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Pearsall, Shelly. (2006). All of the above. New York, NY: Little Brown and Company. Four inner city students are going through the journey of building the world’s largest tetrahedron. The engaging and suspenseful story intertwines personal stories of the teachers, students, and the community. This book, which is inspired by actual events, is filled with unexpected humor and distressing characters. All of the Above makes math alive, while at the same time teaches friendship and diversity in…

Ever since I was in third grade I have always had a passion for dentistry. I love going to the dentist and have always thought becoming a dentist would be ideal for me. I have recently job shadowed my dentist. While job shadowing, I gained an abundance of knowledge by watching and questioning. He has been very helpful in my decision to pursue dentistry. In my sophomore year I also found a new passion for chemistry; I could apply this newfound passion to dentistry. My love for chemistry began my…

and traditional political societies. Besides, the restricted tickets of the Lone-Star State, assumes a huge half in its low vote. Contrasted with the different States, Lone-Star State was set at the forty ninth best votes for the year of 2014, with Hoosier State having a touch lower…

Hoosier Hills Chapter partners with Blacks in Governement (BIG) for Black History Awareness Month Luncheon On February 23, 2017, the FEW partnered with the Blacks in Governement (BIG), to host a luncheon at Club Lakeview to celebrate Black History Month. Dr. Audrey T. McCluskey, a professor emerita of a professor emerita of African American and African Diaspora Studies, former Director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and former Director of the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana…

After the Towers Fell: 9/11’s Residual Aftermath Felt by Disadvantaged Muslim Americans Muslim Americans, particularly Arab Americans or other individuals who display a darker, more Middle-Eastern appearing skin tone, are one of the many disadvantaged, or subdominant, groups in America (Adams, 2013). Unique from typical subdominant groups that only labeled by one primary oppressing characteristic such as Jewish Americans and their Judaism or African Americans with their complexion, Muslim…

After i got done drinking that disturbing tasting tea i began to feel light headed. The hoosier i got the more i couldn't understand anything. I felt like i was shrinking. Everything around me began looking bigger. I excused myself to go the bathroom but on the way there i collapsed. My eyes went black. Blacker than a bucket of black paint spilled in a shadowy room. I woke up in a bright room almost like a dentist office with a light shining in my face. My head hurt like lava was gonna come…

over time. For example, when I was a child I identified as just an American, blonde-haired girl; but now my identity has evolved to include a variety of identifiers. A few of these identifiers include: an Indiana University student, a Catholic, a Hoosier, a Chicagoan, and a second generation German. Although these parts…

When I conceptualize a fulfilling life, I envision myself helping others. Making others happier, even for a second, is so beautiful to me. Since I was young, I would volunteer at organizations such as the Women’s Center or the humane society. Pursuing a career in Dietetics would give me the opportunity to guide others to make healthier choices and in the end, make their lives brighter. I would love to graduate from Indiana University with a degree in Dietetics that will allow me to become a…

The first thing that caught my attention about the Indiana State Museum was that the museum is basically divided into two parts. It is divided into the natural history side and the cultural history side. I found this very interesting, as I had just assumed that everything in the museum was imported, categorized, and stored in similar manors. When you think about it, it makes sense to divide the museum into two parts as it allows the staff members of the two teams to be specialized experts in…

My earliest memory is one of a happy and peaceful family, I am grateful every day that we have continued to be the same family. That memory involved my brother, mother, my dog Hoosier and I, in a playset eating lunch together. What I remember most about that day is getting Hoosier into the playset, pushing him up the slide and how much fun that was to see him up there. However, it is the way I remember this memory that has got me thinking. When I remember this, it is always from a helicopter…