Indiana University Essays

  • Indiana University Personal Statement

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    As a student employee for Indiana University’s department of campus recreational sports, I have collaborated with professional staff of recreation to promote and inspire individuals, both students and faculty and staff members, across campus to lead healthy, active lifestyles and am dedicated to helping others recognized what recreation can offer them. Consequently, I am currently applying to the Recreation Administration program at the University of Mississippi Graduate School. Over the course

  • Why I Want To Attend Indiana University

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    Greetings! I'm Maryam Adeyemo, and I would like to apply myself at Indiana University Bloomington. Reason being is, I feel like this university is great opportunity to meet new people, travel to amazing places I have yet to explore, and get a successful career in the future. My plans at Indiana University is to major in Neuroscience and/or Mathematics. I want to major in Neuroscience because I am very interested in the brain and how it functions, and I would love to learn more, while potentially

  • My Educational Path Essay

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    know it I was a college graduate. Graduating in the summer of 2016 with an associate’s degree. Knowing where I was headed next due to a well-planned out path that Ivy tech planned out for me. Where I would go on to Indiana University East for my bachelors. I started Indiana University East in the fall of 2016 in an excelled program that allows one to have their bachelor’s degree in fifteen months. Just starting my educational path in getting my bachelor’s degree, I hope to achieve all that the college

  • Media Arts and Science Program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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    As of 2009, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) reports 28,756 students enrolled. Just over 10,000 of those students are listed as part time students (under 9 credit hours). IUPUI is made up of a total minority student population of close to 5,000. Just over 16,000 students are classified as 24 years of age or younger while over 12,500 students are 25 years of age or older. Nearly 700 students are enrolled in the Informatics degree program at IUPUI with 540 at the undergraduate

  • Bobby Knight

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    Robert Montgomery "Bobby" Knight (born October 25, 1940 in Massillon, Ohio) is the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech University. He previously held the same position at Indiana University and the United States Military Academy. Knight is one of NCAA Division I college basketball's most controversial coaches but is the third all-time winningest coach in the men's division, behind Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp. With only 10 wins separating him and all-time leader Dean Smith, Knight will probably

  • Compare Contrast Two Persuasive Arguments

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    Compare Contrast Two Persuasive Arguments Should legendary coach Bobby Knight been fired from the University of Indiana? Does the punishment fit the crime? The two articles “The Knight Who Thought He Was King,” and “Knight Fall” try to answer these two controversial questions. Each of these articles present the debated issue in their own distinct ways. “Knight Fall” is written in a way that the reader really doesn’t know what side the author is choosing, that is until the last few sentences

  • Who Is Samantha Smith

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    The Biography of Samantha Smith Samantha Nicole Smith was born into a small family on April 21st, 1998, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Chief Prosecutor Christine Smith and Part Owner/Superintendent Brian Smith, sister of high school graduate and a future freshman of Butler University Nathan Smith. Samantha came from a hardworking, family oriented, working class of community involved family members on her father’s side. Her paternal grandmother, Joanne Smith, pushed her four sons to

  • James Dean

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    impact in Hollywood then and now. On February 8, 1931, James Bryon Dean was born to Winton and Mildred Dean in Marion, Indiana. Dean was extremely close with his mother, who referred to him as James Bryon. On June 7, 1935 Dean's family moved to California when James was only five. On April 14, 1940 Dean lost his mother to cancer. He was then sent by his father to Indiana to live on a farm with his aunt and uncle, Marcus and Orlense Winslow at the young age of nine. He was filled with great grief

  • Final Summary Paper (Midwest)

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    Final Summary Paper (Midwest) The Midwest region of the United States consists of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Indiana. A major source of the Midwest region of the United States is agriculture. The biggest issue the Midwest faces due to climate change is the effect of flooding on agriculture. Without agriculture the Midwest would not be what it is today. Over the years as flooding has increased planting and crop

  • How To Watch And Analyze The Film Hoosiers

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    analyze the film Hoosiers. Hoosiers was released in 1987 and was directed by David Anspaugh. It is a classic sports film that keeps viewers on their toes by having many suspenseful moments. It was inspired by a true story about another school from Indiana. Gare Joyce said,“"Hoosiers" boasts a believable story line (because it was based on the 1954 Milan "Miracle" team, the smallest school to win Indiana's state crown).” The movie is rated PG and runs almost two hours long. Some of the main actors

