Mount Rushmore

you ever heard of the volcano called Mount St. Helens? You probably have since it is a very well known volcano, but if you haven’t, then I will tell you all you need to know about the volcano. Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano. Stratovolcanoes are also considered to be a composite volcano. Composite volcanoes are the type of cone-shaped volcanoes. Mount St. Helens is made up of layers of hardened lava and rock fragments, because it is a composite volcano. Mount St. Helens has had many…

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Mount St. Helen's is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range in Skamania County, Washington and is part of the Ring of Fire centered around the Pacific Ocean. Mount St. Helen's was created when the oceanic Jean de Fuca plate subducted beneath the North American Plate and has a long history of eruptive periods followed lengthy dormancies. Her volcanic activity was marked by thousands of years of lava and pyroclastic flows only to fall silent and then reawaken to begin her destructive cycle…

forward now how did you learn about Marist? What's the connection for you coming here? You were in New Paltz area first were you not? JS: I am trying to think I know what the connection was. I took courses and Suny New Paltz after I had graduated from Mount Saint Mary when I was teaching when I was a teacher. If you had a student teacher would…

Northwest is known for its deep evergreen forests and numerous tall jagged cones and this area is home to the Strato-Volcano Peak known today as Mount St. Helens. Originally named “Louwala-Clough,” or “Smoking Mountain,” by the Native American Indians in the region. Many legends were handed down explaining accounts about eruptions the Indians witnessed about Mount St. Helens. According to the lore of these Native American tribes, a huge landslide formed a natural bridge named Tamanawas that…

On October 6, 2016, I drove to Mount Vernon Nazarene University to meet with Gary Swisher, the Coordinator of Career Development. As a student enrolled in the Career & Advising focus in my SAHE program, I decided it would be helpful to observe someone who filled a Career Advising role. I reached out to Mr. Swisher because of the school he worked at. Before attending Wright State University for my undergraduate degree I visited Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) as a potential school. It was…

Foreigner is a popular band founded in 1976 by Mick Jonas. Along with him on guitar, you have Kelly Hansen as lead vocalist, Tom Gimbel who could play guitar, keyboards, sax and flute, Jeff Pilson playing bass, Michael Bluestein playing the keyboard, Bruce Watson playing guitar, and Chris Frazier on drums. Still around today, it has made a huge impact. This essay will be able to tell you a bit about the band, and how their music affected their time. It will also convey information such as their…

can it easily be threatened? Source C discusses the possibility of putting up a monument that perhaps should not be one. Namely, Mount Rushmore. As the author of the document states: “It was bad enough that white men drove the Sioux from hills they still hold sacred; did they have to carve faces all over them too?” In essence, the author is suggesting that Mount Rushmore can come across as insensitive--graffiti,…

The formation of a Monument is based on certain elements within that structure. A well known memorial would be Mount Rushmore. A certain number of the population believe Mount Rushmore is not built correctly. “Mount Rushmore bothers me. To me, it's too close to graffiti.” (Source C, Downes) One should consider all aspects in relation to Mount Rushmore and it’s carving of the faces of the past four presidents. Based on the structure society has different views on this…

Monuments are a testimony to how the achievements of a person or the significance of an event can have such a remarkable impact in the future that we dedicate resources to memorializing them. When considering creation of a monument, an organization must consider not only the monetary and time expenses, but more primarily the symbolic value and environment of such a significant object. The environment surrounding a memorial is largely comprised of the physical location and human community that…