California State University

to many aggies, in my first college year, I had a hard time adapting to the university life because of the quarter system. To succeed in university, every UC student must spend a lot of time adapting this depressive and painful system. However, after acclimating this schedule, students still need to bear massive stress and many inconveniences that are brought by quarter system and may influence their moods and health states. UC students have many exams in a ten-week quarter so they are really…

The purpose of this paper is to examine distance learning in higher education, using Bolman and Deal’s symbolic and human resources frames. Bolman and Deal’s four major frames are symbolic, human resources, structural, and political, which together are a powerful tool for gaining clarity, reframing, looking through multiple lenses, regaining balance, generating new options, and finding strategies. The human resource frame centers on the relationship between people and organizations, the fit…

surrounding and how systematic forces such as the media has played such a significant role on how underprivileged people of color view the world. This class made me more analytical and critical about certain things. It has definitely made me view the United States in a whole new perspective. I truly felt that this has made me grow as an individual because it solved most of the missing puzzles that did not made sense while growing…

the black community has for the white population and how racist the white population of Los Angeles can be. This event in history will always be seen as a moment in time when all people were able to see was the color of each other’s skin. The United States has had for many years now been portrayed as a place of equal rights and opportunities but events like this make the public’s opinion alter slightly. Many are beginning to question, is the US really based on equality or is it always going to…

available to local communities would enable a pathway to healthcare stability. If more undocumented residents of the San Fernando Valley were to obtain legal status, this would surge work potential, stable housing and ability to qualify for federal and state assistance if needed. Once individuals have their basic needs met, (food, shelter and clothing), they can work toward focusing on their health and wellbeing. With the development of adequate bilingual services, an improvement in symptom…

People change all the time and in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini talks about a boy in Afghanistan Amir who lives with a wealthy dad Baba, his mom passed away at birth and ever since he blamed it on himself. His best friend Hassan also his servant a Hazara which are a minority. The author shows Amir remembering back to his childhood in his point of view, always trying to impress Baba since he was very distant from his father. Putting down people and breaking long term relationships for his…

Character Analysis: The character that is driving force of this novel is Cathy Ames. She is an antagonist because she has a very deceptive and superstitious personality. Cathy is an only child, has blonde hair, hazel eyes with droopy eyelids which make her seem sleepy, and is always very slender and delicate. She gives off a troubled vibe to others around her, yet she always seems as innocent as a child. From a very small age, Cathy told lies; however, she lies differently in such a manner as to…

employees (52 percent) believe the morale problem presents a serious or severe threat to the ability of the FPD to perform its mission” (Fresno Bee, 2016). This is a major problem, because it is bad to have officers on patrol who are not in the right state of mind to perform their job. The patrol division and civil units are arguably the most important parts of the department because they deal directly with citizens. If citizens see this type of dysfunction it could lead to even more problems…

San Francisco, in northern California, is a hilly city on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It's known for its year-round fog, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, and cable cars, but is at risk for a major earthquake. San Francisco is built on the north american plate with it moving against a transform boundary, with the Pacific plate. A transform boundary is when two plates slide against each other, causing many earthquakes since San Francisco is on the west…

Spirited Away is an animated Japanese film (anime), by Hayao Miyazaki, he “has made many famous films including; Laputa: The Castle in The Sky (1986) and Princess Mononoke (1997) and his excellent work has earned him the title of ‘Walt Disney of Japan’” (Dugdale). Even though the film maker decided to retire in 1997, he decided to create Spirited Away after noticing that young girls don’t have much to look out to in the media other that romance, he wanted to create a film “in which they could be…