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Best Campsites in Yellowstone National Park Yosemite National Park is a beautiful park that is just hours away from San Francisco and has some of the best hiking and scenic areas found in our National Parks. Camping at Yosemite can be a challenge though. All of the campsites within Yosemite are on a reservation system that fills up in seconds after the dates are opened. Seriously! If you know you want to camp within the park, please plan way ahead of time to secure a spot. When making a reservation

San Francisco is a relatively unique city when it comes to surrounding geology and geography. San Francisco is located on a peninsula and the city limits define a seven by seven mile square (approximately 49 miles). The city is surrounded on the West by the Pacific Ocean, the North by the Golden Gate Strait, and the East by the San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Peninsula pushes itself into the San Francisco Bay, which is a conglomerate of smaller, interconnected bays bordering the larger cities

about what other fun things he should do to punish the students at good ole Merced High. As you could see Mr. Dixon is the commander, leader, or just as we call it today, a principal. After the war that happen between the students and the staff there as been a lot more strictness to the school rules. Ever since I left this school its basically been more like a public military school. Your probably wondering why I’m not at Merced High School well, I got kicked out. I was walking with my disc man to my

The People of Paper is an example of magical realism is through the fantastical events that occur. In The People of Paper an origami surgeon named Antonio creates a women of paper, who would be later known as Merced de Papel. After creating Merced de Papel Antonio dies from papercuts. Merced de Papel lost and clueless gets on a bus to go to El Monte. As you can inquire from my summary, events such as these simply do not exist in “reality” but in The People of Paper it is possible because that is the

where either White or Hispanic. Because I had Hispanic friends, I chose to take Spanish instead of French in high school. The race of individuals in my community however had little to no effect on me choosing to attend University of California, Merced. As is often the case with individual, they choose to attend a

There is only one state in this country where you will find warm beaches, snowy mountains, foggy forests, and dry deserts and this is the state of California. California is home to over 38 million people and it is the third largest state in the United States. Most people picture the image of paradise when hearing the name of California; laid-back, tanning beaches, blue oceans, tall mountains, sunshine all year round and the ideal resort destination. Unfortunately, people tend to ignore the other

How is A Fabricated Mexican different from The Girl in My Town? These books are about two characters that come from Mexican families and live in an impoverished place in America. Both families work hard to make their life better by overcoming their struggles and escaping their family’s poverty. Although each family is Mexican, they have their own different lifestyles: school, life with their fathers, and adulthood. The protagonists in each story, Ricky Coronado in A Fabricated Mexican and Angela

My junior year, I was determined to take Calculus my senior year, but I was in Algebra 2 and the only way to get into Calculus is to take a Pre-Calculus. Obviously I had no academic time to take the Pre-Calculus class, so I decided to apply to Merced College for the summer to take Pre-Calculus. Since I wanted to major in engineering, I need to take a calculus class. Throughout the application process I encountered many barriers that could have prevented me from taking the class. First, there were

where conditions were also miserable. Finally, when the Hmong were forced to resettle, many were brought to the U.S., but not after some delays and without ever receiving veterans’ benefits. They were placed in certain cities in the U.S., including Merced. The Lee family escaped Laos during the war, frequently witnessing and experiencing horrifying tragedies along the way. They were moved to

creating a positive collegial community is his philosophy for success as a graduate student, and Joshua exemplifies it. In addition to academic dedication, Joshua cares about creating and maintaining safe and happy communities. Prior to coming to UC Merced he participated in public service on college campuses and in the greater community to prevent sexual and domestic violence. As one of the graduate student representatives for CARE he is working with staff and the Office of Student Affairs to launch