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Patillo Higgins is most known for his discovery of oil at Spindletop, which was located in Beaumont Texas. Overall, Higgins had speculated for some time that there could be oil in that region and although he was not sure, he believed it was probable that the area of Spindletop held huge amounts of oil or as they call it black gold. Men like Lucas, a mining engineer, believed Higgins was on to something and decided to join him on the journey to drill for oil at Spindletop, but problems arose for…

Should The Game Still Be Around Football has become a dangerous sport over the past decades because of the increased awareness of concussions research; people have begun to realize just how dangerous football can be. Football is a full contact sport that involves repeated collisions with players’ heads, in recent history this has been found to cause concussions and even CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy). CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has become a pressing concern for doctors and…

As someone who is not originally from Texas there were many factors that went into my decision to attend the University of Houston-Downtown. I first heard about UHD from my sister who had nothing but good things to say about the university, then I was reigned in by Dr. Mari Nicholson of the university Honors Program. As the end of high school approached I knew that making the move from Louisiana to Texas to attend UHD would not be a mistake. Growing up I always looked up to the ambassadors at…

Kenai Holien Mrs. Mar English … The Minnesota Lynx are a WNBA team that is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and plays in the Western Conference of the league. They play mainly at Target Center, and their team colors are navy, blue, green, and grey. Their franchise is owned by Glen Taylor, and has been ever since they were founded in 1998. The first WNBA game ever played was in 1997. The Lynx played their first game over a year later, because no NBA teams were looking to manage a WNBA team at…

“Where as baseball might be America’s pastime, football is actually America’s sport.”(Dahlberg, NFL Calls the Shots) The NFL has turned into a multi-billion dollar franchise that is known around the world, but a disturbing trend has developed. Over the past six years when the NFL started to keep track( King, the Film the NFL), the NFL’s reported number of concussions has been increasing each year. This alarming trend reached an all-time high of 281 cases in 2017; the highest ever…

Recently, there has been an argument in the State of Texas about the power of the State and the local governments. This argument had raised up after Gregg Abbott warned about the “Californization” of Texas, and in follow passing laws that limited the power of local governments on issues like fracking in their cities. These arguments are similar to those that are for the powers for the State versus Federal government. Hence, there are lots of arguments for and against the local control, and on…

which created manifest destiny. The war occurred during 1846-1848 because the annexation of Texas. The is a major turning point in American history because after the war we almost double in size. Texas had tried to declare their independence in 1836 and Mexico didn’t want to give them their independence, Texas and Mexico went war the United States of America so that Texas could get annexed. The Republic of Texas demanded land up all the way up to the Rio Grande going off of the Treaties of…

Annexation Of Texas There are many domestic issues that have arisen within the United States since its founding, and among these, many have caused a division within the American people. Since the founding of our nation there has been much to consider regarding certain domestic issues. The rights of the citizens, the power of the government, the rights of the states, and the expansion of territory were and continue to be domestic issues, and the dispute over the annexation of Texas is one such…

Texas Public Policy and the Effectiveness of Wildlife Conservation Hunter R. Roach Tarleton State University Introduction. Texas is the second largest state in the United States with many different ecosystems from prairies to costal areas and wildlife from the American alligator to monarch butterflies. The Texas state government’s public policy on wildlife must protect the animals, plants, and ecosystems within the state. Public…

Approximately 1 in 10 people who play a contact sport will sustain a concussion yearly. At least 25% of those concussion sufferers fail to get assessed by medical personnel. Do you think NFL athletes should be monitored more closely for concussions and injuries? I personally believe NFL players should be monitored more closely to help reduce the amount and risk of concussions and injuries. First, those who believe that players need to be monitored more closely for injury say critics maintain…