Washington Roebling

On September 11, 2001, members of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, launched a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks against targets inside the United States. Terrorism, which is the deliberate act of using terror in order to advance one’s political agenda, is one of the most well-known threats to the American way of life. The American government, has several agencies which specialize in countering acts of terrorism inside the United States, such as the FBI, CIA, and NSA. Despite…

From just accepting rumors that he is the Zodiac Killer to watching porn with supreme court justices—Ted is a strange guy. According to Maclean's Canada author, Jason Markusoff, Ted was born on a -9 degrees Celsius December day in Canada to parents Rafael Cruz and Eleanor Darragh. When Ted was born, they named him Rafael after his father, and consequently they called him by his father’s childhood nickname: Felito. In grade school, Ted’s classmates would call him Dorito, so at 13 he changed his…

A couple members of the Wooster Emblem Club presented the Wayne County commissioners with a new flag for the newly renovated downtown courthouse Wednesday. President Carole Norris and her husband, Russ Norris, a marshal in the club, delivered the flag folded because its 15 feet by 25 feet size was too big to have open in the commissioners’ meeting room. The flag flow in the summer months is a bigger one, Commissioner Scott Wiggam said. A smaller flag is used in the winter because of the winds.…

Julia Morgan architectural firm came into existence in 1904 and fifteen years later, “William Randolph Hearst hired [her] to design a main building and guest house for his ranch in San Simeon, California” (Hearst Castle). In fact, Mr. Hearst was looking for something that would be more comfortable than his prior living conditions. In the year 1919, he inherited land after his mother died from the influenza epidemic. To be specific, he inherited approximately 250,000 acres and he had plans of,…

Every November, hoards of Americans flock to libraries, schools, and other voting sites across the nation to cast their ballots. They wait in long lines for hours just to have a say in who becomes our next president. However, individually, their votes don’t actually count! Why? In the United States, our presidential race is decided by the Electoral College, a group of 538 representatives, or electors, from each state. A number of electoral votes is granted to each state, and individual states…

Being of Native American descent; my grandmother (Bessie) a proud Cherokee woman, it was almost natural for me to be drawn to the work of the artist Neil Diamond. “Retrospect: Reel Native Americans” (pp. 428-434) provides us with a glimpse into the transformations made, in the depiction of Native Americans spanning a fifty plus year period. Once, depicted as nothing more than a war mongering savage, through time we bear witness to the softening of the imagery used in the portrayal of the Native…

Everyday millions of people all over the world take protection for granted. Individualism leads to chaos, which is why we need certain precautions to preserve us. The creation of the Constitution, Texans vs. Saints game, and Japanese internment camps demonstrates it is better to have security because it lessens the chance of anarchy. The Constitution was drafted by James Madison and is one of the most significant documents to date. It was constructed to preserve equality and promote peace in…

of the violence that has occurred throughout the country. In the debate Donald Trump said, “I agree with Secretary Clinton on this. You need to better relationships between the communities and the police, because in some cases, it’s not good.” (Washington post) This is something that both candidates are agreeing to handle if chosen president. The next topic that was agreed on was gun control. Hillary and Donald believe…

Interest catcher: What would you do if one of the most powerful countries in the world, a country that was proud to be a democracy, a fair country, was actually not a democracy at all. That country is the USA. The president should be elected by the direct vote of the people, or the popular vote instead of the electoral college. The president is the leader of the USA, the election determines who is sit’s in the president’s office, the popular vote is the direct vote of the people and…

Kehaulani’s presentation is on Native Hawaiians and how they identify with the land in which they live on and how westerners are blinded to this connection. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka ʻĀina I Ka Pono means the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. This research project is important to her because she is Native Hawaiian and she believes that Native Hawaiians are misrepresented. In the future, she hopes to go back home and help the people of Hawaii and from this research, she got a deeper…