Western Conference

LAWRENCE, Kan.-- Frank Mason III scored 24 points and No. 3 Kansas used a 21-7 run to force overtime and defeat No. 9 West Virginia University 84-80 in overtime on Monday night at the Phog Allen Fieldhouse. The Mountaineers (20-6, 8-5) were cruising when missed free throws and turnovers fueled a Jayhawks run. Devonte' Graham sunk a 3-pointer with 34 seconds remaining to pull Kansas (23-3, 11-2) within two. The Jayhawks' pressure forced Tarik Phillip to throw the ball away. Mason made both free…

Driving through the Western University gates on Richmond Street in the Fall of 2011 was my first glance into a place I would soon call my home; although, I did not know it at first. As an impressionable 17-year-old, I did not have a clue as to what I was looking for in a university. I felt a variety of emotions when touring Western during my last year of high school, including, but not limited to, excitement, insecurity, anxiety, and confusion. Such a large campus overwhelmed me; however, I…

decades. Westerns in film have been a huge portion of this identity. First, it began with documentation of Daniel Boone explorations, then on to the dime store novel. Western film would be the biggest influence on American identity. Visual media of the west aroused America’s fascination with unconquered lands and the promise of new beginnings. These visions additionally formed ideals of supremacy, a sense of entitlement, and subjugation. Consistent themes prevailed throughout the Western and…

what sort of stages have Pho become parts of some western cultures INTRODUCTION Pho, the most common and famous Vietnamese’s street food, and it only exist stretches only a hundred years back in Vietnam 's recent past. But in Australia and many other western countries, people are also very familiar with Pho as Vietnamese cuisine. In Vietnamese history, it has three important stages that remarked Vietnamese pho became common Asian food in some western society which has close relation with…

rather than agricultural ones. From the mid eighteenth to early nineteenth century, an industrial explosion occurred. This was the Industrial Revolution. It began in Britain with the expansion of coal and textile industries. This spread throughout western Europe and areas of North America and lead to a trend of manufacturing goods. By the twentieth century the world was aware of their industrial power. But industrialization left many countries behind. While the Industrial Revolution and…

State, after its recent annexation from King Leopold II in 1908. The article was written after nearly ten years of ever increasing humanitarian outcries against the atrocities committed by King Leopold II. The “Congo question” for Daniels and the Western world was how best to reform and govern the colony in the wake of such deplorable abuses of human rights? How to reform is certainly an excellent question in the face of so much horror, but operating from this colonial template ignores perhaps a…

research statement, I provide an outline of my work in both biodiversity and sustainability areas. For my dissertation in ecology, I studied the biodiversity and dynamics of the understorey community in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu in India. KMTR is located in a biodiversity hotspot in Agastyamalai range and is home to a large number of…

ideas, and opinions is the man depicted in the Hollywood Western. That man, or person, is the settler, cowboy, or lonesome traveler who traverses the Western frontier in search of his place in and the promise of America. As America expands its frontier to the West during the nineteenth-century, the depiction of what it means to be a heroic settler formed in the American psyche. When films came to the silver screen the genre of Hollywood Westerns created protagonists who exemplified qualities…

economic state in the colonized countries. Politically, at the time, each European country was trying to prove that they were the strongest European country. They all rushed to Africa to claim countries (which ultimately resulted in the Berlin Conference). It was thought that more land would resemble more power, which exhibited the theory of mercantilism. The more territory an European country was able to colonize, the more powerful that country was and the richer the country was. According to…

Westerns: The Final Chapter During my research, I came to the conclusion that I really didn’t enjoy westerns very much. In order to understand why I don’t enjoy westerns much, we must first get a basic idea of what a western is. Westerns are more of an older genre as they are not made much in the modern day and age. To understand westerns, knowing the basic themes and elements would be most helpful. The four main themes of a western include: Man vs. Nature, Good vs. Evil, East meets West and…