1921 he moved to Paris and set up a photography studio to support himself. There he began to make photograms, which he called “Rayographs.”

Shortly before World War II, Man Ray returned to the United States and settled in Los Angeles from 1940 until 1951. He was disappointed that he was recognized only for his photography in America and not for the filmmaking, painting, sculpture, and other media in which he worked. In 1951 Man Ray returned to Paris, where he concentrated primarily on painting.