Rochester, Minnesota

Cold, plain, desolate and uninhabited. These are the didactic words Debra Marquart uses to describe the land she grew up in. In Marquart’s essay, The Horizontal World it may seem as though Marquart is uninterested or dislikes the land she grew up in, however, her ideas are quickly contrasted by her comparison between the highly criticized and the adventurous people who inhabited the land. Marquart utilizes juxtaposition, allusion, and didactic language to characterize the Upper Midwest. Marquart

Cyberbullying has become a new and growing problem within today’s society (Hanel, Trolley 33). On May 9th, 2007, the Minnesota State Legislature first amended the original bullying law from 2005 in attempt to strengthening it (Minnesota State Legislature, “Approved 2005”, “Amended 2007”). As stated on a report by the United States Department of Education, Minnesota has one of the weakest bullying laws in the nation (United States Department of Education, “Analysis”). Bully Police graded Minnesota’s

ads, the message is often the same as well, once the candidate gets over bashing their opponent, it is mostly about health care, and the budget. When I think of a politician that is a large activist in this area, especially health care, I think of Minnesota Senator Al Franken. He comes to mind mostly because he is recognized for voting along with President Obama on almost everything, but also he is noted for taking stands and helping make big strides in the health care dispute. With the Affordable

Executive Summary: Established in 1966, Richfield, Minnesota-based Best Buy Co. is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the world. As of 2012, the company occupies about a quarter of the market share followed closely by Wal Mart and Amazon. Through the years Best Buy has managed to outperform competitors constantly by adapting its business strategy to consumer needs.(Exhibit 1: Full SCEQ analysis) Complication: Best Buy’s problem lies in the fact that although it still has the largest

wrestlers at the Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament in 20 years. My cousin wrestled for Iowa State University before coming back to his hometown in Mankato and suffering a career ending injury as well. My time on the mat was not always that of heart break. Going through elementary I never had a losing season, let alone a season where I lost more than five matches. In fifth and sixth grade I took place in NYWA and Gopher State. Gopher State is a tournament for the top wrestlers in Minnesota and all the

the Earth. This is a relatively simple term that most people, especially in Minnesota, are familiar with due to Northern Minnesota’s iron range, which is home to the MinnTac facility, the largest iron ore operation in the Unites States. However, the proposed PolyMet sulfide mining project would be the first of it’s kind in the state's history. In order to protect and conserve the environment along lake Superior in Minnesota, and keep local residents safe, the PolyMet mining project should be stopped

In life no matter what religion, ethnicity, gender, etc that all people are made up by we see that all humans have the need to bring meaning to our lives, the Human Condition. We as humans, despite having different qualities and each person being unique, Joseph Campbell presents us with the idea that people are inherently more alike than we as people are different, the concept of Intrinsic Sameness. This Sameness in all humans allows us to observe similar themes and meanings behind our human ritualistic

which face risk of extinction. Help protect the bumblebee by not killing them ,taking down their homes, and don't spray them with bug spray. Dakota Skippers are no longer in Illinois and Iowa and are present only in scattered, isolated, sites in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and southern Canada. In 2002, the number of Dakota skippers found has been going down, with a big decrease after 2010. This butterfly may only be in

"Don't run after success, run after excellence then success kisses your feet". "Give society the best you have then you will get the best you deserve". These sentences have very significant meanings in my life. Ever since my childhood, I have been taught to get involved in my jobs by heart. And yeah, I believe in hard work and destiny not to run after it, and creating the way to my destination by myself. It was learning about the discovery of penicillin that first stimulated my interest in the behaviors

Alabama is one of seven states that does not have a lottery system. Because of this, Alabama is missing out on millions of dollars per year. In fact, lottery systems generated $65.5 billion dollars in 2012, twenty-five of which goes directly to state funded projects (Isidore). That is an average of over a billion and a half dollars in revenue per state per year. If Alabama did approve a lottery system, the money it generated would go to education and healthcare. Alabama ranks forty-fifth and forty-sixth