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donors and contact information for inquiries. In out capstone PSU & Hunger, we’ve determined PSU Pantry’s food supply tends to be insufficient for all students seeking assistance. Some of the problems mentioned in class include, lack of drivers to the Oregon Food Bank, insufficient amount of space for food, and inadequate refrigeration for perishables. My proposed solution is varying hours of operation and limiting the amount of times can go to the pantry to a once a week basis. Varying hours of…

I just finished reading “Shoe Dog” a biography written by Phil Knight. Phil Knight is a American business magnate and philanthropist. Native to Oregon, He is the co-founder and chairman of Nike. Inc. He previously was the CEO of Nike until he step down as chairman. This book is told in first person about about him building Nike from the ground up and the legal problems he went through. A big part of his early years at Nike was his track coach Bill Bowerman, Bill Bowerman was also a co-founder…

their products to these very people. The men had the gold to spend, they just needed a place to spend it. The Oregon Trail was a way for the Americans to start over. At the time, Andrew Jackson created a economic depression which led many to poverty. By travelling on the Oregon Trail and setting up trade posts and farms there, they had a new life and were able to gain wealth. The Oregon Trail was part of Manifest Destiny since it allowed the country to keep growing into the west. In Document 2,…

In Oregon, the cost for a proper euthanasia procedure is an estimated range of $35,000 to 40,000 dollars. However, the cost of drugs for assisted suicide is roughly thirty-five dollars (Economic Aspects, 2011). Some debate that euthanasia is the correct path…

Not until the 1980’s, the only treatment option for a terminally ill patient was minimizing the pain during their final months. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who is credited for inventing one of the first assisted suicide machines, is responsible for opening up the debate about physician assisted suicide. The debate has grown since Dr. Kevorkian was arrested in the 1990’s for the murders of some of his patients. Today, some may still argue that certain religions restrict the hastening of death for anyone.…

Despite all of the college majors that Oregon State University offers I chose my major to be in Human Development and Family Science (HDFS). Oregon State University offers this major through their E-campus distance learning program, which gives students access to the entirety of their education online. Considering this, the HDFS program offers a variety of courses that informs students about human development, family dynamics, our society and our communities. Upon completion of a degree in Human…

After the War of 1812, British forces, particularly navy forces, stopped interfering with Americans and their shipping. The United States was now able to grow as a new, independent, country. “After the War of 1812 revealed itself in continuing efforts to expand the nation’s boundaries” (Thompson, Week 9). “Andrew Jackson was the first president from a western state” (Shi & Tindall, 319). Andrew Jackson despised the British and blamed them foe the deaths of his mother and brother. He was a…

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, artistic interpretations of the west sparked westward movement of people. A nineteenth century painting by Albert Bierstadt named the Oregon Trail (1869) depicted the west as a serene wilderness providing hope and the promise of a fulfilling life. In contrast, the photograph Lakewood California by William Garrett (1950) and a painting by John Gast called American Progress (1872) shows a more industrialized view of the west. An article written by…

led to the discovery that high school athletes in the vernonia high school district participated in illicit drug use. School official were concerned that drug use increases the risk of sports related injury.Constantly, Vernonia school district of oregon adopted the student athletes drug policy which authorizes random urinalysis drug testing of its student athletes.The vernonia argued that, because high school athletes have decreased expectations of privacy by virtue of their participation in…

The violations that Natural Balance caused are the Clayton Act and Robinson-Patman Act. These acts prohibit price discrimination. Price discrimination occurs when a seller charges various prices to different buyers for “commodities of like grade and quality, with the result being reduced competition or a tendency to create a monopoly” (Twomey & Jennings, 2014, p. 83). Natural Balance’s business in Mexico is not legal and ethical, until they know if they require special licensing for exporting…