Pennsylvania

I live in the heart of Manhattan. I live one block away from Penn station, in between 34th and 35th street on 8th avenue. I live at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel. I am in a very populated area of New York City. It is not populated with lots of residence but with commuters and tourists. The building that I live at is the only place on my block that you can reside. You can tell that my street is very touristy and very convenient for commuters. The buildings that are on my streets are all…

Crippled America, a book written by Donald J. Trump, is about his controversial views on current major issues. Donald Trump is a rich and well known businessman who is a leading Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump was born in 1946 in Queens, New York, the son of Frederick and Mary Trump. Donald was a troublemaker at a young age causing his parents sent him to New York Military Academy at the age of 13. The military academy transformed Donald into a disciplined…

Phil Knight is a co-founder of Nike and has been the chairman of the company for almost 50 years he first started making shoes and selling them out of the trunk of his car and now Nike is the most popular brand shoe and with a net worth of “22.3 billion dollars and Knight is the 43rd richest man in the world.” (forbes) Milton Hershey was the founder of Hershey’s chocolate and “built the Lancaster caramel company and when the company shut down he made is first chocolate bar” and also…

To describe a Hershey's kiss may seem easy because of its small structure, but for me it is almost impossible to describe. Simple words can only describe its beauty and its wonderful taste, but only vaguely. Despite the tiny figure the Hershey Kiss has, it is made up of 3 components that makes it recognizable to everyone, and also so amazing. The beauty of the chocolate is covered by a shiny coloured foil, and peeking from out of the foil is a paper flag that reads “KISSES” in bold light blue…

Grand Central terminal was originally created to be a train station and still serves that purpose today. Owned by the Vanderbilt’s, Grand Central Terminal earned its name as a terminal because all railways end there, it's always been referred to as Grand Central station. Grand Central Terminal is not only iconic structure in the middle of New York City, but is still a working train stain to help people on their daily commute to places inside the immediate tri-state area and the east coast.…

Orientation in the Situation Rogers’ Chocolates, based in Victoria, B.C. is Canada’s oldest chocolate company, founded in 1885. The company has had three different owners and is now owned by a private group consisting of four members, who comprise the board of directors. In 2007, the board chose Steve Parkhill to be the new president of the company. In March 2007, Parkhill had started this job and was facing important strategic decisions for the company. As a consultant to Steve Parkhill, the…

From June 27 to the present, I have been volunteering as a Student Ambassador at Pennsylvania hospital. I work throughout the hospital in various departments, depending on the day of the week. My supervisor is Ms. Barb, who assigns us into different departments and makes sure that we sign in and out for the day. Pennsylvania Hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. Pennsylvania Hospital is known to have been the first hospital in the American colonies and is…

Dear Mr. Richard, Mr. Hopey and other executives of the PSU Dining Commons, Imagine, students trudging back to their dorms in the dead of night, dragging their feet with heavy back packs in tow, creating as much distance as possible between them and the Paterno library, the place they had just spent six hours studying for their exam. Visualize a different scenario, Saturday night, students with smiles on their faces returning around 1-2 am to their dorms, hearts still racing from the excitement…

Motivation to Pursue Science: From the time that I was in the fourth grade, I knew the career path that I wanted to pursue. At a young age, I was inspired by roller coasters, so much in fact that I was often get scolded for doodling them in my notebooks during class time. I think that a lot of my inspiration had to do with my mother because I will never forget the morning that she woke me up to go to Hershey Park. My whole family was “playing hooky” that day and she had such excitement in her…

If you had a chance to take on today again, what would you do differently? In Groundhog Day, reporter, Phil Connors experiences the blessing and curse of repeating Groundhog Day over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. This dejavu like course of events allows Phil to choose how his day goes, knowing that he will be able to relive it the next day without consequences. His character and demeanor changes throughout the film from his initial personality, through his repeating days, and…