The Departed

On October 14, 2016, at 1556 hours, Officer Villalon requested back up at room 1B102, with a disruptive Veteran. Upon arrival, I entered the room and saw Veteran James Wilson – 4010 sitting in a chair and Officer Villalon standing beside the desk to the right. While in the room Officer Villalon was explaining to Wilson that he could use profanity towards Pat Garrett the Pharmacy Supervisor. Wilson stated “Well use profanity towards me”. Officer Villalon stated “you use profanity towards him…

their future selves. Nixon was the 37rd president for the United States, and could’ve been a much more excellent president. Nixon could have been an amazing president, and could’ve finished his term with just a little advice. When Richard Nixon departed as president in 1974, he was generally disliked as an aftereffect of the Watergate scandal. Although most people consider him to have very little compensating qualities, Watergate is conceded to be confirmation of his being inadequate to be a…

I have arrived in India after a long voyage that has lasted many months. I departed on my voyage this year. I already sailed on ships before, as you all remember, and have a lot of experience. I captained twenty ships ten under my direct command. My uncle and nephew took control of the other ten ships. Well, we succeeded in finding India, which is why I am writing to all of you guys. Now here is my story. I can tell you right now, my love, that this was definitely not an easy journey.…

On November 30, 2013 the tragic death of Paul Walker occurred, leaving people filled with emotions and in silence. He impacted many lives through the television as well as he did off the television. Only known for his great talent in the movie industry, no one ever saw the heroic side of his life. He was born in California, where he would soon become an Actor as well as an World Wide responder to natural disasters. He set off his career with his appearance in television shows, but left that…

Many of Edgar Allen Poe’s writings are truly dark, in a sense that they are tied to death, and loss of a loved one. The two texts explore the emotional turmoil of a broken man, with elements of gothic themes, symbols, word choice and descriptions and although they contain the similarities they are differences among the elements that are explored in the prose “Ligeia” and the poem “The Raven”. The prose and poem explore pain, and loss of a loved one in a broken unknown narrator’s life. In…

On July 16, 1969 Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Aldrin boarded a Lunar Modular Spacecraft and began the Apollo 11 mission. The astronauts launched from Cape Kennedy ready to take the challenge John F. Kennedy had issued before for America to land on the moon and return to earth. This mission was noted as the first mission that took man to the moon. Apollo 11 was the first planned landing on the moon and the last time for this specific…

better life which we were glad to take because not many people have that kind of opportunity. The night we departed to the foreign land where my new life lied was the hardest choice we had to make because it meant leaving everyone behind. Getting used to a new place is hard to adjust exceptionally when the ones we know is half way around the world. April 23, 2004 was the day my family departed to a foreign land, America. I can still remember my grandma’s tears trailing down her cheeks as she…

In the book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave, written by himself, Frederick Douglass achieves freedom by educating himself. By learning to read, he learns how to become free; by fighting back against his master, he learns to think like a freeman; and by learning a trade and living on his own, Douglass learns how to survive as a freeman. For Frederick Douglass to become a freeman, he had to learn how to escape. When he was first in Baltimore, his mistress began…

Another day at military camp most commonly known as Jr. High gym class. Me, Kate and Rebekah gracefully stumbling along talking about when this muscle building torture was going to come to a halt. Then I started talking about the eye opening dream I had the previous night. This was the start, knowing what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. The gym teachers yelled, “Stop!” I collapsed on top of Rebekah’s dainty body, and begged for water. “What was your dream that you started talking…

On October 19, 2015, I, Phillip Shelite, was working as a patrol officer unit for the Wichita State University Police, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. At 1941 hours, Sergeant Kyle Garwood and I were dispatched to the front lobby of Shocker Hall to meet with Rebecca Snow/WSU ID#G845P234. Rebecca relayed to dispatch they wanted to conduct a welfare check on a student. We arrived at 1943 hours and met with Rebecca. Rebecca and Tracy Saffell/WSU ID#V342H968 explained to us they wanted to…