California Polytechnic State University

Glenn Cunningham was only eight years old when the accident had happened. Before school every morning, he always arrived early to heat up the room by putting a light fuel oil called kerosene in the coal stove. One morning when he had arrived to school, he went to put the kerosene in the stove and there was an accident. Someone had wrongly added gasoline to the kerosene and when the gasoline was added to the stove, the whole school had caught on fire. Nobody else had been at the school until the teacher

“We Are Virginia Tech” Speaking is form of art that can either be a natural gift or a practiced talent. Much like there are several different ways a person can draw: cartooning, free hand, or realistic, there are many ways in which a person can speak. Nikki Giovanni’s speech “We Are Virginia Tech” makes people cry, rejoice, and move on. A speech is one form of art that can evoke these types of emotions from people. In Nikki Giovanni’s poem “We Are Virginia Tech,” which was spoken at a memorial

currently a student and radical protester at Virginia Polytechnic Institute or “VPI” in the spring of 1970. My purpose of writing to you is to present a student point of view on the current growing campus unrest at my university due to the anti-war movement and its opposition. I believe that the United States involvement in the Vietnam war is one huge costly mistake that could have easily been avoided. The war had nothing to do with the United States originally as Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam

A1); which were also the same weapons used in the Virginia Tech shooting, partly because of the abundance, as well as the convenience of the size. Johanne (2008) goes to also talk about carrying handguns without a permit; “In Virginia and 10 other states, residents 18 or older can "open carry" a handgun without a permit” (p. A1). Since so many people can openly carry a handgun in restaurants and bars they should also be allowed to carry it on campus. Allowing Professors to carry concealed weapons

Weapons have been a big problem to the United States for many years now. People have access to many weapons just as easy as the US Military does. The people of the US can both go to a gun store and buy a weapon at the age of sixteen, or they can make a deal with anyone in the streets of the US. Because of the accessibility to weapons, Americans can cause collateral damage in the neighborhood they live in. They can also commit robbery, or go anywhere and start shooting. One problem that happened

Is it okay for all innocent and young children to be dying in schools . In the 2012 massacre in Newtown Connecticut , about 20 children and 6 adults lives were taken that day . During the year of 1999 in Columbine High School , 12 teenagers and one teacher was killed that day . During 2007 in Virginia Tech there were 32 killed and wounded. Shouldn't we being doing something about this all these kids are losing their lives , and on top of all of they’re young and haven't got to see their future

at the California State University of Fresno. This program can be found under the student supportive services umbrella of Educational opportunities Programs (EOP) (Fresno State News 2008). RSP seeks to alter and improve the standards of care for transitional aged youth leaving the foster care system and transitioning into secondary education (Fresno State News 2008). Furthermore, RSP is centered on creating a linked network of services for support through varied departments at Fresno State University

hope to attend is California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The school was founded in 1894 when a local journalist gathered the townspeople to lobby for a state school in their town. They got the governor to sign legislation to establish California Polytechnic School. The first classes were on October 1, 1903. During the Progressive Era Cal Poly started out as a vocational high school. The school became the country’s leading undergraduate university in the West. In 1914

in the United States offer Kinesiology as a stand alone major. Each college has specific study of kinesiology it covers for a specific field the student wants to work in for his or her professional career. However, I would like to discuss the overall major of kinesiology and what specific field the institution helps students transition from education to profession. The two colleges we will take a look at is California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, and San Jose State University’s

bioengineering are University of California - Berkeley (UC Berkeley), California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Central Oregon Community College, and California Institute of Technology (CalTech). UC Berkeley, my first choice, has always been my dream school, as it is