Indiana

Our criminal justice class took a trip to the Huntington and Wabash county jail this week. I was very excited to go on these trips since I had never actually got the opportunity to go into the main parts of the jail before. I was intrigued to learn more information about the jails and how they operate. To my surprise, there were many differences and similarities between the two jails. The Huntington County jail (HCJ) is located in downtown Huntington, catty corner from the court house. Having…

“You’d make a great RA one-day Grant.” Stated my favorite teacher in high school. Because I really did not know the requirements and duties of a resident assistant, I started to look into it and realized that my personality really did fit with this job. In my opinion though, being a resident assistant would not even be seen as a job because I would enjoy it very much. During the end of September, I approached my resident assistant with all of my questions about trying to get this position. She…

Allen can remember when the power and phone had to be shut off on multiple occasions because his family did not have any money. He even remembers when a broken pipe leaked raw sewage into their rundown apartment complex in Hampton. He has came a long way and worked very hard to become one of the best basketball players of all-time. Allen Ezail Iverson was born on June 7, 1975. His parents Ann Iverson and Allen Broughton were only 15 at the time that they had Allen. His father left shortly after…

Yes Virginia is an editorial from a writer of the New York Sun. It was written by a little girl named Virginia who is eight years old in 1897. In her letter she is explaining that her friends are telling her that there is no Santa claus so she asks the writer to tell her the truth. She also adds in her letter the reason she is writing to the sun. She states in her letter that "papa says". The writer then replies to her explaining his interpretation of a Santa claus. The newspaper can only print…

“ Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.”stated the great warrior Tecumseh.”A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.” This is what the great Tecumseh said when he was trying to get all the other indian tribes to join together. “From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.” stated tecumseh. “Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds, and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?”…

The Truth About Santa Currently, the Postal Office has a program called “Letters from Santa”. This program allows parents send their children’s letters addressed to Santa Claus, North Pole. They also send the response from Santa in the same envelope, and the Post Office return the response to the kids. In addition, the Postal Service has a program named “Operation Santa”, in which, many postal employees respond to the letters by providing a written response signed by Santa, while other Post…

Reflection When choosing a topic to create the multimodal rhetorical project it was fairly easy, The U.S.S. Indianapolis was recently founded on the ocean floor. My great-grandfather was on the Indy when the Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The objectives that were tried to be conveyed is that the Indy should not be brought to the surface, because where the ship is sunk is considered a grave site for hundreds of the United States sailors. I wanted to educate the audience about the…

Visit the Indiana Museum of Art Postmodern Exhibit opening May 5, 2017. Day 1: As an artist influenced by earlier European traditions, I am on a newfound adventure to visit my Aunt Elizabeth's favorite museum and grounds in her home state of Indiana. For all my blog followers, the Indiana Art Museum was founded in 1883. Just a few years before my time. The Indianapolis Museum of Art is among the 10 largest and 10 oldest general art museums in the United States of America. The Indiana Museum of…

of people but not all handle it the same. Indianapolis, Indiana is known as the city with most jobs equally for both lower, medium, and higher class. Different problems arise with unemployment with countless solutions attached to each specific issue, but there is only one good reasonable solution that will be beneficial for the problem. One company that is facing such problem is car parts and accessories manufacturers in Mooresville, Indiana called TOA. There may be more than one solution to…

Assault at Indiana State University One in four college women and one in six males are sexually assaulted. It is important as students at universities to take control in preventing sexual assaults at Indiana State University. It is important to acknowledge that sexual assault is an issue within universities, and action needs to be taken in order to provide a safe environment for everyone at Indiana State University. It is the job of students to raise awareness about sexual assault at Indiana…