Sacramento Essays

Robber Barons ' Mock Trial The term robber baron was first created by Matthew Josephson to describe the corrupt, cruel businessmen who made their fortunes off the backs of innocent working-class Americans in the late nineteenth century. While most people can only name a few of the infamous robber barons- like Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Rockefeller- another, lesser known, thief also falls under that category, more deserving of the name robber baron than even some of the well-known crooks. Leland

In a layman’s term, advocacy is the move to make the voice of the marginalised and vulnerable people heard. Everybody have rights and needs that must be met but some group of people, due to their inability or difficulty to voice out their minds, are unable to meet these needs or demand for their rights and entitlements; when it comes to making decisions that pertain to their lives, their voice and feelings are (sometimes) being ignored and they are treated as if they do not exist. Advocacy is the

1800´s, needs for a fast mail service were rising. People were trying to get different things like newspapers to be sent faster. That's when the Pony Express began. The Pony Express was a mail service that stretched from St.Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. Different ideas were coming up, for making a faster mail service, like the Butterfield Overland Mail Service, which started in 1857. But Pioneers were still complaining that they needed a faster mail service. In the 1800´s, William

lot 10 at Sacramento State. I visited the location on a Friday morning. The mass wasting was found in front of parking lot entrance. The waste from the area was transported to the back of the parking lot. It was evident that mass wasting had occurred because there was mass moved that had then been vegetated to cover the slope. The mass wasting may have been a result of future construction plans at Sacramento State. The soil moved from the area may be used for future projects at Sacramento State or

On a bleak October night in Sacramento, California, a young women named Rose went out for drinks with her ‘girlfriends’. Sacramento is the capital of California, so this is where a lot of unsolved mysteries has been occurring. Rose left the bar very intoxicated ,adequately late, a little too late after all her friends already left. Rose got into the car autonomy and drove down the barren highway alone. Rose eyesight was starting to get weak as she drove faster down the highway. As rose look at her

The Tampa Bay Skating Academy website uses a numerous number of rhetorical devices throughout their web site to show their services, programs and information they have to offer. This web site uses these rhetorical devices to show interest to visitors of this site. In addition, I will discuss how Tampa Bay Skating Academy uses logos, pathos and ethos to communicate and advertise to the customers who visit the web site. Logos Through many images and words, Tampa Bay Skating Academy attempts to

Richard Chase was given the name “The Vampire of Sacramento” during his killing spree in California. Chase put fear into the United States with his gruesome killings and unusual behavior. Some of this behavior included drinking his victim’s blood, killing animals, and injecting rabbit blood into his body. Schizophrenia played a large part in his motive for the killing. It created hallucinations and delusions making him believe he need to ingest human blood to stop his own from turning to dust. His

Lab Write-Up The Sacramento River, a meandering river located in Northern California, appears to have changed significantly from 1998 to present day. The winding curves of the river were much more pronounced and dramatic until erosion and decomposition affected the sediment amount in the river, changing its shape. As it flows, it deposits sediment on banks that lie on the insides of curves (point bar deposits), and erode the banks on the outside of curves. The low, crescent-shaped deposit of sediment

I am applying for the Master’s in History (comprehensive) at Sacramento State because it would allow me to gain the knowledge and experience to fulfill my goal of teaching in higher education. I started my undergraduate career as a Psychology major at UC Davis. I was interested in understanding people and the complex ways in which we formed our identities. As I progressed in my studies, I became increasingly focused on memory – specifically, how we construct narratives to make meaning from our experiences

Joan Didion's essay, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Goodbye to All That," written during the transformative 1960s, delves into the disintegration of traditional values and societal coherence in America. As we analyze the rhetoric of this essay, encompassing its rhetorical elements, appeals, logical fallacies, and argumentative effectiveness, we gain insight into the power of Didion's writing. Through her skillful use of ethos, logos, and pathos, she crafts a compelling narrative that challenges idealized

