University of Missouri

David Shields, an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Brenda Bredemeier, an associate professor at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and a certified sports psychology consultant, give an analysis of competition in their book True Competition. Randolph Feezell, a philosophy professor at Creighton University, gives an analysis of sportsmanship. Even though Shields, Bredemeier, and Feezell are discussing different topics, their views…

Campus Life A student’s senior year of high school seems to be the busiest ever. Senior year comes with the task of filling out hundreds of scholarship applications, applying to any and every college, while still keeping up the attendance and grades in classes. When a student finally gets accepted to the school they want to go to, it seems that there is just even more to do. When it comes to housing at college, there are many different choices. For me, living off campus wasn’t even…

privilege in our current society. For example, an African American, Native American, or Hispanic American will get more scholarships to a university solely based on his/her race. In my experience, I have taken my education as a privilege because I have never had to worry…

Civil Engagement and Higher Education During the whole month I have experienced as a freshman at Southeast Missouri State University, I have come to understand that college does not necessarily prepare you for a certain job. Instead, I have learned that college prepares you for the things you did not cover in high school. There are hundreds of classes that prepare you to deal with life including financial problems, cultural diversity, political issues, and much more. In my opinion, higher…

The students at University of Missouri set up an encampment on the campus quad. This encampment is considered their safe space from the racism that’s been occurring for quite a while on campus. Also these activists have been keeping their safe space journalist free due to “the insensitivity they encounter in the news media,” which you had stated that many can all agree on. There is a video of a news photographer who got into a conflict with some of the activist which caused a dispute that…

the course of four years. As a result, I am a well-rounded, committed student who will greatly benefit from this wonderful scholarship. Moreover, I deserve this scholarship because I have great plans for my future. I am going to attend the University of Missouri and major in Health Science starting in the fall of 2017. I am immensely excited about this next step in my life, and I am already planning to study abroad for a semester in…

For centuries, America has been considered the greatest nation in terms of the true freedom that its citizens enjoy in all areas of life. There is, however, a major stumbling block that has reared its ugly head within the last few years of our nation’s life. This stumbling block America is facing today is the issue of “political correctness,” which is the avoidance of any action or verbal expression that is thought to exclude, marginalize, or insult individuals of stereotypically “disadvantaged”…

Pet friendly campuses are not completely nonexistent. There are a few colleges that have adopted the pet friendly program and have great success. Stephens College in Columbia Missouri has a designated dorm that allows students to bring cats and dogs, with the exception of aggressive dog breeds. They also have an animal fostering program which allows students to take part in the local community through volunteering. Many organizations here at Stevens Point are involved with the humane society…

Born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri, Harry S. Truman was the son of a livestock trader. In high school he was a very strong student and always wanted to play sport; he even hoped that one day could join the U.S. Military, but due to his poor vision, the doctors didn’t allow him. Because his family couldn’t afford to send him to collage, after graduating high school he started his first job as a bank clerk. When America entered the World War I in 1917, Truman joined the National Guard and was…

Playwright Tennessee Williams was been on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi. After college, he moved to New Orleans, a city that would inspire much of his writings. Williams was predominantly raised by his mother and had a complicated relationship with his father a demanding salesman who preferred work instead of parenting. Williams’s childhood home was very tense which in turn gave him inspiration for his works. “I was not aware of how much vital energy had gone into struggle until the…