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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…

Recently, there has been an argument in the State of Texas about the power of the State and the local governments. This argument had raised up after Gregg Abbott warned about the “Californization” of Texas, and in follow passing laws that limited the power of local governments on issues like fracking in their cities. These arguments are similar to those that are for the powers for the State versus Federal government. Hence, there are lots of arguments for and against the local control, and on…

Texas Public Policy and the Effectiveness of Wildlife Conservation Hunter R. Roach Tarleton State University Introduction. Texas is the second largest state in the United States with many different ecosystems from prairies to costal areas and wildlife from the American alligator to monarch butterflies. The Texas state government’s public policy on wildlife must protect the animals, plants, and ecosystems within the state. Public…

Approximately 1 in 10 people who play a contact sport will sustain a concussion yearly. At least 25% of those concussion sufferers fail to get assessed by medical personnel. Do you think NFL athletes should be monitored more closely for concussions and injuries? I personally believe NFL players should be monitored more closely to help reduce the amount and risk of concussions and injuries. First, those who believe that players need to be monitored more closely for injury say critics maintain…

Friday Night Lights follows the Permian Panthers high school football team through their 1988 season in West Texas. The high school has a long standing tradition of winning both district and state championships. This winning tradition places a tremendous amount of pressure on the players, as well as the coaching staff to have a successful season resulting in a state title, and anything less is considered a failure in the eyes of the town. The movie focuses primarily on several of the senior…

can go to England, I’ve always wanted to see what it’s like to live there, but anyways I am doing just fine, I just got married to a wonderful man named James Williams. But enough about me, I want to tell you everything that is happening in Texas. Well Texas has just left the union, and about 76 percent of Texans who participated in a statewide referendum had voted to secede. And it’s kind of crazy, because ever since President Lincoln abolished slavery, Texans have been going crazy from…

Football vs. Basketball Dimitri Humpal-Griffin Period:6 America’s past time is usually spent watching football or basketball. Most of the country either plays football or basketball, and have a fun time playing it. These sports are going to take over the country one day, and everyone is going to enjoy being involved with it. Football and basketball have many similarities, for one, any age are capable of playing. Both of these sports are a team effort, it takes a team to win games rather…

his story. Juan N. Seguin - Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was born on October 27, 1806, in San Antonio de Bexar, Province of Texas, Viceroyalty of New Spain, to Juan José María Erasmo Seguin and Maria Josefa Becerra. In Juan’s life, Juan begun his long career of public service at a young age. Juan helped run and manage his mother’s post office while his father served in the Mexican congress. Juan’s father was the postmaster of early San Antonio. At the age of only 19; Juan Seguin was married to a…