Old Sacramento had a lot of changes to remove everything that was in the past to the future. “The Invention of Old Sacramento: A Past for the Future” by Lee M. A. Simpson and Lisa C. Prince, wrote on how old Sacramento changed throughout the years. Old Sacramento is an historical site that reproduces growth of an inner-city with environmental politics and historic preservation movement. Old Sacramento is also a home of successful business during the nineteenth century, due to a district that was

Mexico and not even my parents were with me on this eventful day they had to stay behind to pack out stuff into boxes .I had to come to California sooner because school started much early than back home. Fourtunely I had two uncles who lives in Sacramento, so they made the moving transaction a little smother.

I was blessed to have a Slavic Baptist church not far from where I live. I always wanted to give back to someone underserved of similar origin as myself. In Sacramento there is a big Slavic community, which gave some opportunities for me to serve and apply myself. I started off with the church choir. Having a good background of singing from Ukraine allowed me to move up on the list of best choir soprano voices, and later our choir director started to sit me by the newcomers to help them learn songs

Short Bio – Emily Bonilla Emily Bonilla is seeking election as Orange County Commissioner. Born in New York and raised in Massachusetts, Emily Bonilla is a proud Floridian of 18 years. She obtained an Associates Degree in Film from Valencia, a Bachelor's in English from UCF and Masters in Internet Marketing from Full Sail University. She has extensive private sector experience in film, photography, marketing and creative writing. Brought up in an impoverished family of origin, Bonilla is a visionary

I am running for a position in the Vietnamese Culture Society because I would like to further educate myself about Vietnamese culture beyond what I already know from my family, relatives and my own experiences in Vietnam. As an immigrant fresh off the boat from Vietnam, I want to continue preserving my culture and give it an equitable representation here at Silver Creek. I also feel like I have the potential to contribute a lot to VCS in many ways. I am running for the position of Event Commissioner

This cartoon was originally published by Jack Ohman for the Sacramento Bee in 2016. Ohman, finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Award drew this cartoon to portray Americans and the inability to decipher what is truly dangerous. The cartoon about Ebola and other causes of death shows that the main concerns of our everyday lives should not be focused on the “breaking news story” of the newfound deadly disease, but it should be focused on the lack of effect that the everyday bad habits have on us. American

Sacramento County, California (CA) is home to the State Capital. The county has a diversified population population of over 1.4 million people (predominantly white, black and Hispanic). The county also has a substantial drug abuse problem, due in large part to its proximity to Oakland where drug issues have become epidemic over the last few years. The Facts About Drug Abuse and Addiction in Sacramento County, California (CA) Recently, The Lewin Group research firm recently released a report that

The Day I Moved to Sacramento It was the last three days of school but the last one for me, I was moving away from San Bruno. This is a story about my last day in San Bruno. The first time I moved there I thought it wasn't very nice and stuff because it looked Very Ghetto Things were old and just trash and stuff everywhere, there were a lot of Gangs and stuff like that, but I think I was there for about 4 or 5 years. I went to a school called Parkside Middle school there was a 6th grade , 7th

Leonardo Muro-Garcia Professor Benjamin Dally English 5 (Section 2) October 23rd, 2015 Sacramento High School Baseball Baseball History: The first organized game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. The Knickerbockers faced a team called the New York Nines, who won the game 23 to 1.The baseball we play today still follows many of the rules Cartwright thought up in 1845. (Creative Classroom April/May 1990) According to Erik Borg, a “discourse community” is a community where the “members

to do. A lot of people think that law enforcement spends most of their time on the field, looking for criminals, but that is not true. There are a lot of different departments and they each have their own jurisdiction. I was an intern for the Sacramento Sheriff Child Abuse Bureau. There were seven detectives. Most of the time, they would be on their computer. They would be writing reports, making phone calls, and setting up interviews with the parents, the suspect and the victims. Since the