Youngstown, Ohio

company that arranges trips to the Communist island 90 miles off the coast of Key West, Fla. When Cupples’ wife accepted a position on the main campus of The Ohio State University, their alma mater, the couple moved to Columbus, and Cupples began…

Center, 80% of Americans believe outsourcing hurts American workers (Bahler). This assumption manifests itself from the numerous accounts of small manufacturing towns devastated from outsourcing. For instance, The Atlantic reported that in 1977, Youngstown, Ohio, “...lost 50,000…

Skyler Stuke Brent Jackson Composition I April 26, 2016 HydroFracking- Is it really worth it? (American Consumers) According to J. Paul Getty, “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” “Within the next decade, dozens of wells had been constructed, producing anywhere from 150 to 7,500 barrels of oil per day ” (Newton 2015). Canadians were the first to find oil in 1858 in southern Ontario. Fracking oil has become more and more popular over the past couple of years. The…

I never understood it. I would never give it a chance until one player that I admired while watching the Ohio State Buckeyes back in 2006 was drafted into the NFL (National Football League). Ted Ginn Jr., former wide receiver for the Ohio State Buckeyes, was the fastest person in college football at the time. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins and got traded to the San Francisco 49ers a few years later. I followed him…

Phar-Mor Inc. was a discount pharmaceutical chain founded in 1982 by Michael Monus. The first store was opened in Youngstown, Ohio as an affiliate of Giant Eagle, a family-owned grocery chain ran by David Shapira. Shapira was a friend of Monus and will eventually become his business partner. Phar-Mor’s business tactic was to sell large quantities of merchandise in exchange for a small profit margin. The company would buy high volumes of products from manufacturers for cheap and then sell them…

I was born in Youngstown, Ohio. After being there for 2 weeks, my mother, father, and I moved to Georgia. There is where I went to PreSchool. I have early childhood memories of winter time and there would be just a little bit of snow on the ground. I always wanted there to be more so that I could make my first snowman. My wish soon come true when I was five my mother and I moved to Pennsylvania. It was very different from Georgia, just as I got used to these changes we moved again. At the end of…

The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 September 30 2015 Dear Mr. Cuomo, I know that you have been bombarded time and time again about whether or not to allow hydro fracking in the Marcellus shale in the state of New York. Although a member on the board of a company with hydrofracking skills, I am split with the idea of hydro fracking. Both sides’ present solidifying arguments and I clearly understand the advantages and…

“Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius. This is a great quote, but not to most of the students my age. They are intimidated by the big decision about what they are going to do for the rest of their lives, they’re not focused on getting a job in what they love to do. Most students my age don’t know what career path they want to follow, but lucky for me, I am a sophomore and I still have two years left to decide what profession I will go into.…

The article uses very catching and intriguing case studies to elaborate the manner in which the aspect of renovating the American dream has taken shape over the years. One such intrigue is the aspect surrounding the shutdown of the Youngstown Tube and sheet company in Ohio in 1977. The firm ran out of business and could not support itself any longer. It had to grind to a halt. This saw a whopping 5000 men and women lose their job in the state all at the same time. It was such a horrific moment…

For example, a felon is no longer allowed to vote, serve on a jury, or apply to become a lawyer in many states (Penaloza, 2012). One of the professions that also follows this standard is the field of social work. For example, Youngstown State University (YSU) in Ohio indicates that while a qualified student with a past felony conviction may be admitted to their Master of Social Work program, they may have difficulty…