Bruce Springsteen: Voice of the Working Class

This paper explores the notion of Bruce Springsteen as the voice of the working class. It touches on Springsteen’s background and he development of his working class identity. It then goes onto discuss how Springsteen’s working class identity is portrayed in his writing in a generalized fashion to represent a large portion of working class people. He does this through storytelling and the creation of characters. Springsteen also looks to represent common emotions rather than specific circumstances. Specific examples from Springsteen’s writing are given. The paper also examines how Springsteen has advocated for the working class people both through his music and other means. Overall, the central idea is that Springsteen has used his platform and experiences to speak for the working class people in such a way that they cannot be ignored

Modeling Gene Expression with Differential Equations

Gene expression is the process by which the information stored in DNA is convertedinto a functional gene product, such as protein. The two main functions that makeup the process of gene expression are transcription and translation. Transcriptionand translation are controlled by the number of mRNA and protein in the cell. Geneexpression can be represented as a system of first order differential equations for the rateof change of mRNA and proteins. These equations involve transcription, translation,degradation and feedback loops. In this paper, I investigate a system of first orderdifferential equations to model gene expression proposed by Hunt, Laplace, Miller andPham in their technical report, “A Continuous Model of Gene Expression”, as wellas past models that inspired theirs. I solve the model by Hunt et al. for variousequilibrium points and analyze those points through eigenvalues and bifurcations to understand the biological relevance