Fort Wayne, Indiana

The novel If I Stay by Gayle Forman is a fascinating story about a female teenager that is living through her senior year. Mia Hall a young, beautiful cello player in her school’s orchestra. She opens her chest of feelings for a boy named Adam in his own rock band, which even though they are completely from two different worlds she still finds some characteristic that draws her attention to him. As a girl that is shy and keeps to herself at times. She opens the door to explore life a little more…

Final Reflection - Second Skin Is reality only a figment of one’s imagination, and what is reality exactly? Second Skin is a 2008 American documentary that follows the lives of seven people as they investigate the controversial, virtual worlds of MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games). The documentary was written by Victor Piñeiro-Escoriaza, directed by Juan Carlos Piñeiro-Escoriaza, and published by Pure West Films. In these online games, the lives of the gamers are…

Cairo to Tokyo in The Twilight of Imperialism is an autobiography of the Armin Meyer who served the U.S. for thirty years as a Foreign Service officer and an ambassador. As he was born in Indiana and grew up in Illinois and schooled in Ohio, he said, he was much influenced by the Midwest culture. Fort Wayne, Indian is his birth place, and he lived there for nine years. He was sent to live with his Aunts when his mother passed away. Lincoln, Illinois became his new home and he said it has…

Barbara Bradley Baekgaard’s mother, Vera Bradley. Vera worked for the company as a sales person until she passed in the early 1990s. The stores still celebrate her birthday each year (“About Vera Bradley”)! Vera Bradley is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana where they continue to have their annual outlet sale at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Exposition Center. In 1987, Ernst & Young honored the co-founders as “Entrepreneurs of the Year” and twelve years later they were…

The Battle of Tippecanoe occurring just before this war would only be the peak of the iceberg. Americans wanted this war to happen for many of reasons we had do to lack of trust we had for Britain. For instance, they still would not give up western forts they promised. Not only did they promise this, but it was part of a treaty which means they disobeyed a contract. They also would not stop impressing our soldiers which we warned them about on multiple accounts. Not only that, they changed our…

The Indiana Academy Application: Short Answer & Essay Questions 1. If I were to go to the Academy for the next two years, I feel like I would handle stressful classroom and academic situations very similarly to the way I do now. Currently, if I encounter a stressful academic situation, I tend to not procrastinate on it and try to get it done as fast as possible (while still doing my personal best of course!). However, at the Academy, the atmosphere in which I would handle stressful situations…

Abstracts Brothers Leo and John Resig used their creative approach to build this ecommerce, Social Network Media, Curated Web, Social Media via the internet, mobile-friendly, funny, attractive, all of this including a pay-it-forward-attitude company back in 2012. This is the type of business where opportunity was noticed and capitalized on. Both graduated from college with different attitudes on life yet found a niche while observing trends in their everyday jobs and casually integrated society…

1. Perspectives are very important aspects of Environmental Science. They are frequently not black and white or cut and dry, so to speak. A perspective can be defined as, a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. A. Ecocentrism is a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings. Therefore, someone with an ecocentric view point…

Their first appearance since the 1955-56 season when they were known as the Fort Wayne Pistons. It had truly been that long. Sadly, they had met their match. They were facing off with the Los Angeles Lakers the defending NBA champions who were loaded with superstar talent at every position. They would easily handle the Pistons in…

Every person who is living and who has lived has a story and a past that makes them the individual they are or were. For Margaret Peterson, her passion for reading began as a young adolescent. Margaret had grown up in an time where electronics and technology was up and coming. For entertainment and hobbies she would spend hours reading at home, in the car, and even on vacation. She lived in a densely populated area, that was not prevalent. Her father was a farmer, like most men in the community.…