Pittsburg

who sent in an award winning article about their lovely retirement home. Hello, Happy Home Hunters my husband Pat and I wanted to send you this article to tell you all about our retirement home “Peace Haven.” Pat and I met in Pittsburg where we were both teachers at Pittsburg University. I taught molecular science while my husband Pat taught decretive arts. It was getting close to Pats retirement time when we received news about our daughter (Dana) would be having our first grandchild. Since…

lost 40.1% of the young population from total lost and Cleveland lost 24.8% of the young population from total lost. Declining of young population in any state or country signals dreadful economy. Whereas the cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsburg have gained young population. Baltimore has lost very few people over those 10 years but has gained 11.1% of young population that is incredible. The cities that have more young people can do anything and that’s the reason author feels…

freshman year. My sophomore year I decided that I would try volleyball. I played volleyball for North Jackson High for one year. Although I missed cheerleading very much, I refused to cheer for the Chiefs. When I got the opportunity to move to South Pittsburg High, I knew the first thing I wanted to do was try out for cheerleading. Because I transferred late, I had to sit out my junior year. I am very happy to announce that, I am now, as a senior, get to stand under the Friday nights lights and…

I strongly believe that there is no correlation to the statement that going to an elite college is imperative in order to be successful in life.And in today's society, most of the people we regard as successful in our nation didn’t attend the most highly selective colleges. In fact, One example is New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who had hoped to go to Georgetown but didn’t get in. Instead, he went to a state school—the University of Delaware. The University of Delaware also happens to be…

The Battle of Shiloh On a nice day, alongside the bank of the Tennessee River at Pittsburg Landing, Ulysses S. Grants soldiers were relaxing. They were enjoying their selves, and at the point where they did not have a care since it was a hot day. They walked around barefooted, their buttons unbutton, sleeves rolled up, wrote a Illinois volunteer (Sword). What was about to happen on April 6, 1862, in Shiloh, Tennessee would be a surprise to Ulysses S. Grants soldiers. The commander for the Union…

In the article “Do You Speak American?” Robert MacNeil reminds us of one of the many reasons the United States is so linguistically diverse. He gives various examples of how American English has evolved throughout time. The analysis of the American language is meant for people who read the magazine, U.S.A. Today, but it also applies to a secondary audience, which are American English speakers. The author uses multicultural dialect to help explain forms of regional linguistics, rhetorical…

Carnegie’s father worked as a weaver for a living, so the effects of the revolutionary affected his family as well. Andrew’s father ended up without a job and to escape the depression in Scotland, they immigrated to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in the year of 1848. By the time they immigrated to Pittsburg, Carnegie was a teen. He was forced to work as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory instead of going to school to pursue an education. Later on, Carnegie’s uncle knew someone who offered him a job as a…

happening around them (Hewitt and Lawson). The party also worried about the government’s use of militias and that if the Rebellion had continued the president would have deemed a “standing army necessary for enforcing the laws” (Hewitt and Lawson). (The Pittsburg Resolution, 1794)This was problematic to the Republicans since they had opposed British policies of taxation and quartering and now their new government was behaving similarly. Interestingly, these fears are still relevant to many…

Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. McGraw-Hill, 1964. Reviewed by Kayla M. Piper, Pittsburg State University, KS. Medium Is the Message, a part of the book Understanding Media, is a critical evaluation and interpretation of Media Ecology, a communications theory. Marshall McLuhan particularly focuses on the idea that the medium is the message. He presents the idea that instead of the content of the medium being the message, it is actually the effect that it creates…

When one travels on a road trip, there can be many mixed feelings of traveling to a different state, or even country. In “Back Road” by Vinnie Rotondaro, two adults travel from New York City to Pittsburgh for a friends engagement, taking the long way there. In the story “A Winter’s Drive” by ReadWorks, the text is about a man going to Canada for a few days to retrieve something he left behind when he moved to the United States. Mood is the state of feeling from the author that develops during…