Lafayette

The United States remains one of the most influential countries in the world due to its governmental structure. This is because America’s federal government ensures distribution of power with checks and balances in order to preserve equality. Federalism, however, is not the best government system for the United States. Although a federal government or Unitary government may seem plausible, a Confederate government is best suited for America because it ensures fortified units/states, encourages…

Our Story Parliamentary procedure is a term that usually has people scratching their heads. Every time the word escapes my mouth, people tend to give me a bewildered expression and ask, “What is parliamentary procedure?” I always reply in the simplest form I know, “It’s the official way to run a business meeting.” I started learning parliamentary procedure in ninth grade, getting thrown on a team, a month before state. The rest of the team were all upperclassmen; they were masters of…

Killing Lincoln; The Shocking Assassination that Changed American Forever by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard discusses on the collaboration and assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. In the first part of the book, many battles and plans of the Union and the Confederacy are examined. The war lasted for 4 years. The president for the union was Abraham Lincoln and the confederate president was Jefferson Davis. The generals that were in charge were Ulysses S. Grant and Robert e. Lee. The war…

As a biology major who enjoys mentoring and working with youth, I have chosen internships that are related to teaching sciences to youth. These internships are not only important in that they can give me experience in a career path that I am considering, but will also create challenges in which I will need to push myself to overcome. Since I came from the same neighborhoods that I have selected most of my internships to be at – where there are many underprivileged kids who relied on free summer…

colonies, had turned into a world war. Amid winter at Valley Forge, Washington's troops profited from the preparation and train of the Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich von Steuben and the administration of the French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette. On June 28, 1778, as British powers endeavored to pull back from Philadelphia to New York, Washington's armed force assaulted them close Monmouth, New Jersey. The fight viably finished in a draw, as the Americans held their ground, yet…

Imagine, fires flaming, outside of homes, bullets breaking through the air, and riots roaring up and down city streets. The United States of America turned upside down because First Amendment restrictions ceased to exist. Regulations including time, place, and manner, keep our country from causing absolute chaos. In America, time, place, and manner are three key elements to success as a culture. Most of everything accepted in society is done in a specific time, place, and mode, even the way we…

Cole, P., & Taylor, O. (1990). Performance of working class African-American children on three tests of articulation. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 21, 171-176. INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW This study examined the effects of an African-American dialect, particularly Black English Vernacular (BEV), on the results of three tests of articulation. Articulation tests commonly compare the child’s phonological system to that of standard English, with little adjustment for…

Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole Gibran Valenzuela LaFayette High School  Abstract Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole were 2 serial killers that met on 1976 in a soup kitchen. They soon started a sexual relationship. Together they started a serial killer behavior. The story of what happened after that is unclear, but it is believed that they were responsible for over 200 murders. Exactly how many people they killed is unknown. One of their most used methods to kill was arson. It was reported that…

Analogy/Dora: Tramontane On Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 at 8 pm, I had the honor of viewing the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company perform Analogy/Dora: Tramontane, at Lafayette College. It is hard for me to put this performance into words, because it was outstanding and complex, so my brain is still trying to process what it saw. Overall, the evening length piece was about a woman named Dora Amelan and her life experiences. Amelan was a French Jewish nurse and social worker that worked at…

Socrates, Herodotus, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. These are a few names that are known throughout history for their contributions to modern society. Rather it be in art, philosophy or war, modern society has been influenced one way or another by these men as well as the culture from that time period in history. Their concepts and ideas have been distributed into America’s culture and building practices. The architectural design of that era has also made its way into the very…