Out With The Old And In With The New
Snuggled between the background of the Cal Poly campus and the mountains, lie bright green grassy fields sweeping over the sloping terrain. The brilliance of the sun on the picturesque scenery makes for just the right lighting. The numerous bulls that inhabit the Bull Test Area are lazily slouching in their spacious pen and chomping at their breakfast. Apart from the mellow bovines, on the other side of Brizzolara Creek, the Abattoir sits silently yet eerily by its lonesome, just awaiting its next victim. Adjacent to the Bull Test Area are the Feed Mill and Feed Lot, made up of a large barn and a silo. To the left of these fields, the Drumm Reservoir reflects sparkling bits of sunlight and is surrounded by reeds swaying in the wind. The setting is undisturbed by the stress and noises of the nearby civilization--at least for now. The feeling of tranquility is overshadowed by the impending change from a natural habitat to a civilized one. Within two years the Feed Mill will be replaced with a parking lot, the Feed Lot will be the site for a brand new swimming pool, and the Bull Test Area will be the building ground for apartments and living facilities otherwise known as Student Housing North.
The idea for this building project started in January of 2003. According to Joel Neel, Associate Director in Facilities Planning and Capital Projects, the Master Plan envisioned all new students living on campus with new housing facilities built to include 3000 beds. The reason for this building project was to more than double the student population living on campus.[1] In Student Housing North, these apartments would be more accessible to classes because of the close proxim...
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...rth Power Point by Program Management Services May 26, 2004
www.facilities.calpoly.edu/Facilities_Planning/campusprojects/bid/rfq03970_shn/shnpres.ppt
[3] Interview with Joel Neel: Associate Director in Facilities Planning and Capital Projects
November 19, 2004
[4] Interview with Joel Neel: Associate Director in Facilities Planning and Capital Projects
November 19, 2004
[5] Student Housing North Power Point by Program Management Services May 26, 2004
www.facilities.calpoly.edu/Facilities_Planning/campusprojects/bid/rfq03970_shn/shnpres.ppt
[6] New Times article: Sustainable Objections by: Shawna Galassi
http://www.newtimes-slo.com/archive/2003-09-17/archives/cov_stories_2003/cov_08212003.html
[7] New Times article: Sustainable Objections by: Shawna Galassi
http://www.newtimes-slo.com/archive/2003-09-17/archives/cov_stories_2003/cov_08212003.html
in English and taught as a part time instructor. It’s a garden that he describes as “overgrown and seemingly unmanaged...perhaps the only place left at the university that is not meticulously landscaped and stage-managed for tour groups and the website”. While the “aesthetic conformity” of the school is not the only issue, DeBoer’s portrayal of the campus sets the mood of his statement. The juxtaposed descriptions of the natural versus managed spaces on campus reflect the bigger picture; namely universities are more focused on marketability than education. He backs this up with other information, but it is this personal example that will likely stick with the audience. The garden might seem like a trivial issue, but it represents DeBoer’s personal stake in the subject. “That’s precisely why I love the garden: It’s one of the last little wild places left at Purdue”, he says, “Naturally, it’s slated for demolition”. This particular statement is a powerful ending to his introduction because it depicts the weakness of campus culture and freedom against university
This paper will be covering the infrastructure of Franklin College and cover some of the changes to the campus and why the changes happened. Most of the information this paper is based upon came from articles found in Franklin College’s Archives. My archival search began in the grounds and campus files. From there I moved to maps. I received many ideas from Ruth, the archivist, and through the oral history she gave me, I was able to piece together a topic based on the things I thought stood out among Franklin College’s grounds changes. Most evidence is dated, but there are a couple maps without dates. The maps can be easily traced back to when they were published based upon the information gathered from other sources. Another issue that arouse when researching came from issues regarding some accurate dat...
In his short story, A Rose for Emily, well-known American writer and Nobel Prize laureate, William Faulkner, narrates the consequences of people not changing with the times. He lived in the south when slavery was acceptable and includes this in many of his stories. Faulkner’s purpose is to emphasize to his audience that people must accept change and evolve or risk isolation and ultimately dying alone. Faulkner’s views on change are brought out effectively in “A Rose for Emily” through his use of setting, tone, and diction. This paper will explore these strategies used by Faulkner to convey to his audience the importance of being able to adapt to a dynamically changing world. It will also answer the question of whether or not Miss Emily was stuck in the past and unable to move forward.
