St. Louis Essays

The St. Louis Cardinals are arguably one of the best franchises in MLB history. The team was officially founded in 1882. Before 1882, the team was called the St. Louis Brown Stockings and played in a charter league in the National League in 1876. John Lucas the team's owner at the time took the team out of the league though due to a pitching scandal. The Cardinals were originally called the Perfectos until 1900. The first owner of the Perfectos was Chris von der Ahe, a German immigrant. Chris von

Demographic Kerri Morgan is a forty-three-year-old woman who lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Kerri was born in New York, and at a young age her family relocated to St. Louis. St. Louis is unique, for the reason that it has the Special School system. Upon arrival, Kerri’s parents fought hard to have her attend a mainstream school. In the end, her parents won the battle and Kerri attended a mainstream school throughout her primary and secondary education. After high school, Kerri traveled away to college

I have chosen to apply to St. Louis in Madrid, Spain as my first choice because my sister recommended it after she studied abroad in Spain absolutely fell in love with the country and its culture. She studied at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. I believe Spain is the best location for me to further broaden my cultural diversity. I am from Morocco and with Spain being so close to us I have always thought about visiting and I feel as though this is the perfect opportunity to not only visit

North St. Louis, Coldwater Creek was once a natural beauty. Children would explore its wonders, reveling in the innocence of their childhood games. From catching frogs and tadpoles to playing games of hide and go seek, the children were completely unaware that the waters and sediment they waded through contained a danger that, come adulthood, could likely end their lives. In 1942, for roughly six months, a mass amount of uranium oxide for the use in nuclear reactions was produced in downtown St. Louis

When I was walking the streets to my first St. Louis Pride event, I felt extremely warm and safe inside. Almost everywhere I looked I would see rainbow flags or rainbow shirts and smile to myself. Looking around, I could tell everyone felt comfortable enough to be themselves here. I didn’t know what outfit would be acceptable at Pride so I dressed in a flower corn, a blue button up with palm trees on it, and rainbow suspenders. My mom and I chose a shady place under a tree to watch the three hour

St.Louis has been ranked the murder capital for almost a year now. Being from St.Louis personally I know there is a lot of violence happening everywhere you go. Most of the violent crimes happened in the city of St.Louis which is the more urban area, but that has now changed as of now more crimes are occurring in the county, which was once the more suburban area. And shocking but true most of the biggest crimes are involving the law enforcements. In the city of St.Louis people are very aware of the

Louis St Laurent was born on the first of February 1882 in Compton, Quebec. His father Jean-Baptiste-Moise St Laurent was a Québecois who owned a general store and his mother Mary Anne Broderick was an Irish schoolteacher. . Louis St Laurent was the first of seven children. He grew up speaking French to his father and English to his mother. That resulted in him being fluently bilingual. Louis St Laurent’s mother did not enrol him into a French speaking school until he learnt how to read and write

In the book Fences by August Wilson, the author chooses baseball to compare many of the struggles everyday people deal with in everyday society. August Wilson created some very relatable characters to portray the message of life and love Fences attempts to display. It is ultimately displayed in a quote by the main character Troy Maxson. Troy said “That’s all death is to me. A fastball on the outside corner” (10). In this quote, Troy even compares the end of life to a dangerous pitch that is hard

a Roman Catholic Church that contains many artifacts. The Cathedral is one of the grandest in the world. It is significant to St. Louis because it is the first Cathedral West of the Mississippi River, so before 1816 it was the only church of any denomination that was for local settlers. The church is the beginning of Catholicism in the Colonial West (Basilica of St. Louis). The Old Cathedral was completed in 1834, and its architects are Morton and Laveill. They created this building to have a Greek

Chargers and the Oakland Raiders present viable alternatives to the St. Louis Rams in placing an NFL team in Los Angeles. The lack of an NFL franchise in one of the America’s greatest cities is

