West Virginia University

Thomas Jefferson's house in Monticello is a very famous architectural landmark because it was designed, instructed and help built by our past president. People believe that this house is an expression of his personality. Jefferson was a controversial leader, so this house has many interesting aspects about it.Jefferson was a very independent person who decided to study ancient Rome and the Italian Renaissance to inform him on the architecture of that time. He drafted the blueprints,he later…

Introduction: This semester in Public Relations Campaign we help a volunteer organization called the Arthritis Foundation; this is a foundation that helps people suffering from the horrible disease called Arthritis. Arthritis is normally thought of as an old man’s disease but when researching about the company I learned that it can affect anyone at any age. The project that we helped this organization on was called the Jingle Bell Run; this run is the main money maker for this organization and…

The United States of America is a country with strong beliefs. Yet for centuries, despite our resolute opinions and insistence that we are a “civilized” society, we have paid little attention to key schools of philosophy. This is part of Alexis de Tocqueville’s assertion that while we act within a set of cultural rules, we have done very little to challenge or discuss what our core values actually are. We rely instead on the self, and the “indefinite perfectibility” of man – the concept that we…

“Over the subsequent 50 years, a period of extraordinary public service, Jefferson remained the master of Monticello, and a buyer and seller of human beings” (Finkelman 2). In the article, “The Monster of Monticello,” the author uncovers the truth behind Jefferson. Jefferson was a slave owner that treated his servants with disrespect and cruelty. At the same time he was president, constantly talking about the ideas of equality in the United States. In the article, Paul Finkelman uses the word…

George Pelecanos’s The Turnaround Analysis George Pelecanos is a native of Washington, D.C. and a best -selling author of eighteen novels. Pelecanos is also known for the HBO series The Wire and received an Emmy nomination as a writer and producer for the series. The Turnaround takes place in July 1972 in a neighborhood called Heathrow Heights. Heathrow is an all-black community with people who are proud of their history. The story is…

Assignment 3 Jefferson’s vision for the university of Virginia was for it to be separated from the church. The University itself has many different parts to its plan, and was meant to be very symmetrical. On the east and west end of the church there are dormitories that were used for housing the men who attended the University. Each set of dorms had a shower room and outhouse were attendants could shower, and go to the restroom. Along with the showers and dorms there were also dinning halls.…

“St. Thomas Aquinas identifies three criteria for a just war. First, a war must be waged by a legitimate authority. Second, a war must have a just cause. Third, a war must have the right intentions. (P. 139) In order for a war to be waged by a legitimate authority, it must serve the common good, not just private interests and agendas. (P. 138) In order for a war to have just cause, it must include: protecting citizens from hostile or violent behavior, restoring rights that have been taken away…

Tom Wolf was born on November 17, 1948 in York, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Mount Wolf, a small borough outside of York in central Pennsylvania, which was named after his ancestor, the town’s postmaster. Tom is the only child of Cornelia Rohlman and William “Bill” Wolf, a business executive. He was raised Methodist but is now associated with the Episcopal Church. Tom graduated from The Hill School, a boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1967. Tom left York County to attend college…

To say that WV is the worst place to live in the U.S. is a hyperbole, but many things need to be changed. While W.V. has many good factors, it is also number nine on the list of worst places to raise a child. Unsafe areas, high crime ratings, and drugs are all large factors in everything wrong with W.V. If we were to make some changes, then it would have the potential to be a wonderful place to live. It seems as though almost everywhere a child asks to go their parents reply, “No, that’s a bad…

The Appalachian English (AE) dialect has changed over time. AE developed in the 1700s when Scottish-Irish immigrants settled in the cheap, mountainous territory that makes up the Appalachian Mountains. Isolated from the outside world for centuries, the Appalachian people spoke a distinct dialect that became known as AE. Unique features characterize the speech in Appalachia; the use of these features is fading as the area becomes less isolated. Migration and advances in technology have played…