Week 3 Work

Howdee y'all!! :P

Well...Week 3 of classes is almost complete. I must still finish my Typography assignment, but the rest is done. I just finished sending in my English Comp paper today.

So....here's the run-down on my last posted work - Intro to Computer Graphics - A. English Comp - A. Invisible Success Strategies (which you will never see here) - A. Typography - BASTARD!!! I got a 25/30, which isn't bad per se (it's like 83.3% or something), but if this mutherfucker messes up my GPA, I'm finding the bastard, I'm telling you now! Geez he's in love with himself!!! Ugh!!! So....that was the only blight on my Week 2. No, now that you mention it, I'm not a perfectionist - - why do you ask???

Okay, Week 3 work. Success Strategies was crap about well....something I don't even remember about coming back to college after a long time away so...moving on!

Intro to Computer Graphics was picking an Annual Report to redesign. I chose Barnes & Noble Booksellers, cuz theirs kinda suck. Nice blank canvas to play with - yay! That was it aside from the discussion - pretty quiet week on that topic.

English Composition - - ah, English Comp - yeah....English Comp started out annoying the fuck out of me, but by the end of the week was actually very educational. Our assignment was an expository essay on one of the following topics (and I hate when other people choose my freaking topics - especially when they're this stupid):

1. Explain how the Cold War ended. (Who. cares.)
2. Explain how Hawaii became a state.
3. Explain the pros and cons of nationalism. (Again.who.cares.)
4. Explain the origins of the concept of "free will". (What.Ever. That's free will!)
5. Explain the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal. (Bunch of whiny spoiled ball players threw the series for cash and then whinged when they got caught - explanation enough for you?)

Can you guess which I chose? I'll give you a minute....



Minute's up!! I chose how Hawaii became a state. It's actually very interesting. And very "whitey came and stole our land" which is true so, ya know, it's legit. I didn't know there was still a whole big to-do going on about restoring Hawaii to its own republic - did you know that? No? Well, now ya do! You learned something new today! CONGRATULATIONS!!! :)

So....here's the sitch - the way he wanted this done was kind of expository-essay-writing-for-retards or something, and I don't roll that way, so I did it my way. It was supposed to be 2 pages, but I went all Hermione on it and did almost three; only two sources needed, I cited six - that kind of thing. If he dings me, he dings me, my paper is good. Think I'm being a blowhard? Read for yourself and judge (oh - as always - this is my freaking work except where cited so DON'T STEAL MY SHIT! - I HATE that!):



The Controversial Statehood of Hawaii


When one thinks of a conquering nation, rarely does America come to mind. Founded as it was under the principles of freedom and democracy, it becomes hard to believe that the addition of one of the fifty United States is seen as an act of war. But that is precisely the controversy surrounding the annexation and addition of Hawaii as the 50th state.

Prior to 1840, the Hawaiian Islands were considered the Hawaiian kingdom, presided over by a monarchy, and rich with a culture and vibrancy of its own. In 1778, however, English Captain James Cook came upon the islands, and following his “discovery” of the islands, American whaling fleets, other explorers and adventurers, traders, and eventually New England missionaries found their ways to the islands. With the arrival of the missionaries, the culture and scenery of Hawaii began to change with the addition of the written English language, Protestant and Catholic religions, and American trades and ways of life including horse-drawn vehicles, frame houses, schools, churches, taverns, and mercantiles.

Another arrival that coincided with that of the New England missionaries was the arrival of a group of white businessmen looking to tap into the Islands’ sugar cane market to supplement the loss of America’s sugar cane plantations when the South seceded from the Union during the Civil War. These white planters began to assert greater influence over the Hawaiian King to open up the Islands to private ownership, which finally was accomplished in 1848 with the Great Mahele.

During this time, the white planter minority was also exercising its financial influence to try to reduce tariffs on their sugar cane shipments to the United States. In 1875, the Reciprocity Treaty was signed between the United States and Hawaii to give a duty-free market for Hawaiian sugar, and economic privileges for the United States in Hawaii. In 1887, the Reciprocity Treaty was renewed with the addition of granting the United States the freedom to establish a naval base at Pearl Harbor.

King Kamehameha III began to lose the support of the white planter class when he decided to start trying to reestablish the native Hawaiian culture on the islands. In 1887, a company of white troops forced the Bayonet Constitution on the King, limiting his powers and granting the white planters voting rights. When King Kamehameha III’s successor, Queen Liliuokalani, again tried to revive the Hawaiian culture and monarchy on the Islands, a group of American and European businessmen overthrew her with the help of a group of U.S. Marines from the USS Boston that had been stationed in Pearl Harbor.

United States President Benjamin Harrison had been in favor of the deposing of the Queen in Hawaii, and sent a bill to Congress requesting the annexation of Hawaii to the United States. However, his presidency ended before the bill was passed, and his successor, President Grover Cleveland, withdrew the bill from Congressional consideration. He determined that Hawaii had been unjustly robbed of its freedom “by an act of war, committed with the participation of a diplomatic representative of the United States and without authority of Congress” (“The Controversy over Hawaii”, 1893), and he attempted to help reinstate Queen Liliuokalani and the Hawaiian monarchy.

Unable to complete reinstatement of the Queen before the end of his term, President Cleveland was forced to leave the determination of Hawaii’s fate to his successor, President William McKinley. Prior to his assassination, McKinley agreed to the annexation of Hawaii, and Congress passed the measure in 1898. Hawaii was officially made a territory of the United States of America in 1900, but a vote for statehood was postponed in Congress due to racial attitudes and party politics of the time.

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought both Hawaii and the United States into the Second World War. Owing to the strategic military necessity of Hawaii at that time, following the end of the war in 1945, Hawaii was kept on its path to statehood, eventually being brought into the Union along with Alaska in 1959.
In 1993, however, President Bill Clinton signed United States Public Law 103-150, apologizing to the Native Hawaiian people for the role the United States played in overthrowing the monarchy and occupying the state. As a consequence, a movement continues in the island nation for a restoration of the independence of Hawaii as its own republic, and a restoration of the monarchy.
 
References

Annexation of Hawaii, 1898. (n.d.) Retrieved April 22, 2009, from http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/gp/17661.htm

The Controversy over Hawaii (2009). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved April 22, 2009, from Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: http://search.eb/eb/article-9398256

Hawaii. (2009). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved April 22, 2009, from Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/article-79295

Hawaii Becomes Our 50th State. (n.d.) Retrieved April 22, 2009, from http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cg/jb/modern/hawaii_1

Is Hawaii Really a State of the Union? (n.d.) Retrieved April 22, 2009, from http://www.hawaii-nation.org/statehood.html

Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. (2009). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved April 22, 2009, from Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/articlr-9470906


Now, tell me that wasn't an awesome paper - I dare ya! (At this point, I've honestly been over this damn thing so many times I don't care anymore)

So that's it for schoolwork for Week 3 aside from my Typography, which I still have to complete and turn in before Saturday night and ZOMG! I getter get busy. Back laters with that for your fun and enjoyment. Cheers!