One of the main issues that the book, “Ecology of Fear,” discussed about were the inherent dangers and problems that suburbanization imposed upon the landscape of Southern California. Although suburbanization in theory and in reality did create abundant benefits to a great mass of people, especially to those who wanted to avoid the daily nuisances of urban city life, its negative consequences were quite grave indeed. Suburbanization led to a complete eradication to the natural landscape of many areas in California. The book’s vivid accounts of how the lush, green landscape was bulldozed just to build tracts of homes were a painful reminder of the beauty that was lost due to suburbanization. “In 1958 sociologist William Whyte – author of The Organization Man – had a disturbing vision as he was leaving Southern California. ‘Flying from Los Angeles to San Bernardino – an unnerving lesson in man’s infinite capacity to mess up his environment – the traveler can see a legion of bulldozers gnawing into the last remaining tract of green between the two cities’.” (Davis, p. 77)...
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” This quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. expresses that ignorance and stupidity can crush one’s chance to have success and happiness. This idea is conveyed in Harper Lee’s famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which is set in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression. The story is narrated by a girl named Scout Finch, as she grows up in a “tired old town” and struggles with the ignorance of the citizens in Maycomb during the trial of Tom Robinson; an African-American man accsused of beating and raping a white woman. Throughout the novel, Lee shows that ignorance clouds one’s judgement, which leads to prejudice, and only through seeing from
...the tower installed alongside the office building as part of the whole, they have to linked each other so there is no need to leave this entire large building which finally become more self-sufficient and union just like Bauhaus.
Prutias valgeros wes doscuvirid tu bi thi anknuwn urgenosm eftir sivirel tists wiri cuncladid. Forst, e grem steon wes duni tu ditirmoni of thi anknuwn wes grem nigetovi ur grem pusotovi. It tarnid uat tu bi e grem nigetovi urgenosm, su farthir tists wiri urdirid besid un thos fect. Thi tists oncladid wiri e OF glacusi tist, e Cotreti tist, e SIM tist, end elsu e Uriesi tist. Thi OF glacusi tist cemi uat pusotovi fur e stroct firmintir biceasi buth tabis tarnid yilluw. Thi Cotreti tist cemi uat nigetovi biceasi thiri wes nu culur chengi odintofoid. Thi SIM tist shuwid pusotovi fur Salfar, Induli, end mutoloty. Thi bleck pricopoteti thet furmid shuws thi prudactoun uf H2S end thi rid culur eftir thi Kuvács riegint wes eddid ondocetis Induli prudactoun. Thi tabi elsu eppierid hezy whoch riprisints mutoloty. Lestly, thi Uriesi tist elsu wes pusotovi. Thos wes odintofoid by thi culur chengi tu e flauriscint ponk. Thi OF glacusi tist wes prubebly thi liest hilpfal on nerruwong thi risalts biceasi mejuroty uf thi Entirubectiroeciei bectiroe eri firmintirs. Aftir thi tists wiri cumplitid, ot wes ivodint thet thi anknuwn bectiroam wes Prutias valgeros.
The chemistry aspects provided in the book was very detailed but there were some information lacking in the historical aspects of the book. The authors’ were also quick to conclude on how certain molecules were the sole factor responsible for the historical events. Although there are flaws in the book, this book is still an interesting read. The book is strongly recommended to the general public as it is able to provide to them a basic general understanding of chemistry and allows them to gain new knowledge and great insights into chemistry.
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier is considered to be the father modern day chemistry. He had a mighty impact on the way the world views chemistry today. From identifying elements to discover...
In the beginnings of chemistry, Democritus thought that matter was made up of indivisible particles. Aristotle found out that there were four main elements which was composed of all the rest. These main elements were air, earth, water, and wind. John Dalton stated that each element was made up of tiny, indivisible atoms. This was called The Atomic Theory of Matter. Then, Dmitri Mendeleev arranged the elements in order according to weight. This eventually made the periodic table which we use every day.
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This chapter talks about the history of the discovery of elements, the encounters of scientists and the contributions of them to give un what we now know as the periodic table. In this periodic table we able to see a very organized grouping of elements both natural and those produced in labs. Before the periodic table there was no order, method or clarity for the elements being discovered. Some like nitrous oxide were at a point used for entertainment purposes rather than exploit the benefits for humans that this element had. Some elements were discovered due to curiosity like many of the discoveries and later more developed because of the competition that arises amongst the community of scientists. The following are summaries of some major influences for the evolution of elements.