Tulsa

Oklahoma County has not been really active. Before the earthquake swarm started in the Jones area, there was only 7 earthquakes per year in Oklahoma County. But, since the Jones swarm started, there are a few hundred earthquakes per year. And, since January 2009, eastern Oklahoma County has been shaking off and on. Most of the quakes are around Jones, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Geological Survey was interested in the 10,000 percent increase in seismic activity. Austin Holland, a seismologist for the…

Italian Renaissance revival style. The Philbrook as 72 rooms with beautiful formal gardens that can be admired from the terrace on each floor of the house, however the best view in my opinion is off the second floor terrace. The Philbrook was donated to Tulsa in 1938 to be used as an art museum. One of my favorite things was the ceilings and pillars. To imagine the craftsmanship that went into creating this house is amazing. The hand painted ceiling by the staircase is breathtaking. The detail…

Therapists are heavily sought out for in today’s generation because they want expert advice. Some people may feel that venting to a friend or family member isn’t enough. People are willing to pay the price to get expert advice. Psychologists have had long training in the social sciences that studies the behavior of people. There are a set of rules and guidelines that these psychologist must follow or else they can expect the consequences if they fail to meet these requirements. Many seek Phil…

A role model of mine, John C. Maxwell, once said in his book, Developing the Leader Within You, “Everyone talks about it; few understand it. Most people desire to cultivate a high capacity for it; few actually do.”. I acquired leadership through a team sport that changed my life, and put me in many situations that shaped me. The best thing that has ever happened to me has been the ability to play softball. I started at five years old. Being apart of a team was always something I loved. A…

thought a 10-year-old African American girl would have to experience it. Coming from a state that beautiful brown skin is everything, to a town that has no pigment was very new. On the road to her family’s new home, they stopped at a gas station near Tulsa. Traveling with her Mom and Uncle who was yellow skin, this little dark girl decided that she was going to go into the miniature store. At this moment something went wrong the store clerk called the little dark girl a word she had never…

QT NEAR ME. By its full name, it is referred to as Quick Trip. This is a private company under the retail (chains of convenience stores and fast food) industry that was formed in September 1958, at Tulsa Oklahoma where it serves as the headquarters. The Founders of QT are Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux. QT serves nine hundred and fifty-three locations that are inclusive of Midwestern, southern, and Southeastern United States and in 2013, it ranked as one of the greatest and largest companies…

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop until you get there” (Bo Jackson). Each and every person has a dream or goal growing inside of them like a wild flower. In order for a wild flower to grow, it needs the proper nutrition, as do your goals, you have to nourish and allow you goals to grow, but in the same breath you have to accept failure where it comes in trying to achieve that goal you have, because failure is another way of learning. My goal is to finish college and earn my associates degree…

Growing up as a Vietnamese boy in Tulsa, Oklahoma was difficult. My parents had been recently divorced shortly beefore we made the move from San Jose, California to my current home. My father wanted nothing to do witeh us, so my mother, sister, and I moved to Broken Arrow when I was six years old. My Mom chose to move to Broken Arrow because she had some friends who had also moved here from California a few years before us. She heard of their successes and happiness in this new town, and sehe…

Should college football players get paid? Many people do not know college football players don’t get paid, they spend 44.8 hours a week on their sports with less class time and no time for a job. College players have been wanting a cut of the money because the lack of time for a job. Being a college football player is s fulltime job. College football players should get paid because some college kids are poor and is an unsafe job that can have a long term consequences it is a multimillion dollar…

The expression of art in all of its visual forms is produced to be appreciated and invoke an emotional response towards the viewers that consume it. The Philbrook located here in Tulsa, Oklahoma features various works from the European Middle Ages that succeed in accomplishing such a feat. Particularly, The Coronation of the Virgin, an Italian painting by Andrea di Cione, dated back to circa 1375 left me enthralled when visiting the museum (1). The material is composed of egg tempera on a linden…