Big East Conference

The purpose of the interview was to learn about Vietnam, the country where my informant was born and lived until 1975 when Saigon was invaded by the North Vietnamese. In addition, I had desired to see Vietnam from a perspective other than the Vietnam War where Americans fought. However, there is another reason I chose Vietnam, I work with students whose parents are from Vietnam even though the parents are a younger generation their culture is alive and lived out in their community. Some of…

XI. The Removal of Colonel Reb as the Mascot The progression of the University’s image began in 1997 with the ban of the Confederate flag in the football stadium by, then Chancellor Robert Khayat. This was the result then Athletic Director, Pete Boone and student leaders who approved a resolution asking Ole Miss fans to stop waving Rebel flags at athletic events. In an interview Boone stated that the flag hurt recruitment (Cabell, 1997). "I mean, we 've got a great university here, a great…

German dictator. WWII then began as the Allies felt that the spread of fascism and undemocratic practices needed to be halted. At this time, the Allies included both the United States and the Soviet Union; they were fighting on the same side, as the Big Three with Great Britain. After WWI, Stalin began to turn his back on promises he had made to the Allies at…

This semester I interned with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA). The particular office I worked in was the Office of Structured Disclosure (OSD). The SEC headquarters is located in Washington, D.C connected to Union Station. In my position I worked under the supervision of a team of individuals with financial technology background. My supervisors and coworkers worked for companies such as IBM, Oracle, PwC, IBM, Goldman…

The leaders used this conference to discuss exactly how they would govern Germany after the war, including border changes, prosecution of war criminals, agreeing on war reparations, etc. In this conference, the partitioning of Vietnam along the 17th parallel was also agreed upon. The Potsdam Declaration was issued, outlining how the Allies planned to defeat Japan. More importantly, it was during this conference that Truman hinted at the existence of an atomic bomb…

With recruiting season coming to a close, the NCAA has contacted me, the Athletic Director at the University of Kentucky, to inform me that they have evidence that Men’s Basketball coach, John Calipari, has violated several NCAA recruiting rules during the off-season of 2016. Upon committing to the University of North Carolina, the player took advantage of the NCAA self-disclosure rules, and reported that he was improperly recruited by Coach Calipari. As the athletic director, I have decided to…

The Vietnam War demonstrates “ The insidious power of propaganda...The longest war this century was a war waged by America against Vietnam... It was an attack on the people of Vietnam, communist and non-communist, by American forces. It was an invasion of their homeland and their lives” ( John Pilger ). Luis Valdez's drama, “ The Buck Private “ explains how the government’s propaganda makes society romanticize war. Valdez supports his argument by illustrating to the audience how society sees…

Soldiers of the Charlie Company were ordered by Lieutenant Calley, on March 16, 1968, to leave the village of My Lai destroyed. During the Vietnam War, the United States supported South Vietnam and were in the process of fighting North Vietnam because of their communistic viewpoints. The fighting had been different than any other war, the Viet Cong's fighting style consisted of sneaky sniper attacks and booby traps. Their fighting style had aggravated the United States soldiers and they soon…

At the conference, they agreed upon dividing Germany into zones of occupation, all of which would be controlled by the Allied forces and their military troops. The Big Three also deciding upon the fact that Germany would pay the Soviet Union to compensate for its loss of life and property that they had faced during the war. The United States…

Vincent Jackson, also well known as Bo, is the legendary man who had played a variety of sports. Shocking to the world, Jackson was amazing at all of the sports he had ever played. The major two sports were baseball and football, those are what Jackson mainly focused on. Normal epic heroes were born in a good upbringing, but not for Jackson. In a small Alabama town is where Jackson grew up, a troublemaker as a child. As a youth, Jackson would start fights with other children in his neighborhood.…