The Icebound Land

In a topic that is widely discussed on campus and seems like a no brainer to many has had a bunch of people working, wondering, and wishing. From 1897 to 1986 Wichita State University played competitive football at many different levels including the KCAC, CIAC, and our current conference of the Missouri Valley. Boasting a 375-402-47 record and 14 conference titles the Shockers were at best a sub-par team. Over history the Shocker football team endured some tough times and none were more…

Introduction to Where I Work I am currently employed in The Canadian Armed Forces which is the unified armed force of Canada. This unified group consists of air, land and sea forces referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), I am in the Canadian Army. Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, I am a regular forces member, simply meaning I serve full time. Some reserve members may serve full time as well.…

Born in Montreal and with French-speaking parents, Omer levesque was inspired to be in the Royal Canadian Air Force ever since he was a little boy. He did not know how to speak English very well so Omer joined the local militia unit and became the lieutenant there. Later joining the RCAF, and on March 31, 1951 he was the very first pilot to shoot down a Korean plane during the Korean war. Omer Levesque and other Canadian forces contribution to the war lead to Canada causing a significant impact.…

positive change that the act made to the public was the states were sold land to build public universities where everyone could benefit from. The Morrill act was made to make college for that was based on agriculture, the mechanic arts, and military tactics with not forgetting about literary or scientific studies. The establishment of the land grant allowed states to have 30,000 acres of public land for each member in Congress. The land grant gave the opportunity for colleges so then that made…

As seen in the late 1800s, Americans hunted for bison, resulting in the extinction of the species. Likewise, as cities throughout the nation began to grow and overpopulate, pollution was an issue and was harming animal and plant life, along with the land itself. Just as Theodore Roosevelt was entering his first term as president in 1901, questions concerning conservation arose. Going forward, several acts and laws were passed in order to preserve and protect…

This idea of being more greedy, as in wanting more land, came originally from a thought that Pahom had when the two women were talking in the beginning of the story of whether or not living in the city gave more benefits than living on the farm and barely having enough. Whether or not this argument was settled, Pahom had an idea in the middle of it, stating, “Our trouble is that we haven’t land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the Devil himself” (Tolstoy). This quote from…

Journey Into Ice The book I have chosen is called Journey Into Ice, by Ann and Myron Sutton. It was published in 1965 also by Ann and Myron Sutton. The book has a total of 255 pages, not including the index. The book I have selected is a biography about John Franklin. I chose this book because I was interested to know the hardships and struggles of the men on the ship trying to find the Northwest Passage. The main character, John Franklin, was a man who served in the United Kingdom’s branch of…

The harsh weather that threatens Iceland and sickness that plagues my body has left me inert and all I see is darkness that mimics grim and icebound land that scourges Iceland. The violent weather seems to have taken a turn for the worst, it is just as my father had said; the weather is only getting worse and I fear a blizzard may erupt during my final stages of my journey. I remember fragments…