Micronesia

The United States is both a nation of and built by immigrants. The former implies that the “golden door” that Emma Lazarus spoke of is responsible for the fabric of American society while the latter suggests that the nation’s immigrants contributed to the United States’ rise to global leadership. During a conference at Princeton University on Military Man Power and American Policy in 1942, Dr. Edward Mead Earle stated that “[m]an power is a definite factor in the world balance of power, and, what

known. In other culture, monuments were built for a number of reasons, including religious, governmental, or personal motives, such as the Taj Mahal (Cothren & Stokstad, 2011, p.771). Nan Madol is located on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. It was built between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. On top of a coral reef built from black basaltic rock, it is a series of artificial islets. This complex was the ceremonial and political seat of the Saudeleur Dynasty (Beardsley

Britannica, Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States, which is controlled under the Organic Act of Guam, and this passed by the U.S. Congress, and which was approved by the president on August 1, 1950. Guam is an island that is in Micronesia that’s on the Pacific Ocean. There is only one big island of Guam, and it is surrounded by several tiny islands. Hagåtña is the capital of Guam, and the native Guamanians are called the Chamorros. The climate there is always constant, and is around

I watched with new eyes the sun shed it's ray of light upon the earth, which stood cuffed at the palms of adversity. I heard with new ears the sound of lonely cries echo. It would be the perspective from which I stood, that would recognize our obstacles as infinitesimal. These were the first words, I wrote when I first became fond of writing. I learned to be appreciative of the gift that enabled one to see things in new colors, new lights, and capture their definition, the best way fits. This was

I began riding the L.A. Metro buses by myself as an eleven-year-old. Through the bus windows, I observed leaving my predominately Latina East Hollywood home and entering the “Westside” through Culver City, a predominately white part of greater Los Angeles. Was segregation a part of the urban landscape that I grew up in, or had I developed a lens that negated codependence? Did I take part in compartmentalizing my home’s cityscape? Frustrated about borders, wage gaps and historic segregation of my

from the author’s interpretation of Mau’s ability to remember the layout of the ocean, he has the ocean in mind. A Hawaiian man named Nainoa yearned to master the wayfinding art for himself and reached out to Mau after the master had returned to Micronesia. Here was a man, in the 1970s with no background navigating the stars, taking on such an immense task. With the guidance of Mau, he learned not only the stars, but the winds, the clouds, and the tides. Mau could tell the weather of a day just by

The people from Australia ,Indonesia, Philippines, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Walking around I felt a connection with some of the pictures and art work . It had reminded me of the time I lived in Africa for nine months. The handmade artifacts such as mask , war shields and sitting stool made from trees and

Attending Xavier high School a jesuit high school in the Pacific, has taught me many important values . One value that I hold greatly is the Jesuit mission to be man or woman for others. At Xavier High School, I was able to learn and implement the importance of being a man for others through leadership positions such as the Chrisitan Life Community (CLC) President and the Cross-Country Captain. Community Life Community (CLC) club was a group of students that volunteered to teach students at the

Located in the Western Pacific Ocean, between the Philippines and Hawaii, Guam is a U.S. island territory in Micronesia with an estimated population of 171,761 as of 6 September 2015 and a population density of 309,444. The land area of Guam is 212 kilometers, divided into a limestone plateau coralline to the north and a chain of volcanic hills to the south. U.S. Naval and Air Force bases occupy one-third of the land. The capital of Guam is Hagåtña, pronounced Agana, and is the second smallest village

activities are reported to have been increasing among teenager exposing the youth, families and communities to sexually transmitted diseases. In addition, Guam is experiencing a spur in population growth as residents of the Freely Associated States of Micronesia migrate with their families to Guam to seek better quality of life. As a result, social and welfare systems are burdened and the education system must shift its programs to meet the needs of language other then English students. School infrastructure