In the fall of 2010, Oregon State University had over 22,000 students registered for classes; the largest enrollment the university has ever seen. The University is heading for a mark of 30,000 by the year 2025 (Johnson, 2009). The university looks forward to a bright future with hopes of being one of the top tier Land Grant institutions. However, Oregon State has not always been the large Division 1 School it is today. Its famous mascot Benny Beaver and its colors of orange and black were not always
I have always wanted to attend Oregon State University. My family originates from the Willamette Valley and has been old school grass seed farmers who proudly call themselves Oregon State Beavers. As a result, given my love and affinity for baseball and family history it has been my hearts desire to earn my degree at OSU. SInce my first day of high school I Have been working hard to maintain my grade point. Unfortunately this was not enough, i aimed to end my junior year with above a three point
(Murphy 203). Steve Prefontaine depicted the embodiment of hard work, determination, and he trained hard every day in an effort to pave the way for other amateur athletes. Steve was born to Ray and Elfriede Prefontaine on January 25, 1951, in Coos Bay, Oregon, “Ray Prefontaine had returned from serving with the U.S. Army occupation forces in Germany with his new bride, Elfriede”(Jordan 5). Pre’s life was not as hard as you would imagine. He was raised in a middle-class family in a small town. Pre worked
It is why I always wrote about how I want to become a good doctor whenever I had to write essays in middle school. Sport has always been a huge part of my life ever since I started playing football at the age sixteen when I first came to United States. I have had experience in many sports such as basketball, baseball, track and field, golf etc. I have joined most of varsity teams at school, a subject which has played a big part in my school career. The things I like about sport are that it needs
born in Portland, Oregon where he was forced to begin working at a young age of twelve due to his father’s death when he was merely nine. Although Pauling was often preoccupied with family responsibilities, he quickly realized his interest in the field of science. In 1922 Pauling finished his schooling at Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. To quote a biography written by the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, Linus was “a remarkable
know, started with a simple purpose and goal. Bill Bowerman, a co-founder and coach, wanted to create more efficient running shoes and raise his student’s performance. The name of this student was Phil Knight, he was a runner, scholar of Stanford University, and co-founder of Nike. Phil Knight wrote a paper suggesting that manufacturing shoes in Japan would help many retailers compete with big-box brands. This suggestion was unheard of, and no one was buying into it, so he decided to pursue it himself
Corvallis, OR Repertoire Performed: Quartet Op 11 by Samuel Barber, Alleluia by Randall Thompson, Awakening by Billy Childs, Quartet in A minor Op 132 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Overall evaluation/Music appeal: The LaSells Stewart Center is in Oregon State University serving the Corvallis area as its performing arts meeting. This auditorium is 1,200 and is world know for its acoustic excellence. The performance was very elegant and well organized, however as I looked around I saw several people fall asleep
contracts. I include a works cited page at the end of the paper also. The Start The founder of Nike was Phil Knight. Bill Bowerman, a former coach to Phil Knight, joined him later in the year as a co-owner. Phil Knight was a college runner in Oregon. In one of Knight’s college classes, they had to write about a new business idea. Knight had taken note of how Japanese cameras had infiltrated the American shops and drove the German cameras out. Knight believed the same thing could happen with
his business in my hometown. He was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and went to Cleveland high school. After high school, he attended the University of Oregon for undergraduate school, where he was a collegiate track runner. Then went to the Business school at Stanford. After college, he had a desire to get into the athletic apparel business. “The idea for the athletic apparel giant came from running track at Hayward in Oregon and out of the classroom at Stanford business school.” (Golden) He
Nike was originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports (know known as aisics) which was started by a Japanese native, Onitsuke Tiger, who made and sold running shoes. In 1963-1964 a Portland track coach and middle distance runner, Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight united with tiger to import and sell cheap high quality shoes to track runners. At the time most of the shoes were coming from Germany and the shoes were much more expensive then what Blue Ribbon Sports shoes were. Bill Bowerman was always trying