  • The Physics of the High Jump

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    phase begins with the jumper standing up vertically, in position to begin running, about ten strides away from the bar that is to be cleared. According to professors Jesus Dapena and Alexander P. Willmott of the department of Kinesiology, from Indiana University,“[the] run-up serves as a preparation for the takeoff phase, the most important phase of the jump”(2). The run up phase can be broken down into several parts. The first part of the run up phase generally follows a straight-... ... middle of

  • Ernie Pyle

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    correspondent Ernie Pyle was so famous, his death on the battlefront came as a shock to people around the world. Ernest Taylor Pyle was born August 3, 1900 to Will and Marie Pyle. He was born an only child on the Same Elder farm just southwest of Dana, Indiana. His father, Will Pyle, was a tenant farmer because he couldn’t make a steady living from being a carpenter, which is what he really liked to do. Pyle described his father, “He never said a great deal to me all his life, and yet I feel we have

  • Reflection Paper In Psychology

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    Psychology, I decide to do some research on my own, as well as go to a major’s fair hosted at the IU Southeast campus. I recently went to a major’s fair that was helpful in giving more information about the Psychology department. I learned that Indiana University Southeast has a psychology club that looks quite interesting. I am planning on going to one of their events on February 17, 2016. This event will consist of a

  • Jude Shimmel's Discrimination In Basketball

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    ball.” This style of fast up beat pace they incorporated while playing in high school caught the attention of many college recruits across the nation. Shoni, a year older than Jude, made her college appearance halfway across the country at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

  • George Best Research Paper

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    George best was an athlete that played soccer for Manchester United and Northern Ireland national team. Best was suffering from alcoholism throughout his whole life which lead to many issues including his death. Around 1984 best was given a 3 month sentence to prison for getting caught drunk driving and for also assaulting a police officer. Later in best life he was diagnosed with severe liver damage around 2000. In 2001 George was taken to the hospital and then found out he had pneumonia. In London

  • Sam Bass

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                                             11/25/99 Language Arts                                              Per 8 Sam Bass Two Column notes Location Guardians Biographical Information •     Sam Bass was born in the town of Mitchell Indiana on July 21, 1851. •     Later Bass Moved to the state of Texas where he took up the business of train robbing •     Sam's parents died when he was a youth, his mom Jane, in 1861, Dad Daniel, in 1864. •     Sam and his Twelve siblings moved in with

  • Rhetorical Analysis On John Boeehner

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    John Boehner tells the press of his hatred for Cruz saying” never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life. There have been many intra party conflicts this isn't the first, John Boehner said he would not vote for Cruz if he was a GOP presidential nominee. Boehner says that he has many friends that are republican and democratic. Boehner said he was good buddies with Trump. Cruz later tweeted “Tell me again who will stand up to Washington? Trump, who's Boehner's "texting and golfing

  • Why The University Of Southern Indiana Should Follow A Gluten Free Diet

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    of medical testing and the decreased quality of food. Many people who follow a gluten-free diet have Celiac’s Disease, gluten intolerance, or are following a fad diet. The University of Southern Indiana currently does not meet the dietary needs of students who must follow a gluten-free diet. The University of Southern Indiana should accommodate to those who need to be on a gluten-free diet because the meal plan is expensive, the accommodations would be cheap and easy, and the number of people following

  • Training and Development at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana

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    Training and Development at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana (TMMI) The main problem that Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana, commonly known as TMMI, faces in the training and development of its employees is getting their group leaders trained. This program is structured so the group leaders can learn decision-making, leadership, communicating, problem-solving, and analytical skills to bridge the gap between the upper management and the team members on the assembly line. The problem

  • Follow the River

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    Follow the River Follow The River by James Alexander Thom is about Mary Ingles gruesome but yet courageous tale of her remarkable 1,000 mile journey home after she had escaped form the captivity of the Shawnee Indians. Through Mary Ingles hard work and determination she proved that all obstacles big and small can be overcome. The book started out with a bloody massacre at Mary Ingles Virginia settlement in 1755. Mary Ingles was pregnant with her third child and twenty-four years of age when