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The presidential election of 1960 made history with the second catholic that run for president, and first to actually attained victory. The election was so close in results, and fought vigorously by both candidates; John F. Kennedy versus the well experienced Vice President Richard M. Nixon. At this election, the use of televised debates was a premier and new thing in the election at that time, which had a huge impact on the voter's decision. John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts…

softball was where she found her true niche, earning a spot on the team all four years of school (“Jennie Finch Biography”). “As a sophomore, Jennie began amassing an impressive list on honors, including All-Suburban League, All-CIF Division II, and Whittier Daily News All-Area. The following year, she was selected league MVP” (“Jennie Finch Biography”). Finch led her travel team to an 18 and under division championship in 1997 and earned the honors of her school 's Female Athlete of the Year…

It is said that compassion is the result of shared suffering, and that in feeling another’s pain, understanding is born. Brutal beatings, heavy labor, starvation, separation and suffering were the realities of slavery for many African-Americans in the South in pre-Civil War America. Through their shared suffering, many slaves were able to develop strong emotional bonds and experience deep feelings of compassion for one another. Throughout the course of one’s life as a slave, it seemed that…

Yorba Linda, California. He was the second of five children to Frank Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon, a family of humble means. Although Nixon was accepted into Harvard University, his family could not afford the expenses, so he settled into the local Whittier College. Due to his academic achievements, Nixon was later able to obtain a scholarship to Duke University Law School in Durham, North Carolina. Upon obtaining his law degree, Nixon returned to Wittier to practice law. It was there that he…

“On the eve of the Civil War, Ira Berlin writes in Slaves Without Masters, there were a total of 488,070 free blacks living in the United States. That’s almost 10 percent of the entire black population” (Gates 4). There were more free African Americans living in the South and stayed there during the Civil War. The powerful, moving, and horrific biography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, shows the great desire slaves had to be free. At the beginning of the book, Douglass is…

According to the ABC 13 Eyewitness news, recently in Houston, hundreds of parents let their children to opt out of taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR exams (In Protest, Parents Keep Student’s Home during STAAR Test Days) For Texas, the STAAR test measures a student’s ability to move on to the next grade starting in 3rd grade (In Protest, Parents Keep Student’s Home during STAAR Test Days). Within this past year, about 500 parents in Texas choose for their…

An oil spill is when liquid petroleum hydrocarbon is released into the environment. Oil spills have detrimental effects on the environment and the economy. Oil spills can potentially cost billions of dollars. There are multiple ways in which oil spills can be cleaned in a safe and cost efficient way. One way is bioremediation, which is the use of microorganisms to break down pollutants. Another effective way is chemical remediation, which is the use of chemicals to extract pollutants from an…

In the 19th century, before the Civil War, slavery was extremely prominent in the Southeast. Slaves were treated poorly, so many wanted to run away. However, if slaves were caught running away, they were severely punished. Even though there were high risks, many still tried to run away and many others attempted to help them. To do this, people who helped women, men, and children escape slavery created a secret network called the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Thomas…

Hydraulics vs Airbags Have you ever seen a car with beautiful murals, low to the ground, able to lower and raise up? Around the 1950’s people started using hydraulics for their “lowriders”. People take pride in their lowriders and if people don’t want to damage their car they would put airbags instead. Lowriders are classic cars like the ‘64 Impala and are customized like putting hydraulics, airbags, candy paint, murals, and etc. Most lowriders use hydraulics and are able to 3-wheel something…

For my Cultural Project I read Funny in Farsi: A Memroir of Growing up Iranian in America. This book was written by Firoozeh Dumas. A book like this would usually only take me a hour or two to read from cover to cover and her family moved from Iran to California in 1972 when she was 7. When they arrived the only knowledge they had of America was what her father remembered about his time in graduate school here. As time went on more of her family come to live in Southern California also. Her…