Missoula, Montana

“You want to do WHAT?” my mother asked. I glanced around the living room, trying to avoid her intense stare. “I said I’m going to cut my hair,” I replied timidly. My mother always had high standards for her daughters, wishing nothing but the best for us in all of our endeavors. With that being said, one of her pride and joys was the state of our hair. Growing up, I maintained a curtain of dark hair that swept past my waist. Every single morning from ages five to twelve, I would sit on the…

“The love of my life” by Sheryl Strayed I would like to start the discussion with the introduction of the author, Sheryl Strayed. Sheryl was born in Pennsylvania in 1968, where she only spent first 5 years of her life, after that the family moved to Minnesota. This is where Sheryl got her education, got married, and resided; until her mother's death from lung cancer in 1991 turned her whole life upside down. This was a pivotal moment, when her life old shattered; so she had to burn all the…

Rape Culture in Our Society Today Although the majority of society believes rape culture was fabricated by feminists, rape culture is real and extremely prevalent in our society. Many rapists receive little to no jail time, their victims are blamed, and rape is normalized. In the world today, college campuses have become a breeding ground for cases like the one involving Brock Turner. People believe the rapist’s education and their athletic career is more important than the person they raped. No…

The two pieces I chose are both inspired by Native American culture. The first is titled Ghost Dancer, from the Ghost Dancer Series by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. The piece is pastel on paper and is in the permanent collection at the Brunnier Art Museum at Iowa State university, its object number is UM82.8. The second piece I chose is also in the permanent collection at the Brunnier Art Museum with the object number being UM82.7. This piece is an acrylic painting on canvas titled, And Then There…

Twenty-one months before November 8th, 2016, I knew I wanted Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination because he was tackling economic inequality in the United States. At that time, I was living in a homeless shelter in Missoula, Montana, so this really perked up my ears. Bernie Sanders was new blood on the scene for President…and I wanted him to get in! But after a few months of watching the different candidates for President speak, Donald Trump really began to appeal to me…

The best way to prevent crimes in the community is to have all agencies affected by crime, working together to minimizing the influence of it. This theory is called ONE SYSTEM. Many of the theories mentioned in chapter one of our criminology theory book have one common goal, to understand. Theories such as macro level theories try to explain the criminal mind from a grander perspective. Where micro theories attempt to bring a improve perception on an individual level. Have we mastered the…

In anthropology, one of the main ethnographic methods used is oral history. This field involves a “tape-recorded historical information obtained in interviews concerning personal experiences and recollections” (Merriam Webster). For this paper, I decided to interview my grandmother Gloria. I was really excited for the interview with my grandmother because she has lived during the time when women’s role in society was extremely strict. About a month ago, I called my grandmother first explaining…

Throughout history, in civilization and societies, men were seen to be superior to women. On the top of the pyramid, men controlled women of how they should think, act, and behave. In society, women are expected to be in charge of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of kids. Women are seen to be unable to work in a business or the industry because they are incapable of handling the business affairs because of their gender. They are discriminated because they were born as a female human. From the…

would also get hoisted into a 100 foot fire vortex and get thrown who knows where. Along with getting burned alive debris is also a Common danger. “wow”, Brett Butler, a research mechanical engineer at the U.S. Forest Service’s Missoula Fire Sciences laboratory in Montana, told NBC News,” As long as nobody is hurt, they're impressive.” That is very agreeable, now everyone may concur that they are a beautiful sight to see but in most cases people do get hurt. Going back to the dangers of debris,…

Dahlstrom is a senior examiner at the US Small Business Administration. He earned a PhD from Arizona State University. His research has covered areas in leadership and management as well as other important business sectors. He is also a faculty associate at Arizona State University. The article covers the contingency model of leadership by Fiedler. Although at first glance, this seems irrelevant, it is relevant. The contingency model of leadership discusses leadership styles that are better…