San Francisco State University

Currently, my goals are to obtain a Ph.D. in mathematics and work as a professor who conducts research and teaches at the university level. To me, research is very important since it pushes the current knowledge we possess forward and the feeling of understanding the unknown gives me immense pleasure. I highly value teaching as well since passing down knowledge is vital in mathematics and in general. During my time working as a tutor at the Mathematics Learning Center at Queensborough Community College

my father, a man who believed he could make me into the child he wasn’t. My Father Blake Christopher Thomas has had the biggest impact on my life in both positive and negative ways, he is the reason I decided to continue my education at San Francisco State University. I am named after my father, a man whose deep hearted laughter could fill a room and whose stern words and big smile filled my whole world. Standing at 6’5 he was, for lack of better words, my skyscraper. Since a young age my father’s

Spring 2013 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY Course Syllabus Course: ACCT 508- Federal Tax Accounting I Prerequisite: ACCT 301 with grade of C or better, or ACCT 303 with grade of C- or better. Professor: Tim Hurley, M.B.A., J.D., LL.M. Office: SCI 355 Office Hours: M 3:00-4:00, W 5:00-7:00, TH 6:00-7:00; by appointment Office Phone: E-mail: thurley@sfsu.edu Required Text: Hoffman & Smith

everyone causes silence for a brief moment until the high pitched blow of a whistle starts it all. This sounds like a setting to a suspenseful corny movie but really it’s just a typical gameday here at San Francisco State University. Unlike all other game days, this one is very special. We take on UC San Diego in hopes of securing a playoff spot. My emotions have been running all over the place, and no it’s not because I am a young adult trying to get through college. I have been playing soccer for 15

everyone causes silence for a brief moment until the high pitched blow of a whistle starts it all. This sounds like a setting for a suspenseful corny movie but, really it’s just a typical game day here at San Francisco State University. Unlike all other game days, this one is very special. We take on UC San Diego in hopes of securing a playoff spot. My emotions have been running all over the place, and no it’s not because I am a young adult trying to get through college. I have been playing soccer for 15

in jobs by nine percent. Which is great for me because that’s faster than average. All you need is a Bachelor’s Degree towards Advertising, Journalism, or Market Research. I want to get my A.A. in Marketing to get into Cal State Long Beach, San Diego State University, University of Stanford, or UC Berkeley. I’m going to apply for more schools but those are the top ones I want to get into. There are steps required to get accepted to these schools, but first I need to finish my remaining classes at

San Diego State University, nicknamed San Diego State or simply SDSU, is located on 283-acres in beautiful California. Founded in 1897 and home to more than 28,000 students, the university is one of the oldest and the largest institutions of higher learning in San Diego county. Consistently topping the list of most applied to universities in California, acceptance rates are selective for undergraduates and highly selective for transfer students. SDSU is nationally recognized for many outstanding

Crime Alerts: An Irksome and Flawed System “University of Iowa officials received a report of a sexual assault that occurred during the early hours of Saturday, March 4, 2017 by a white male at a west side residence hall. No further details are available.”(“Crime Alert”, DoS) It is not a typical weekend if my email is not bombarded with Crime Alerts from the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety. Normally I brush these messages off and continue to enjoy my weekend, but this

When I was nine years old, I was forced to learn the basics of mediation between an addict and a victim of abuse. I think about the paths I could have taken, had I not met the right people. The culture clichés I could have so easily followed had I chosen to conform rather than create an opportunity for myself. Through the use of persuasive communication, I was able to guide my father away from violence. I remember having trouble my early years of school as I soon became my father’s drinking partner

San Diego Wildfires: Smoke and Ash Debris a Public Health Concern San Diego Wildfires The county of San Diego is a unique haven to hundreds of state and federally recognized endangered, threatened, or rare plant and animal species (The Nature Conservancy, n.d.). San Diego is also a territory with a long history of environmentally catastrophic wildfires. The Cedar and Witch Creek Fires are two of the most recent and notorious wildfires in California history for their degree of damage in terms of acreage