Suzy Lee Weiss

Suzy Lee Weiss April 12, 2013 Theres a great editorial in The Brown Daily Herald about college applicant Suzy Lee Weiss. As you may know from reading our blog, Suzy Lee Weiss was rejected at many of the colleges to which she applied. And so, naturally, she chose to write a bitter, racist, and homophobic op-ed in The Wall Street Journal about her college rejection plight. Weve written commentary on Suzys editorial  a few times now since our readers keep responding with questions and comments, but we thought wed share with you some of the comments that Caitlin Dorman wrote in The Brown Daily Herald since she makes some great points. Caitlin Dorman has written an excellent editorial about Suzy Lee Weiss bitter Wall Street Journal column. Suzy Lee Weiss wrote about how you basically have to do community service to get into a top college (among other things). This is certainly not the case. As writes Dorman in her piece on Suzy Lee Weiss, Had you put half the focus you did in your Wall Street Journal opinion column into your high school career and college applications, maybe you would have had a fighting chance in the college admission process. In fact, many have pointed out that this would make one hell of a satire piece, if only you meant it as such. But on to everything with which I disagree in your column. First off, your descriptions of what you should have done comes off as offensive. You cannot simply throw insults at gay or lesbian individuals and minorities in America because you are not one of them. It’s not edgy and honest — it’s mean. You shouldn’t have said, Show me to any closet, and I would have happily come out of it. It’s offensive enough to assume that coming out of the closet is something people do for attention, but do you honestly think that being gay will get you into college? That is absurd and completely unsympathetic toward a significant population of the United States that faces immense discrimination. While you were applying to college, some were out on the streets protesting for the right to get married in this country, which, if you ask me, is a little more important than college acceptances. Hear, hear. We couldnt have said it better ourselves, Caitlin! Caitlin also writes how Suzy Lee Weiss stereotyped Asian mothers with her Tiger Mom reference, demonstrated a clear condescension towards volunteer work, and essentially belittled everyone at an Ivy League college with her column. What we especially like is the disclaimer to the article at the very bottom. At the bottom, it reads, Caitlin Dorman ’16 actually participated in no volunteer work throughout high school because she felt that it was not her calling. As weve said many times over throughout the years, you dont have to do volunteer work to get into an amazing college like Brown University. The fact that Suzy suggested you do is absolutely erroneous. But we suspect that she didnt much care about spreading misinformationas long as it buttressed her obnoxious argument.

Heavy Metal in Indonesia Coursework - 1100 Words

Heavy Metal in Indonesia (Coursework Sample) Content: Name:Course:Instructor:Date:Heavy Metal in IndonesiaHeavy metal music has a long history behind it, tracing its roots back in the 60s and 70s. The genre developed in the United States and Britain for a long time before disseminating to neighbouring countries in later years. In Indonesia, rock music started out in the 70s with bands like God Bless flying the flag for the genre. God Bless is one of the first bands to become prosperous having released a total of seven albums before the turn of the new millennium. However, rock music split into subgenres with heavy metal music taking centre stage in the 90s. Heavy metal in Indonesia further split into subgenres, as well. The most rampant in the country became death metal, black metal and thrash metal. By 2000, death metal was the more acceptable of the subgenres in the city of Jakarta. Death metal in Indonesia was marked by extremely dark themes similar to those of Black Sabbath and AC/DC bands. Major highlights were blas phemy and gothic evil. Being an Islamic nation, these themes in the music are still the major hindrance to the genres success to date. A review of some of the bands is crucial in understanding how far the genre has transformed in the country. Heavy metal bands in Indonesia have just about the same ridiculous names as in the Western countries.Uterine fibroidsThis band was formed only recently in October 2010. However, its growing popularity is outstanding compared to its years of existence. Based in Jakarta, the band plays in almost all metal concerts in the city and has created a heavy following,unusual for a band that started four years ago. It differentiated itself from other heavy metal bands by having two vocal artists performing on the same stage, Hardy Yohansyah and Muhammad Iqbal. Much as this band has the normal band instrumentals like guitar and Bass, the duo vocals has really worked out for this metal band.Dead VomitThis band is based in Yogyakarta town in Indonesia. Start ing out on heavy metal music way back in 1995, the band has released several albums to its name. Eternally Deprecated, their debut album, was the first to be released under their own record label Demented Mind Records. Released in 1999, this album set the stage for its rein in underground metal music. The bands latest release (2009) has earned it fame in the genre. Flames of Hate album (2009) became Indonesias first heavy metal music album to be released on DVD. This album was a hit and catapulted the bands signing to the great Xenophobic Records based in Australia.KekalThis band has been regarded as the most successful in Indonesias heavy and death metal history. Since its formation in 1995, the band has undergone countless transformations. It was formed by Jeff Arwadi in 1995 after his guitar lessons in high school. He recruited his friend,Newin, and together they went on a hunt for big names in the metal industry at the time. Leo, who had worked with the famous Metallica, became their first guitarist. A few other members were recruited between 1995 and 1998. In 1998, they released an album dubbed Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams. This is the album that put this metal band on the international limelight, having been released on two record labels. They became recognised by veterans in Americas and Europes underground metal music.The band saw a breach to its loyalty in 2003 when one of the key members, Leo, sadly left the group. This really hit hard the remaining members of the band, Jeff and his friend Azhar Levi. However, despite the loss, the band was determined to deepen their roots in Indonesias heavy metal scene. They worked tirelessly on an album they named 1000 Thoughts of Violence. This album distinguished this band from other underground heavy metal bands in Indonesia. The album was recognised internationally, especially in the Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway and Denmark). The band decided on a mini-tour of the countries, which was a complete su ccess. The band toured selected cities in Germany in 2004, as well.Currently, from 2010 to present, the band has managed two studio albums that continue to hit Indonesia and beyond. All founder members, however, left the group. The band is being run by guest artists who perform on contracts. This turn of events has not taken Kekal off the heavy metal scene as it still leads in concerts and general music production in Jakarta, Indonesia.Praying for Suicide TragedyThis band represents upcoming heavy metal bands in Indonesia. Formed in 2009 in West Sumatra, Indonesia, the band has risen through the challenges of the genre and has released a split album named Creation of Death. The band is more rooted to Satanism, death, sexual immorality, evil and occult...