St. Louis Arsenal

Crystal City Underground The first stop on my CPR tour was the Crystal City Underground. This awesome cave sits in the heart Crystal City, which is located about 30 miles south of St Louis, MO. Carved into the Mississippi river bluff this cavern was once an active sand mine serving a local glass plant, Pittsburgh Plate Glass factory, with materials for almost a century. In the 1980’s the plant and the mine were closed, allowing water that was pumped out for decades to begin to flood portions

supports my ideas and efforts to make a long lasting affect on the residents living in Saint Louis. My advocacy project consists of informing the Saint Louis Mayor, Lyda Krewson, on issues pertaining to gun control in the St.Louis metro area and eventually persuade her to look into designing more efficient background checking systems for individuals wanting to bear arms. I have been living in the Saint Louis area for seventeen years, and I have witnessed the consequences caused by the loose regulation

interested in the legal community in the St. Louis area. I believe that St. Louis and the surrounding area have a variety of opportunities to engage with different legal spaces including social justice opportunities in Ferguson, county legal issues in Clayton, community development creation in Kirkwood, and corporate law in downtown St. Louis. The opportunities presented by the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the vibrant legal community in St. Louis makes Washington University Law School

Descripitive Statistics Paper Descriptive Statistics Paper Laura L. Mason, Becky Matlock, and Nichole Noble RES/341 June 15, 2011 David Morrisson Descriptive Statistics Paper Major League Baseball is known as America’s favorite pastime, and MLB teams spend an extensive amount of money in the excess of a billion dollars with the ultimate goal to win the World Series. This learning team’s focus throughout this descriptive statistics paper is the MLB players’ performances, salaries, salary

A Baseball Proposal Ever since the creation of America's favorite pastime, baseball, cheating has been an integral part of the game. Each era of baseball has offered new and improved techniques for cheating the game of baseball. Cheating has become a common occurrence in baseball, from the 1919 Chicago "Black"

The breaking of the color barrier in professional sports was a turning point in history. It happened in 1947, when Jackie Robinson, an African-American athlete, began playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers under the watchful eye of their owner, Branch Rickey. The man who broke this barrier was a hero in his own right, changing the world of baseball as well as aiding the Civil Rights Movement. But this was not his only heroic accomplishment. Robinson was a star athlete as a child, at the University

the team in the Capture-the-Flag game. She knows what to do and can predict what the other team will do. And it’s easy for her to see weaknesses of the other team. Also she is interested in architecture. When the guys are at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, through what they travel, Annabeth is excited. She knows about the Arch construction and what special in it is. During the story Annabeth tells why there is a competition between Athena and Poseidon. One day Athena and Poseidon were competitors

Nick Platek Mrs. Chudy/ Mr. Poitras Learning Fair 6 April 2016 Jackie Robinson: The Colored Comet “I am not concerned for your liking or disliking, all I care about is you respecting me as a human being,” Jackie Robinson once said (Jackie Robinson Quotes). Through his courage and bravery he was able to change the game of baseball by showing that everybody is equal no matter what color skin you are. He was inspired by his brother to stand up for his race and fight for equality. He was one of the

Michael Rizzo Murray, Chass (2004). Game Fights Trend of Fewer Blacks. The New York Times This article is about the declination of blacks in the game of baseball. It begins by talking about how successful blacks were in baseball from 1981-1997. Blacks such as Tony Gwynn, Tim Raines, and Gary Sheffield were winning National League Batting Titles 16 out of those 17 years. From 1998-2004, only one black player has won the batting title. As a huge baseball fan, I never knew that stat and find

Lance Berkman, “the Big Puma,” also known as “Fat Elvis,” was a six time MLB All-Star, the National League Comeback Player of the Year in 2011 a World Series champion with the St. Louis Cardinals the same year, and the National League leader in runs batted in for 2002. He was an outfielder/first baseman for the Houston Astros from 1999-2010, the New York Yankees in 2010, the Cardinals from 2011-2012, and the Texas Rangers in 2013. Despite all his accomplishments on a baseball diamond and his passion