Ann Arbor

Notable Planner: Peter Calthorpe Chanel D. Ellison The Ohio State University New Urbanist Peter Calthorpe has not only been a visionary for urban planning, but has brought his visions to life. With ideals similar to John Nolen and his bringing of Garden Cities to America, urban sprawl smart growth have been the plight of Peter Calthorpe’s urban planning focus. Under the umbrella of new urbanism, Calthorpe incorporates the ideas of transit oriented communities and…

Talysa Taylor GSWS 391 12 November 2015 Media Analysis #2 From Baartman to Ford: Black Female Bodies as Commodities The portrayal of black female bodies in media is often linked to their oppression based on the intersectionally between race and gender. Specifically, in Hip Hop black female bodies are often controlled under white patriarchal power. Images of black women as sexual savages and sexual commodities have historically been justified through mass media’s consistent representation…

Immigration has created diversity in different communities around the world putting together people from a wide variety of different cultures and backgrounds in these societies. The United States of America prides itself for being a melting pot where people adopt the American identity by dissolving their previous beliefs as they assimilate into the American society. In contrast, in other countries like Canada, people get to keep and practice their own beliefs and ideologies since it is believed…

Common Core: A Nationwide Tragedy Common core began in 2009 as a set of standards created to get every student in the country on the exact same level. Common core was largely written by two men who were hired by the Gates Foundation, these men had no experience in K-12 teaching. The federal government believes that common core will unite the educational systems of the states and bring the students of the nation to an educational knowledge peak. Common core is a good idea in theory, but the…

This is an annotated bibliography on the effects of the introduction of early college high schools into the United States school systems. I am researching how the early college high schools function and their overall impact on the American education. DiMaria, Frank. "The Early College High School Initiative." The Education Digest, vol. 79, no. 1, Fall 2013, pp. 64-68. In this volume of a journal published by Frank DiMaria, he explains the Early College High School Initiative from a Hispanic…

The American Dream is the idea that anybody can become successful and powerful in America, which is commonly seen as the land of hopes, dreams, and opportunity. Regardless of the past and sometimes present, anybody can easily become somebody, as long as they have the discipline and willingness to commit and work hard for the future. However, based on the book Destiny of the Republic, which takes place post Civil War, the American Dream was not truly attainable by anybody. While existing…

The 1936 Olympic Games was a monumental event. The XI Olympiad was at its peak for competing nations. These games were the last major international sporting competition before the deadliest war of the twentieth century. As a battleground to test Aryan Supremacy, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler built the most state of-the-art facilities ever seen at the time. Thousands of people gathered to see some of the best athletes from all around the world compete in Berlin, and taking center stage was the…

Early societies in Egypt had to alter their lives in accordance to when the Nile River would have it’s floods. These floods would occur from July-October. The waters of the Nile carried with them rich silt deposits that nurtured Egypt’s land and provided rich soil to produce an abundance of crops for food and trade. Being that the land was so fertile, early settlers had to embark on “three months of intensive agriculture work” to produce the large amount of food needed to survive (Orlin, 2010).…

PAGES: 1. What is the Name of the agency? Edwina Jarret works in the agency by the name of the dove house, and it is a non-profit agency. 2. When the agency was established The company has been in the making for 10 years, but the office located in Ann Arbor is a year old and its anniversary was held just this month on 2nd of April. 3. What is the agency’s mission? The agency’s mission statement is “We are here to gently assist on the path to healing and recovery by serving individuals who…

In 1964, cofounder Philip Knight discovered Nike(Nike 's). Him and his partner both invested $500 into the business hoping they would make a profit. Philip Knight received a degree in journalism at the University of Oregon, and then enlisted in the army(Nike 's). After being in the army for one year he decided to go back to school and get a degree in business at Standford Univeristy. One of Knights assignments was to make a business. He came up with and idea to buy shoes from Japan where the…