Pasadena, California

added in some of my own, I answered them all individually to try and illustrate the full functionality of my conceptual state and its capitol. To give a general idea of where my state is located, it is on the west coast and is the northern part of California and also includes the southern portion of Oregon. I have included a map with the state’s border and its neighbors’ borders in the appendix section at the end of the paper. I chose to name my state RedWood, this comes from the sequoia trees…

The field trip to the Lava Beds National Monument would be a good place to go. It is near the California and Oregon state boarder and is California's best kept secret. We should go to the Lava Beds National Monument because it would be a fun place to go and see things we never seen before. Lava Beds Monument could be really fun because we could climb and go in the slide that is there. It would be really fun. The Lava Beds Monument is full of history and geological wonders. It has…

Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic University and law school founded in 1891. It is a private non-for-profit degree granting institution. The institution is a master’s college (more master’ degrees than doctorates) that offers more than 160 programs. The university is located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. In order to make an assessment on Seattle University (SU) 2013-2018 Strategic Plan, we have to first identify the fundamental values that drive and set direction to this institution and…

significantly varied among cities and states. According the U.S Census Bureau, with the highly advanced technology-related industry which has induced a massive influx of immigrants across the worlds, California is ranked as the second most ethnically diverse state in the nation (the first one is Hawaii). Also, California median household income is ranked as the ninth highest one $8,725 higher than the US median income. In this regard, considering the characteristic of high-tech industry, we…

commercial agriculture. The railroad also enabled the movement of U.S. troops to stabilized the region and easy access for military support against the Indians. Railroads in the Southwest also led to more Americans moving to Arizona, New Mexico, California as new found treasures were discovered and Mexico saw this as an opportunity to transport and sell their good nears the Sonoran states. New communities were established especially communities such as Sonora, Nogales that thrived to become a…

Nowadays when we hear the word “Border”, with everything going on politically speaking the majority of us are indoctrinated to think of the U.S.-Mexico Border. A great amount of people think of the idea of the now famous wall to be built under our new president’s enforcement of it. From speaking with my group members, the topic of the border struck close to home for most of us. Personally there are a few words that pop up instantly when the word border is said, demarcation, stereotypes, parents,…

Originally born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, my family moved to Southern California when I was three. I initially studied music in primary and middle school, playing trumpet and percussion in jazz band and orchestra. Music ended up being the vehicle for me to attend and eventually graduate from Interlochen Arts Academy in northern Michigan. By this time, I started shifting focus to the visual and liberal arts and was accepted to the Visual Arts department. This was an early opportunity to…

California is known for having some of the most extravagant tourist attractions in the U.S. What most people think about are locations such as the beach or Disneyland, but there is one place that some of them consider "California's best kept secret." The place itself only attracts 130,000 visitors year round ting when in comparison to Yosemite National Park's 4 million. Although it may sound like a bleak place to go , it is full of natural wonders and geological secrets. This place is no other…

Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM) was established in 1994. Since 1994, they have been helping the following refugee communities: Hmong, Laotian, Slavic, African and Syrian. Firm is a christian based non-profit. It was founded to help the refugee community in the Fresno area. FIRM has a particularly important mission and vision. There mission is simple for these refugees to assimilate. In layman terms, this means for them to become Americans. Another mission is there moto,…

The article begins by describing how when the Europeans came to America in 1769, there were more than 300,000 Natives that lived in the area we know today as California. By 1860, however, that number dropped tremendously to around 30,000. That means that nine out of every ten Natives were exterminated. This is mainly because as California became part of the United States in 1848 after the Gold Rush began, Americans were pouring into the state leading…