Saint Louis, Missouri Crime: Why Does it Persist Saint Louis, Missouri is experiencing a massive amount of crime, but this is nowhere close to being a recent development. Over the last several decades, it has remained one of the most dangerous, crime-ridden cities in the continental United States. While known factors are causing this like redlining, segregation, police violence, and equity of treatment toward minority groups in the area, plenty of these components are out of the hands of the citizens

In the play Fences, August Wilson follows the struggle of a family that deals with injustice and racial segregation that creates a hardship that leads to a personal lack of self-esteem and uncontrollable circumstances. Troy, forced his family to deal with his struggles of past life experience. Troy was a hardworking man who did his best to provide for his family. Rose explained this to Cory, "Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't...and everything he was...he meant to do more good than

Have you ever felt on top of the world? looking out to a gigantic city feeling amazed at what you see, nothing's impossible right? The St. Louis Arch One cool day while in st louis we thought we should visit the st louis Arch. While driving we couldn't find a park in the busy streets so we parked pretty far away from the enormous arch. Finally arriving at the arch we had to wait in a pretty long line, It took FOREVER. Finally arriving at the front of the enormous line we went through a metal detector

St.Louis Cardinals St.Louis Cardinals have history dating back to the 1900s. The Cardinals have had a lot of success in that time such as, “The Cardinals have won 11 World Series Championships, 18 National League pennants, 3 National League Eastern Division Titles, and 8 National League Central Division Titles,” (Jetton,2013). Cardinals have many in the hall of fame, and have many in the Cardinal Hall of Fame. So therefore, St.Louis Cardinals have a lot of history, success, and people in the cardinal

accessibility to weapons. “Criminal activity amongst teenagers in the city is at a very high rate and unfortunately they do have access to illegal weapons” (O’Neil, 2016). This is caused by their elders passing down “hot” weapons. Santonio McCoy of St. Louis, who had a felony record, had a pistol when he was arrested in 2012. Missouri law prohibits felons from owning guns, and he was convicted of illegal possession of a firearm

different kinds of art and media that the Artist work with. Over the entire semester I have gained a greater appreciation and understanding for art. Taking all of the new information that I learned this semester I choose three pieces of artwork from the St. Louis Art Museum. Two are similar to each other and the other is very different. The three pieces that I choose to critique are called Keith, Betty and Loch Lomond. The first painting, “Keith” is a painting done by the man named Chuck Close. This painting

Fight Club Argumentative Essay In a decade where emasculation was an issue for many males, Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club attempted to address the problem. In the novel, a group named Fight Club (which later evolved into Project Mayhem) tried to give men the feeling of power that they were so desperately lacking for many years. Fight Club was a group created by the narrator to help restore the feeling of masculinity and power to men, which prepared them for Project Mayhem by allowing them to

Lord of the Flies Jack represents being power hungry and disobedient for the incorrect reasons In the book Lord of the flies, there are several things that connect the earth right now and human expertise. In the book most of the boys go through a phase that they never went through before, through out the book they're going through a "animal-like" phase that I feel the reader does not expect from them. I decided a decision} to concentrate on Jack because I believe that he was a lot more animal-like

St. Louis Rams’ rookie running back Todd Gurley, the 10th overall pick of this year’s draft, is expected to miss the first few games of the new season to allow complete healing of his ACL injury suffered during his college stint at the University of Georgia in November last year. ESPN reported that the Rams head coach Jeff Fisher insisted that they are “in no rush” to utilize the 21-year-old back fielder on the field this upcoming season. The 57-year-old coach was adamant that Gurley will be given

Are superstores super? In Saint Louis, Missouri, not many stores beat the grip that Walmart has on the city. Standing strong with twelve locations in the city/county, Walmart outperforms the other competing superstores in Saint Louis such as Costco and Sam’s Club. At a first glance, the convenience Walmart brings to most people provides an easy atmosphere, but are the incentives of jobs and cheap prices worth the sacrifice of local business and community hubs? Although Walmart displays less prevalence