Florida Gulf Coast University

big business, and a way to connect the south to the north. Before Henry Flagler discovered that Florida would be the perfect tourist destination, he was an oil guru with J.D. Rockefeller. After two short two years of partnership, Standard Oil became the leader in the American oil refining industry, producing 10,000 barrels per day (Cohen). Mr. Flagler and his…

Tallahassee Democrat ran a story on Donald Trump but only how his commercials ads were effecting the community. It also talked about the recent hurricane that affected many cities but described its effects on Tallahassee’s removal system instead of Florida as a whole. The local paper also described events that were going on in the city. It features a story about how the residential theater was having a Harry Potter marathon starting next week. The two papers are similar by highlighting big…

Background The preserve has existed longer than Florida Atlantic University, as the years went by it began to decline in size. Many animals have found the preserve as their home including the gopher tortoise. Gopher tortoise are a type of ectotherm animal that can live up to sixty days. They feed on vegetation and build burrows as their homes. The burrows they build can be used by about three hundred different animals as protection. Over the time, Gopher tortoise has evolved as a very threaten…

enrolled at Florida State University, I was a student at the University of West Florida. During my two years at the University of West Florida, I didn’t use the leadership skills I gained from high school. In high school, I was the president of two clubs and I was very vocal with my school’s SGA. However, upon arriving to college, I became just another student. I didn’t use my voice. More, there were no opportunities for me to take lead. When I arrived for my orientation at Florida State…

The dumb jock stereotype has troubled athletes for as long as anyone can remember. Athletes are seen as unintelligent jocks that get free and easy rides through school. They never seem to work hard at anything academically and yet they earn A’s from their professors. This belief has led to athletes being stigmatized by their non-athletic peers who feel as though their needs and accomplishments are ignored in favor of those they view as intellectually inferior to them. However, if one were to…

WASHINGTON TWP. — A Lakeville man is dead and his girlfriend is in custody, charged with his murder. The Holmes County Sheriff's Office is investigating the murder of a James L. Rowe Jr., 42, of 7542 County Road 22, Loudonville, who allegedly died after being stabbed multiple times by Bobbi L. Amos-Camacho, 43, of the same address, according to Chief Deputy Richard Haun. After attempts at CPR and other life-saving measures proved unsuccessful, Rowe was pronounced dead at 11:46 p.m. by first…

Full Sail University in 2012. One of my associates mentioned to me he was attending in the fall of 2012. At that time, I lived in New Brunswick, New Jersey. I was attending DeVry University for Multimedia Graphic & Development. I left DeVry University upon finding out my financial aid was displaced due to a class schedule issue. Nonetheless, I moved back to Plano, Texas to where my mother was living at the time. Making it back to Texas, I began working towards getting into Full Sail University.…

education on the future generation. My love for music and books must be shared with the world, as they teach important values as well. Florida State University would gain a devoted band student as I wish to continue in marching band. I would be honored to be a member of the Marching Chiefs. I am excited for the new adventures and opportunities that Florida State University will…

attended Florida State University, where she graduated with a bachelor in Meteorology, minor in mathematics and concentration in Hispanic Marketing Communications. While in FSU, she was the first bilingual deputy State Meteorologist on board at the Division of Florida Emergency Management – Emergency Operations Center where she would brief state officials about the weather conditions threatening the state. In 2008 she covered closely the wildfires that burnt thousands of acres in Central…

I had the pleasure of interviewing and getting to know Asraa Abdulwahab. She is a student at Boise State University. She lives with her family in Boise, though they are originally from Iraq. Asraa’s parents met while attending college. They married and had three children. They decided to move to the United States from their home country of Iraq so that Asraa and her brothers could have more opportunities for their careers and lives. Asraa explained to me that prior to 2003 life in Iraq was…