Rio Grande

Hearing Fidel Castro piece together a conversation with a reporter in English after visit to United Nations in the US on Youtube is quite a treat. He struggles to brave hostile questions with a limited English vocabulary and a thick Cuban accent. He is asked if he is a communist and tells the reporter to wait for the history, “the history will tell what we are.” (Fidel Castro after Visit to United Nations in the U.S., 1960) This memo will be an analysis of Castro’s contradictory interactions…

Most important personalities of Unification of Italy 1- Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807-1882) Giuseppe Garibaldi was born July 4, 1807 in Nice, French Empire. He called Father of Modern Italy. “The foremost military figure and popular hero of the age of Italian unification known as the Risorgimento with Cavour and Mazzini he is deemed one of the makers of Modern Italy. Cavour is considered the "brain of unification," Mazzini the "soul," and Garibaldi the "sword." For his battles on behalf of…

Policy Maker Interview Summary: Alison Mitchell Alison Mitchell is an Advanced Practiced Registered Nurse (APRN) who specializes in critical care. She originally started advocating for APRNs as a graduate student and eventually became the president of the Texas Nurse Practitioners (TNP) association from 2008-2010 (A. Mitchell, personal communication, October 10, 2016). Currently, Alison Mitchell is the APRN representative for TNP and continues to pursue her passion for health policy by being an…

The W.I.F.E party stands for Welfare, Immigration, Fiscal Policy, and Environment. These categories have been social issues for a long period of time. Our mission is alter the already set policies, and have them benefit our population. “For Success Keep Your W.I.F.E.” this slogan is aimed to attract a certain population, women. Even though men are more than welcome to vote, our slogan will attract the female population. We are moderates, we see both sides of issues. Being moderates, our party…

The article “Zika virus discovered in infant brains bolsters link to microcephaly” by Gretchen Vogel and the article “5 things you need to know about Zika” by Sandee LaMotte both discuss the growing dangers of Zika virus. Each author takes a deeper look into the virus, but also each author varies on the way that Zika virus is discussed. The first author Vogel discusses more about the personal experience of pregnant woman and the link of birth defects caused by the Zika virus. The second author…

At times, trying to picture a mathematical problem in the real world is better solved by using abstract math. Ed Yong from National Geographic states that “when learning math, abstract symbols work better than real world examples” due to important logical thinking skills learned (2008). Learning theory is considered how well a person can relate a topic and solve the problem at an understandable quicker rate. According to National Geographic, there was a new study that shows that students who are…

Collapse Throughout history there have been many civilizations and complex societies that have come and gone, these people were forced off their land by disease, human impact on the environment, warfare, and environmental and climate change all have been used by historians and archaeologist to explain the collapse of these civilizations. This essay will focus on two of these complex societies, the Mesa Verde region of the American Southwest and the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and exam the…

The ability to hear is important to the elderly population as it improves their quality of life and preserves their well-being and safety. For instance, the ability to clearly hear allows for individuals to detect sounds from behind, awareness of your surrounding, communication with family members and others to maintain a link to the world. Nevertheless, presbycusis is an ever-growing condition in the geriatric population. Presbycusis or age related hearing loss is a multifaceted and complicated…

In the early part of America’s history, economic and racial inequality helped the colonizers gain a foothold from which they would grow the cotton industry from the ground up, and the ground that they would use belonged to the natives of this nation, and this helped keep the status quo of racial oppression which would be their theme for years to come. Meanwhile, racial and gender inequalities helped bring to light issues of the status quo, and provided important social commentary that would…

rivers, lakes, and occasionally smaller bodies of water, such as man-made retention ponds. The alligator range is from the southern Virginia/North Carolina border, along the Atlantic coast to Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico as far west as the Rio Grande in Texas. I chose this organism because…