History of Texas

Which bat has more “pop” wood or aluminum? For my science project I will be investigating the pop of two baseball bats: wooden and aluminum. The “pop” is how fast the ball comes of the bat. This project will help me better understand which bat is better. One thing we have to find is where the sweet spots are in each bat. In this case it would be wood and aluminum. The reason why I choose this project is because I love baseball. I said to myself “why don’t I make a project about baseball,…

While researching Prairie State college, a two year, suburban community college that was founded in 1957; I came across some concerning information. According to the statistics provided by Collegescorecard.ed.gov, Prairie State College consistently ranks lower than the national median. For instance, only 40 percent of P.S.C’s students return after their first year of attending this is significantly lower than the national median by 69 percent. In addition to the institution having a graduation…

Thank you very much! I have a better idea now of what I need to work towards regarding attending Baylor. I am having a pleasant weekend, thank you. I do have some more questions for you though, if that is alright. Since I would most definitely need to pay for Baylor's tuition with scholarships and grants, does it matter if I apply to Baylor without having those scholarships and grants as of yet? The reason I am asking is because I have not started applying to any scholarships or grants because…

In a recent town hall meeting in Jacksonville, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in regards to a possible playoff expansion "It likely will happen at some point, but we want to be really cautious because we really like the balance we have with the importance of the regular season and the postseason and you don't want to mess with that balance. You have to be really careful and cautious." (Via Jaguars.com) I for one am not a proponent of playoff expansion in the NFL. The old phrase “If it…

Sarah Darley ECON 204 Gebhardt Assignment 1 Part 1: The Gross State Product (GSP) in California in 2012 was $2,125,717 million, which then increased to $2,202,678 million in 2013. The change in GSP for the state of California was increased by $76,961 million between these two years. Compared to Colorado, the GSP of California is extremely high. In 2013, Colorado had a GSP of $294,443 million, while California had a GSP of $2,202,678 million. The per capita relationship between these two states…

Patillo Higgins is most known for his discovery of oil at Spindletop, which was located in Beaumont Texas. Overall, Higgins had speculated for some time that there could be oil in that region and although he was not sure, he believed it was probable that the area of Spindletop held huge amounts of oil or as they call it black gold. Men like Lucas, a mining engineer, believed Higgins was on to something and decided to join him on the journey to drill for oil at Spindletop, but problems arose for…

sport over the past decades because of the increased awareness of concussions research; people have begun to realize just how dangerous football can be. Football is a full contact sport that involves repeated collisions with players’ heads, in recent history this has been found to cause concussions and even CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy). CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has become a pressing concern for doctors and parents alike because many professional and former football…

As someone who is not originally from Texas there were many factors that went into my decision to attend the University of Houston-Downtown. I first heard about UHD from my sister who had nothing but good things to say about the university, then I was reigned in by Dr. Mari Nicholson of the university Honors Program. As the end of high school approached I knew that making the move from Louisiana to Texas to attend UHD would not be a mistake. Growing up I always looked up to the ambassadors at…

Kenai Holien Mrs. Mar English … The Minnesota Lynx are a WNBA team that is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and plays in the Western Conference of the league. They play mainly at Target Center, and their team colors are navy, blue, green, and grey. Their franchise is owned by Glen Taylor, and has been ever since they were founded in 1998. The first WNBA game ever played was in 1997. The Lynx played their first game over a year later, because no NBA teams were looking to manage a WNBA team at…

“Where as baseball might be America’s pastime, football is actually America’s sport.”(Dahlberg, NFL Calls the Shots) The NFL has turned into a multi-billion dollar franchise that is known around the world, but a disturbing trend has developed. Over the past six years when the NFL started to keep track( King, the Film the NFL), the NFL’s reported number of concussions has been increasing each year. This alarming trend reached an all-time high of 281 cases in 2017; the highest ever…