Selma

The film “Selma” is a movie about Martin Luther King jr. and his journey for civil rights. In the movie his next stop is Selma where African Americans are denied the right to vote because they have to go through a series of unnecessary tests to see if they’re actually “American citizens” MKL jr organizes and march from Selma to the capital of Alabama in protest. The first march does not work because state troopers, cops on horseback, and racist white Alabamans are waiting at the end of the bridge to not let them through. They throw tear gas at them and beat up innocent African Americans. The second march MKL jr calls on all sorts of people from all around the U.S. People answer his call and they all march together lead by MKL jr. When they get to the bridge the cops and state troopers disperse from blocking the bridge. When this happens MKL jr gets on his knee and prays and then gets up and walks away later explaining that he would rather have everyone upset at him rather than another slaughter like the first march. Later in the movie MLK jr realizes the only way this march is going to happen is if they go to court, they win the court case and march from Selma to the capital and MKL jr gives a speech right on the front steps. I enjoyed the film because it focused on multiple characters and all of their struggles. It showed the white pastor who was beaten and killed for coming down to march with MLK jr which proved that you didn’t have to be African American to be associated with them. I cringed a little bit watching this film when I watched innocent people being beaten to near death because of their skin color. Everyone should be equal and given a chance to show you they’re good people until they do something that would prove otherwise.

Marit, Britt and Arianas mysterious adventure

It was just your average fall day, leaves were falling from the trees, the wind biting at your cheeks and clouds covering up the sun. Marit, Ariana, and Britt were going to the UWSP library to meet Stevie and get their English homework done. When they arrived there was not a soul in the library. The trio looked around at the front desk until they came upon a note which read “Wanna play a game? I have your friend Stevie and if you ever want to see him again you have to find him, but trust me he won’t be easy to find. Good luck.”  The 3 girls gasped in shock. Who would take their friend Stevie and how would they find him? When they turned the note over there was more writing. It was a clue! The clue read “On the first floor there are many encyclopedias, find the dog encyclopedia and tell me what an English pointer is for your next clue” How would they be able to navigate the encyclopedias there’s like a million! Wait we can use the call numbers and find the book were looking for! When they found the book they found the letter E and another clue on the back. The second clue said “A shark in the library? That’s odd where would that be?” The girls had been in the library many times because they liked to study and read so they already knew about the natural history museum in the library that had a shark right at the entrance. They found the shark and found the letter H with the third clue. It said “Extra Extra read all about it the second floor has the current issue of the newspaper and were gonna shout it!” The girls quickly scurried up the stairs to the current issue of the newspaper in the periodicals. The letter in the newspaper was C with the next clue reading “do you like music? Me too find me listening to some tunes” The girls knew that meant he was listening to CDs on the 3^Rd floor. They ran up the stairs and found a mess of CDs on the floor, the letter V, and their next clue which read “Wow you girls are really smart. The next place you will run to is the 4^th floor but good luck reading the number range PN 2287 C5!” The girls laughed and remembered how they used the Reading Call numbers systems like they did with the encyclopedias. When they easily found the book they opened it and a limp piece of paper floated to the ground with the letter A and the 6^th clue on it. “I love animals and zoos, if only there was a section on the 5^th floor that could inform me more about zoology” The girls were tired at this point and thought let’s take the elevator up one floor. When they arrived on the 5^th floor they walked past the archives and the computer stations to see some bright green shelves. Unfortunately, there were endless rows of green shelves… How would they ever find the zoology section with hundreds of green shelves??? They walked for what felt like hours until they heard a yelp from the corner from Ariana who had found the zoology section. They looked in all the books until they found a page with the letter R written in red marker and a note in the margins of the book. The 7^Th clue said “Congratulations you’re on to the last clue. The government has many documents called Sudocs located on the 6^th floor. What would the Sudocs be for the Smithsonian?” the girls jumped with joy as they realized they just had to go up the 6^th floor and read the Sudocs poster which has all the U.S. publications on it. When they found the poster they saw the letters S and I circled with a noted taped up saying “Good work, Now I hope you’ve been keeping track of the letters because that’s where you’ll find your friend, put them together and find the location of Stevie.” E, H, C, V, A, R, S, I?? What could that possibly mean? The girls sat around for nearly half an hour until they all gasped in realization “THE ARCHIVES!!!!!!” They ran down the stairs to the 5^th floor and threw open the door to see who kidnapped their dear friend. They were confused when they opened the door and saw Stevie sitting there by himself laughing and muttering to himself “Those girls will never figure this out and I will get out of my part of the homework. HAHAHA” “Stevie” all the girls yelled in rage, “you get to do all the homework now because you wasted our time when we could have been studying!” cried Marit. As mad as the girls were they were just glad they were able to navigate the library successfully and that their dear friend Stevie was alright.