Maya Lin is an American architect and sculptor best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Maya Lin was received her bachelor's degree from Yale, where she studied architecture and sculpture. During her senior year she won a nationwide competition to create a design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Her minimalist design aroused controversy but has become very popular with the public over the years. Born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin is the daughter of Chinese intellectuals who fled their homeland in 1948, not long before the 1949 Communist takeover. Lin studied architecture and sculpture at Yale University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1981. For its lasting power, the American…
The community center in Olmsted Falls holds classes for youth, adult and older adults. Examples for each are as follows; youth - bulldog youth football league, all-pro soccer camp, Olmsted Falls bulldog football camp, co-ed volleyball league, NFL flag football and others. Adults - serenity yoga, zumba, line dancing, and insanity - fitness class. For the older adults are wii bowling, yoga, line dancing and transportation connection. (Welcome to Olmsted Falls, Ohio). For all ages of residents in…
Kifner, Jon Corelis, and William Furlong contain different portrayals of the Kent State Shooting due to the difference in their descriptions of the protestors and the guardsmen. I will provide background for the Kent State Shooting and my reasoning behind studying it, describe the articles I chose and my reasoning behind choosing them, and examine the differences between the articles in order to prove that media outlets often portray the same event in different lights. On May 4, 1970,…
“23 million pounds of chemicals were dumped into the Ohio river by industries and businesses in 2013”, reported by Jennifer Schack (WLWT News 5 TODAY Weekend Meteorologist). The Ohio River is the main source of water to millions; it borders six states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Since it borders so many states, if a section of the river gets contaminated, the bordering states face the possibility of a water advisory. This was true when my hometown of…
Assignment 1: Planning & Engaging Stakeholders My MSWII filed placement is Ohio Guidestone (Central Ohio, 195 N. Grant Ave, Ste. 250, Columbus, Ohio, 43215). Ohio Guidestone is a diverse organization, dedicated to strengthening children, families and communities through behavioral health treatment and skill building services. Matching with NASW values, it provides a 360o support network like Home and Community Based Counseling and Support, Individual Youth Mentoring, Parent Mentoring, Early…
We believe that sports should be cut from the school budget. They are rough on the students'' by the pressure they can bring,the possibility of a concussion, which causes kids -to miss school, and it can rob a kid of his childhood. The students are able to get a scholarship by participating in sports. Only two percent of kid’s become professional athletes (Business Insider), that means out of all the sports participants a Monticello Trails Middle School, only eight-percent are likely to earn…
Do you know what city contains the longest beach in Ohio? It is Mentor, Ohio, containing Headlands Beach that is approximately one mile long. I chose this city because I have lived in the area my entire life and enjoy the many fascinating attractions the city offers to the community. Not only do I appreciate the city but my entire family also lives in Mentor, and I would like to live near them. Although Mentor is a fantastic city, I wonder if problems with the population of Mentor will affect…
Not only did we want to perform well at the competition, but also show people that Ohio State has a real team of baton twirlers. To make this possible, each member needed to contribute to working outside of team practices and keeping each other accountable of our end goal. In addition, it was important for me to overcome the fact that my commitment to practicing was not to perfect my own tricks, but to perfect my contribution for our team to perform well. Being the new member, I was determined…
Throughout Stafford County, there are a total of eight middle schools. As a parent living or moving into Stafford County, have you ever wondered which school in Stafford County is an amazing and safe school to enroll your teenager? Well, based on my opinion, the best school would be it is Stafford Middle School. Based on the Great Schools website, on a scale of 1 to 10, Stafford Middle School ranks at a six (GreatSchools, 2017). A positive major physical feature of Stafford Middle this school is…
The Midwest, a place in the world where communities are closely aligned to one another. These small, rural communities rely on every person in order to create that community. It seems as though that knowing everyone around the small communities was what made a person successful in life. Additionally, these communities valued hard-work and honesty when it came with almost everything they did in their lives; whether it was working in the farmlands or spreading information throughout the…