Sierra Nevada

Since the mid-1800s in the United States, through the hardships of discrimination and demeaning labor, Chinese immigrants have never fully acclimated or been accepted completely into American culture and society. However, over the years Chinese Americans have overcome their initial hardships when first immigrating and have been successful in making a home for themselves here in the United States. Some such examples of this can be seen in New York Chinatowns and in San Francisco suburbs, and…

The Arroyo Seco Watershed is located in Southern California in which its water sources come from precipitation, imported water (the Eastern Sierra Nevada, the Colorado River, and the Sacramento River), and the Raymond Basin (Brick 2003). The water budget created for the Arroyo Seco Watershed was developed using a spreadsheet model that included data available for precipitation, infiltration, runoff…

Immanuel, Kant - (1724-1804) Most influential philosopher in the history of Western philosophy. One of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment, he focused on rationalism and works of Francis Bacon. Kant wanted to structure ethics as consisting of a set of rules that one never shall break, he claimed that humanity has a dignity or worth that elevates humanity above all else in nature. In 1775, he wrote the “General Natural History and Theory of the Heavens,” a theory of the origins of the…

residents have referred to California’s issue as a “man made drought.” In other words, the water crisis is not from the lack of fresh water in California, but the lack of purposeful direction and use for the water. The water that melts off the Sierra Nevada Mountains flows into rivers and is then distributed among cities, agricultural areas, and fish across the state. However, the way it is distributed is damaging in many ways and groups such as farmers,…

Introduction The government is more interested in the War on Terrorism then the terror in the eyes of over 700,000 children who have been horrifically abused; physically, mentally and sexually, along with being neglected or abandoned, by the hands of the ones they entrusted to love, care and provide for them, the parents of America (Numbers reflected by the National Foster Care Coalition, 2013). “Nearly 58% of children in foster care have been removed from their families for neglect. About 19%…

searching for gold, employment, and freedom. Chinese migrants called the western regions of North America, especially San Francisco, Gold Mountain22 to refer to their dreams of becoming rich. The discovery of Gold and other valuable minerals in the Sierra Nevada mountains set off waves of migrations to Northern California from the Eastern United States and on thru the Western province of Guangdong.24…

My grandmother, Joan Favors, was born Joan Frietas, in Oakland, California on August 16, 1929. Her father worked in the lumber industry, and her mother stayed at home and took care of the family. My great-grandmother was Italian, and her father had come on a ship from Italy to avoid being put into the army. She married my great-grandpa who’s father came to American on a whaling ship from the Portuguese islands, the Azores. My great-grandmother decided that she liked my great-grandfather because…

knocks, proclaiming ownership of my fate. The way is mine as my beliefs pave the lengths before me. They are not smooth, yet mine.” These are the words in which one could find themselves repeating as they conquer a long rigorous thru-hike over the Sierra Nevada or a pilgrimage across Vermont. Often, we find ourselves in transition. This is spurred by major life events which cause us to question who we are, if we are a success, and what comes next. The answers to these inquiries often immerge as…

Hybrid and electric vehicles are the future of transportation. CO2 levels rising, causing such harm to the environment from gasoline powered vehicles, but not everyone is for the alternative energy vehicles. We love our fast cars that are able to travel far distances without having to worry about recharging up when it only takes a few minutes to get a few gallons of gas. However, if we don’t try and give the alternative energy vehicles a chance; who knows how long it will take for the pollution…

Maurits Cornelis Escher, also known as M.C Escher, was a graphic artist between 1898 and 1972. He is most famous for his unique works that incorporated mathematics, specifically the manipulation of perspective and space. He developed an innovative style of both print and engraved art (“M.C. Escher Biography”). Some of his most well-known works include, “Relativity,” “Ascending and Descending,” “Hand with Reflecting Sphere,” and “Metamorphosis” (Gallery, “Most Popular”). M.C. Escher was born…