The Jewish-Islam conversation

During the past 8 weeks, I had learned within an Independent Study trying to understand the relationship between Islam and Judiasm. I had went to the Chicago Synagog and IMAN to meet important figures such as Mr. Evans and Mr. Zin. I also read books on Islam and Judiasm such as when bad thing happen to good people and many more books.

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The Lemon Commandment.

Policy is a trend where laws are produce from the culture our society creates. When it comes to the the policies of religion, one could argue that the "separation of church and state" has either grown or withered. This is I'm studying during my junior year in the class Policy. During this class, cohorts and I studied several laws that were created through what culturally happened during that time. This included the Vietnam War, WWI, and the recent war on Libya. We went to Cook County Criminal Courthouse, The National Veteran Art Museum, and much more.

What we did for a project was to research a supreme court case and how it affected the citizens of the US. We also had to identify the thesis listed for the plaintiff and defendant on why the subject of the court case was constitutional (or not). For my project, I choose McCreary County (Kentucky) v ACLU due to the interesting arguments used within the case. The struggle I had with the project was time but I enjoyed learning about the rhetoric placed on the case.

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The Love of Urban

F . L. Olmsted once quoted "Parks are the lungs of the city" in his work during the World's Fair and overtime more cities began to realize the importance of this quote. Urban planning is the combination of forest and city as it makes a more healthy environment in terms of productivity and citizens. Throughout this term, Olmsted's words is what my class and I had tried to learn. We had learned the basic of trigonometry and volume to figure out space of an environment. We also learned the science and history behind how to handle a dense city. We went to MSI to understand electricity and what technology was used during Olmsted's time.

What I had to do within the class was to pick an environment that wasn't used and create a preposed idea on what could be done to it. I had choose a vacant lot next to my home and measured it out by hand. The struggle was when I measured the lot multiple times and problems took more time than I hoped for. However, I am proud of this plan since it I had thought about urbanization before the assignment was announced and I now have a basis for the project.

Overall, I'm pretty proud of what I've done. I worked hard on the calculations but had a discomfort while finishing the measuring. If I followed up on this project, I would look at the cost and supply of the park. I also would ask if the whole community would actually want this park to be made. I would use watercolor to visualize the park in an unique and professional way.