For $100,000 a year, imagine working with nuclear and radioactive materials and finding ways to improve daily life, ranging in various fields from medicine to power. Nuclear engineering is a small industry. There are fewer job in this field compared to some other engineering careers, however there are limited number of nuclear engineers to fill those jobs. In 2010, nuclear engineers held a total of less than 20,000 jobs. However, due to a growing need to manage nuclear plants, and a large number
According to the recently deceased Nelson Mandela, “Sports have the power to change the world." What makes sports so powerful? If you have ever participated in a sport or watched some type of event you have experienced it. This greatness does not occur during the game; but rather, this powerful encounter takes place after the game. For example, boxers beat each other into a pulp for twelve rounds, but after the match they hug and congratulate one another. Football and hockey players shake hands after
Interviews of Korean Veterans - Col. Jack Detour Daniel; I'll state your questions and then give you my responses. Q. 1. Did you have previous military experience before the Korean War? When? If interviewee enlisted at time of war, why? A. I was recalled into active duty for the Korean War after having flown combat in the Pacific during WW II. I think it would be appropriate for me to give you a thumbnail sketch of my military career so you will be better acquainted with who I am. Here
identical; therefore, when dinosaur remains are uncovered, the possibility and excitement of new information or even a new species exists. Until the year 2000, no dinosaur has ever been found with a fossilized heart. Scientists at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences discovered a sixty-six million year old Thescelosaurus with a heart. The Thescelosaurus was a “bird-hipped” dinosaur or an ornithischian ( Russell 2). This herbivore lived near the end of
standard answer for LDS women’s high depression rate is that they are overworked, heading large families, and struggling to meet expectations of perfection that are too high, said Dr. John H. Dickey, Ph.D. and professor of psychology at Idaho State University during an interview. The subject of LDS women suffering from depression is a thorny matter; the LDS community bristles at its mention while many women feel the grip of the icy fingers of depression grow increasingly tighter. “In any dominant
text of the statement which has been distributed on our campus. Note: CCCC-IP has begun a resource page on plagiarism detection services. Issues Raised by Use of Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software Overview Recently, Grand Valley State University purchased a site license to plagiarism detection service Turnitin.com. Faculty members who use this service can require students to submit writing assignments electronically to Turnitin, which compares student texts against Turnitin’s database
Plagiarism and the Casual Plagiarist It is a random Thursday night on the first floor of Brewster Hall and the Campus of State University when a frazzled young girl wanders into the room of a fellow student inquiring about The Stranger by Albert Camus. She needs to have a three page paper completed by tomorrow and cannot find a kick start on the essay writing process. Since her peers are on the level of the common doormat concerning Camus, she was left without any further help. However, had
counterparts. Race, class, sex, and sexuality are the operative notions in which certain sports are less "traditional" for certain groups. Black women have a long history with such sports and track and field. Tuskegee Institute (later Tuskegee State University) led the nation as powerhouses for the production of Olympic competitors from the fifties to the seventies. Despite the relative lack of funding received by these schools as compared to white schools in Jim Crow Alabama, their track and field
becoming a victim or target of aggressive behavior, becoming less sensitive to violence and victims of violent acts, and concurrently desiring to watch more violence on television and in real-life (A.A.P. 2001). According to John Murray of Kansas State University, there are three main avenues of effects: direct effects, desensitization, and the Mean World Syndrome (Murray, 1995, p. 10). The direct effects of observing violence on television include an increase in an individual’s level of aggressive behavior
References to Homosexuality in Walt Whitman's Song of Myself "WHITMAN WAS MORE MAN THAN YOU'LL EVER BE," said a student of Louisiana State University. When asked questions of your sexual preference or thoughts on the issue of sex, I would venture to say it makes most people uncomfortable. This is an age-old topic that people know about, yet do not want to talk about. He was particularly reticent about his issues regarding sex and his particular sexual preference. In fact, of Whitman's struggles