Open Mind

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Devil Dolphins of Silver Lagoon is a narrative travel book created by a easy going, yet an extremely skillful seaman who has diving, navigation and photography expertise. This is a collection of happenings that no ordinary person could endure. Captain Michael Bennett intended the audience to be for anyone who wanted to hear his stories and events that happened to him and the National Geographic team on their expeditions. He finds humor in the sometimes distressing occurrences and also describes…

The Creighton men’s tennis team lost against DePaul University, falling 6-1, but also brought home a decisive win against Western Illinois last weekend, with a 7-0 sweep against the Bulldogs. The loss and win leaves the Bluejays with a 7-9 record on the season. On Saturday, during the matches against the Blue Demons in Chicago, junior Harrison Lang, at No. 3 singles, came out with Creighton’s only singles win against DePaul. Lang captured a close 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 victory over DePaul's Alex…

“All human beings are ultimately the same in that we are all equally powerless against nature.” Of all the potential themes in the list, this one by far seemed to be the most powerful and prominent overall theme of this story. Every element of the seems to point to the humbling reality that the forces of nature offer no pity to find themselves at its mercy. There are four men stranded on a small insignificant boat, which is easily overturned because of even the slightest movements. This small…

lightning serve and powerful groundstrokes. Her serve is revered as arguably the best in women's tennis history due to its incredible speed and accuracy. In addition, her comeback history’s suspense contributed to her media popularity. In the 2012 US Open finals, Serena was 2 points away from defeat at the hands of Victoria Azarenka with a score of 3-5, however, she pulled through and defeated Azarenka in an incredible comeback. She currently has 22 Grand Slam titles, a record tied with legend…

World Number 1 spot beckons Andy Murray Andy Murray finally finds himself on the right side of the finishing line. In his third consecutive Grand Slam final, Andy clinched the Wimbledon title to end his Grand Slam title drought. The entire country was in an ebullient mood and even the ever-poker faced Ivan Lendl was seen shedding a few tears. Andy joked about his supercoach: “He was telling everyone it was allergies, that he had hayfever. I don’t believe it.” But even before the celebrations…

In “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, four survivors of a tragic shipwreck are forced to live in a lifeboat and fight for survival. The four men are the cook, the oiler, the correspondent, and the captain. The captain assures the men that they are getting very close to a manned lighthouse that he is familiar with, although day by day the men see no lighthouse. The men start to lose hope when finally, land comes into sight. In their great efforts to make landfall, the oiler drowns, despite being…

The word “prodigal” originates from Latin roots that together mean “to drive forth.” It signifies the quality of one that drives forth his/her money by spending with reckless abandon, which is present in the Biblical parable the ”Prodigal Son.” A father has two sons, the younger desperately impatient to receive his inheritance. So, the prodigal son demands of his father to receive his inheritance before he passes away. In other words, the son diminishes the tragedy of his father’s eventual…

At first when I read it, I felt as though Crane was declaring that the whole experience eventually had no point by any stretch of the imagination. The men couldn't be mediators of what we can never really comprehend or clarify. Toward the day's end, every one of the survivors could truly clarify and decipher is that regardless they had not any more comprehension of why they needed to persevere through the trial or how the experience truly changed them. When I read the story, I felt that the men…

Over the past few decades, the treatment of each individual's’ interests by society has been improving. However, there are still events that shake and concern many. During the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament, which was held in Indian Wells, California in 2001, currently ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis, American professional tennis player Serena Williams faced a most discriminatory audience and distress as a result. Much like Richard Wright, Williams dealt with racial abuse and pressure.…