Chi McBride

The Memorial Union Bus Terminal From A Social Context Approach During these eleven weeks in LDA 01, we have discussed several approaches to the discipline of environmental design. Some, but not all of these approaches are the social context, ecological, participatory, artistic, and the cultural competency approach. For this project in specific, I decided to analyze a site using the social context approach. For me, this approach is the most interesting and crucial when planning a project. The social context approach focuses on the people that use the site, how they interact in and with it, and their needs. Part of what you need to do when observing a place through this approach is observe the people and what they do. Observing all the different types of people from different backgrounds and cultures, what they do, and how they use the space is simply astonishing and also quite fun, that is why I consider the social approach my favorite. I used this approach to analyze a certain area, the Memorial Union Bus Terminal, and to propose a new design. The Unitrans Memorial Union Bus Terminal (MU Terminal) is one of the two Unitrans terminals on the UC Davis campus. The MU Terminal is located in the Quad district, north of the Memorial union and next to Hunt Hall. The bus terminal is the stop of eight Unitrans lines, which makes it a very busy spot on campus. I decided to focus on this site for project three because like I said before, this site is very busy and because of this,…

Anh Nguyen 1480 words 9100 St. Charles Rock Road St. Louis, MO 63114 (314) 493-6100 nguyena829@ritenourschools.org An Angel’s Wellbeing by Anh Nguyen On Sundays, mom talked about what she’ll cook for dinner and Angel played in her little swings in the middle of the park. Dad has always been taciturn and would sit on a pavilion bench talking to mom as they watched over Angel. There’s…

Is #13 always unlucky? Ask Martina McBride! Her new 13th studio album “Reckless” debuted #2 on the country charts, so apparently not. Upon first listen to this album I thought it was mediocre; however, when I heard it a 2nd time I decided I loved it! How can you not love anything Martina sings? Her voice can be soft and beautiful as well as loud and just as beautiful! She has been nominated 17 times for CMA's female vocalist of the year and won 4 times! Her almost 25-year career speaks for…

The song Concrete Angel, was written by Martha McBride. This song portrays the story of a young girl who is being abused at home. The main theme in this song is that the abuse goes unnoticed. I believe the song was written to demonstrate society's apathy in calling attention to the ugly things in life. Throughout the song, people notice but do nothing. Many situations almost identical to the one portrayed in the song happen in real life. In this song several poetic techniques are used. Right…

Chris’ Story Kids all over the world have life-threatening conditions, like different types of cancer and heart diseases. There are so many conditions and diseases that could kill a kid. Those kids inspired Make a Wish foundation. Chris Greicius was a seven year old boy who had a dream of becoming a police officer so he could “catch the bad guys”. But, at the age six he learned that he was not going to live long enough to pursue his dream. But, that did not stop Chris from becoming a little…

Make-A-Wish foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organization that grants wishes for children who have been diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions. With a large amount of donors and fundraisers held by large franchises, they are able to create a dream come true for these children (Wish.org). The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 by Frank Shankwitz. Shankwitz was inspired to create the Make-A-Wish Foundation because a young boy named Chris Greicius had…

as the U.S. has in the past. The United States does not need to get involved in wars/conflicts when the wars/conflict is between two parts of country, a civil war or a revolution. One example is the Vietnam War. According to The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People by Alan Brinkley Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam, decided to take over South Vietnam because he thought it was time to “resume the armed struggle for national unification” since North and South Vietnam…

Orange, still impacts the country and its citizens. Agent Orange is a herbicide whose side effects has the potential to damage the chromosomes of a fetus.1 Thousands of people were and are still born with physical deformities caused by Agent Orange. Furthermore, Agent Orange devastated the land during the war. 1,034,300 hectares of forest was destroyed by just this chemical. The war left remnants of itself in Vietnam, and those of which still cause problems for the citizens to this day.…

citizens, however their ideas and visions would not gain support of people beyond the urban middle class. Ho Chi Minh, a socialist would be able to gain support from citizens by focusing primarily on “colonial concerns.” In 1930, Vietnamese leaders including Ho Chi Minh, would create the Indochinese Communist Party. Ho Chi Minh was able to gain the support of many, in that his efforts would surpass those of Phan Boi and Phan Chu Trinh. In September of 1940, Japan would invade Vietnam and in…

Vietnam was always a U.S. foreign policy, but the United States role became pronounced after the Geneva Agreements of 1954. Prior to the Geneva Agreements, Indochina was under the control of France. The French had been in Indochina since the late 19th century, but the age of French imperialism in Indochina came to an end in August of 1954. During 1946-1954, the French forces were fighting against Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh in the Indochinese War. The United States had supported the French…