Ames

On September 28th,2015 NASA researchers announced that they had discovered liquid water on the surface of Mars. They actually told news agencies that they had something big to discuss in relation to Mars. It took several space craft and several centers of research five years to come to this finding. Why is there such a push to find liquid water on mars? As far as science knows, life requires water. Rockets require hydrogen and oxygen. Humans require oxygen to breath and to function. If we want…

On October 1, 1958 the United States created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The creation of this government space agency was primarily due to the circumstances that United States national defense faced during the Cold War (Garber and Launius). In this time of reference, space exploration was prioritized greatly in the United States as it later became known as the “space race” between the U.S and the Soviet Union. Later on, NASA would be known to put the first man on…

their communities by the police, which has caused a negative counter angry reaction from others around the nation. This creates the environment for racially motive terrorist acts to occur. The most notable is the mass shooting of the Mother Emmanuelle AME church…

I am an Iowa State Cyclone. I always have been and I always will be. Growing up I watched every basketball game, went and watched my cousin play volleyball, and attended plays and musicals in Ames. There was never a doubt in my mind that I wasn't going to attend Iowa State University when I graduated. Guess what? As I write this I am currently in my second year at Iowa State University as a Performing Arts major. I'm sitting in Fisher Theatre, home of Iowa State Theatre, working on wardrobe…

she does have a good plan to start her life after high school. She plans on being a cosmetologist and she already got accepted to PCI in Ames, Iowa. Gabi’s dream is to own her own salon. She wants a family with two kids, a boy and girl. I asked her what she wanted in a man and she said “Daryl, from the Walking Dead.” In the future Gabi would like to live in Ames or just move around for awhile. Although she says, “I will probably end up back in Brooklyn like everyone else.” Gabi has…

Shelley Acres is the owner of a bakery in Ames, Iowa named Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies (O. Ferrell, Gatewood, L. Ferrell, & Taylor, 2010). She capitalized on her knowledge of making pies, which was passed down from her mother and grandmother, and quickly turned her business into a success. Currently, she is at a crossroads and her decision will directly affect her company’s long-term success. Because of the company’s growing success, Acres is faced with several choices. Expanding her facilities…

I had the fortunate pleasure of having the s. ame supervisor for my two practicum. Therefore the lessons I learned were very valuable in my transformation into a counselor. The skills that I can use whether I’m in individual therapy or family therapy is fully supporting the clients. This is done by validation, affirmation, and cheerleading (Hutchinson, 2012). I work with women who have overwhelming amount of trauma associated with their past. Often times they need some validation on how much…

The exposer to unusual and new circumstances helped Santiago mature as he’s able to adapt and learn from each experience. Once he left his home country of Spain and traveled to Africa, he was immediately immersed in a new nation with diverse beliefs, cultures, and languages which were very different from where he grew up. After spending a year in Africa, Santiago familiarised himself with their way of life and subsequently learned their native language as the narrator stated, “Il etait fier de…

Over 200 years ago strange events occurred in the underground vault of Christ Church located on one of the west indies islands of Barbados. In July 1807 Mrs. Thomasina Goddard was buried in the previously empty vault. The vault itself was built in 1724 but this reporter couldn’t find any information on why it was built. A year after Mrs. Goddard was buried another body was added to the vault, Mary Anna Maria Chase and the cause of her death was unrecorded. In 1812 Dorcas Chase’s dead body was…

the younger members must be devoted and obedient in turn” (Sarkissian 2010: 726). So how one acts depends on one’s relationship with the other party. Being “interrelated persons living” “a multiplicity of roles that constitute who we are” (Henry and Ames 2008: 15), the social roles define ren and ren is realized in these roles (Li 1997: 225-227). Hence this fulfils the second condition of being dynamic as ren is adaptive and changes according to social…