Street-level bureaucracy

With USA Today debuting in 1982, it has continued to focus on innovative avenues for continued success and growth as the preferred news source. Personally, I am a very visual news consumer; therefore, what I enjoy most about the USA Today newspaper is the visual and eye catching content it has embedded within the paper -- digital and print versions. The vision the stakeholders had prior to the launch of USA Today was to have a unique approach to an audience and provide more news in less time…

Washington DC: 11th Street [The Need] Bridges are no different than any other form of infrastructure, eventually they break down and need to be either repaired or replaced. Inspection occurs at least every two years, yet bridges are often pushed to their absolute limits of usability. In Washington DC, the 11th Street Bridge Project aims to replace two bridges built in the 1960s with three new bridges. With these bridges having been in place for nearly 50 years, there were numerous issues. For…

causes her to cut Jim less slack when it comes to making ridiculous missteps that cost a breaking news story since she is aware that he knows and understands how the new works. MacKenzie does not take Neal seriously in his pursuit of the Occupy Wall Street story because he never has all of the necessary information coherently together before he runs the story by her. When she goes to poke holes in his reporting there are important questions that Neal does not have adequate answers to if any…

In this study, the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH), Crown Live Ratio (LCR), Crown Dieback (CDBK), Crown Transparency (CT), and Crown Chlorosis (CC) of trees at University of Toronto – St. George campus were assessed by field measurements and Google Street View images. The study shows that the average of DBH and LCR measurements of trees planted in constricted and non-constricted areas are considerably different, which might be due to more space in non-constricted areas, which allows the roots to…

In American society, the traditional monster is viewed in a multitude of ways, but there are some overlapping themes. Most Americans view monsters as large, scary, reptilian, and demonic. A few Americans think of vampires and werewolves when they hear the word monster though. When Americans are asked what form monsters usually take in their stories; they believe monsters take on the form of mythical beings with human qualities or creatures with multiple forms to transform into. Most Americans…

The Hit and Run UIC Wind Ensemble was conducted by Jose Oliver Riojas and performed by the students of UIC Wind Ensemble along with the performance of marimba and percussion by Jordan Kamps, Peter Ferry, and Chris Sies. The performance took place at the UIC Theatre, which was located on 1044 W Harrison St. The show was on Thursday, March second, 2017 at 7:30 PM. The theatre was very crowed with many older adults who came to support their families and friends’ performance. There was not enough…

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane is a book that was written in 1893 that approaches the question of gender and class roles in the late nineteenth century America. Maggie, the novel lead, is a lonely character and the only one to ever truly love throughout the entire novel. Whether she was simply in love with the dream of a better life or actually in love with Pete is irrelevant. The girl was a dreamer, and she dreamed only of escaping the harsh world she was destined to live in…

A Book Review of Where is the Mango Princess and the Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury Where is the Mango Princess is a tragic, heart wrenching, and deeply personal account of how traumatic brain injury affected the life of, author, Cathy Crimmins (2000) and the lives of her entire family. Crimmins wrote this account in order to share her experience of living and caring for a person with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to help those in the same position as her to cope with the myriad of…

get changed first." Kalie said groggily walking to the bathroom. After waiting for half an hour, Kalie came out of the bathroom with a smile on her face. We got into her Crimson colored Honda and drove off to Six flags. Driving through the dark streets of New Orleans, I gave Kalie directions on how to get to Six Flags. The amusement park got destroyed…

According to Women in Scripture, “Although these versus are not missing in any New Testament manuscripts, v. 34 and 35 are found after v. 40 in several bilingual Greek/Latin manuscripts.” Consequently, there is ongoing debate about whether Paul wrote these versus or not and these judgements will continue to be discussed in Christian communities to this day. There are numerous issues as evident that Paul’s argument about women’s coiffure in Church, which is ambiguous and two-sided. As a result,…