and exercise and how it helps the human body. I also found from a coaching class that I love working with kids and passing my wisdom onto them. Everyone as a different definition of what it means to have a liberal education. I think University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is moving in the right direction towards a liberal education. If the university and it’s students work together on what they think of having a liberal education means to them, they can achieve it together in a successful and productive…
Outside the system of the National Archives, there are other depositories of letters from POW/MIA families. One shortcut to collect such correspondence is the Laurence Jolidon papers in the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. It contains the copies of the primary sources (including over a hundred letters) he used to write Last Seen Alive (1995). Other possibilities include the personal papers of Defense Secretaries and State Secretaries. According to my talk…
decades of work can accomplish but it also made me acutely aware of the conservation challenges that lie ahead. The opportunity to help with the Eastern Migratory Population (EMP) of whooping Cranes through a partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), Fish and Wildlife Service, and many other organizations has been a wonderful experience. I see this effort as the front lines of whooping crane conservation. It allows for a greater understanding of the challenges and…
territory of Wisconsin. Later, Scott then moved back to the slave state of Missouri. The case focused on whether Dred Scott became a free man by staying in free territory and whether he was considered a Missouri citizen to even make a claim in federal court. Dred Scott, owner Dr. John Emerson worked as an assistant surgeon in the U.S army. Emerson took Scott to St. Louis, Missouri to Fort Armstrong in Illinois a free state where Emerson was stationed at. Emerson was later on transferred to…
First and foremost, violence on the internet are easily obtained anyone can search the web and find anything that is associated or related to violence. According to Waukesha police Chief Russell Jack “unmonitored and unrestricted access to the internet by children is a growing and alarming problem”(Bevan 1). Young children in this generation find it easier to stream on the internet whenever they like. Before the only way to be on the internet was through a desktop computer and even then it took…
Abraham Maslow, an influential humanistic psychologist, was born on April 1st, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. Maslow is known as the “father of American humanism” for broadening psychology with theories on self-actualization and human potential. He completely supported a humanistic approach that highlights individual development and provides a specific understanding on behavior and mental processes. Throughout his career, Maslow stressed that experience is the primary tool in learning about the…
ownership, between the years of 1833 and 1838, Scott was moved from Missouri, to the Wisconsin Territory, to Louisiana, then back to the Wisconsin Territory, and lastly back to Missouri. By December of 1843, Mr. Emerson had passed, leaving Scott to his wife, Mrs. Emerson. Then, on April 6, 1846, Dred Scott and his wife filed suit against Mrs. Emerson to establish their right to freedom. Scott argued that the Wisconsin Territory was an area where slavery was forbidden according to the Missouri…
I do believe that DNA should be collected from every person arrested. This should occur when photographs and fingerprints are recorded. This information can be reviewed weekly for unsolved crimes. It is a very important piece of information that could possibly clear your name, as we have seen many people wrongfully incarcerated. This data allows databanks in different countries to share information on people. It can also allow for the identification of missing or dead people. The only reason to…
considered a minimum contact. However, because they are merely promoting their products and not selling them in the state, this is not considered minimum contact. The resort does have a website that is not secluded to just individuals that live in Wisconsin. One could…
In an experiment conducted by students attending Michigan State University, they found that plants with a larger caffeine to water ratio grew less than the ones with more water than caffeine added. They used Wisconsin Fast Plants (Brassica Rapa) and gave them different concentrations of caffeine in order to see the effects. They hypothesized that adding significant amounts of caffeine to the plants would be detrimental to the growth of the plants. In the end, not only did their hypothesis prove…