Oklahoma

today without them. I want to be able to do that or be that for someone else. It is for that reason that I chose my current math instructor to do a literacy profile on. Christine Tinsley has been teaching math for many years here at the University of Oklahoma. She started teaching as a grad student and has continued…

1 When I was in elementary school, I knew I wanted to be something in the medical field. I didn’t know what, but I knew that was the field I wanted to be in. I wanted to do something that would help other people. Now, as a sophomore, I have decided to be a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer or Ultrasound Technician. I like everything about the job and think it is a great choice for me. 3 Diagnostic medical sonographers have many responsibilities. “The diagnostic medical sonographer provides…

When I were woken up by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake from Pawnee, Oklahoma on last Saturday morning, I just thought I was in a dream. Is Texas near a seismic zone? Again, I heard my cousin, a petroleum engineer, talk about the hydraulic fracturing which causes the frequent earthquakes recently. hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is widely used by the oil and gas companies in Texas and Oklahoma to produce oil and natural gas. Although hydraulic fracturing technology successfully reduce…

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a very compelling and accurate book even though it 's fiction. This book follows a family from Oklahoma during the great depression and their journey to California in search of jobs. The Joads family is affected by atmospheric condition and the dust bowl. Some of the challenges the family faces because of this are drought, death, and job loss. First of all, atmospheric conditions and the dust bowl caused death. The dust bowl was caused because of the…

La Junta, and lived a life most cowboys know well. Clyde Frost, Lane’s father, rode saddle bronc and bareback on a rodeo circuit. His mother, Elsie, stayed with her parents while she was expecting Lane. It could be said that “cowboying”, as most Oklahoma cowboys call it, was in his blood. Frost started riding dairy calves on the family’s farm when he was five or six. He first rode a grown bull when he was nine. About this time, Frost met another legendary bull rider, Don Gay. Gay told Frost…

survival; they were a lordly and dangerous society of fighters and thieves, hunters and priests of the sun” (Momaday 28). The Way to Rainy Mountain is the story of a member of the Kiowa tribe retracing his ancestors steps as they moved from Montana to Oklahoma. In the story it is easy to see the influence of the Kiowa culture, beliefs, and history. In The Way to Rainy Mountain the grandmother was remembering about the sun dance. “As a child she had been to the Sun Dances; she had taken…

many people can say they have been a couple blocks away from a two mile wide tornado with winds of 210 miles an hour. It was a scary experience. It was May 20th and meteorologist in Oklahoma City predicted dangerous storms capable of producing large hail and tornadoes were going to move through central Oklahoma. Everyone in the whole city of Moore was looking out for storms on the radar and keeping a close eye on the news. I went to school that day, forgetting about the threat of storms…

Native American Team Names and Mascots There are many people who consider some sports team names or mascots to be offensive. They want those teams who have names or mascots that relate to Native Americans to change their name to a more proper name. Who says these names are improper, and who actually takes offense to these names? Many teams have had their names and mascots criticized for being “offensive” to Native Americans. Team names like the Washington Redskins, the Cleveland Indians, the…

At eight o’clock sharp Monday morning the phone’s trill cut into Jennifer’s dark thoughts about her business. She glimpsed the long-distance number, probably a misdial or telemarketer. Then again, it could be a potential tenant, someone coming to Oklahoma City for an extended stay. She’d told herself to face reality and stop hoping for prospects, but her heart remained defiant. Her professional tone disguised her excitement. “Hello, Alcove management. This is Jennifer.” “Good Morning, I’m Troy…

great, grandfather, who was Irish and German, married a Choctaw Indian lady when he was only 22 years old and has been in the country for only a short amount of time. The marriage permitted him to build his home on the Indian reservation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His family was provided free cheese, milk, and schooling that ended up consisting of 13 children. The family made ends meets from farming the lands and bartering with their neighbors and community. Barter was a valued trade for several…