On April 21 I went to visit the Mosque in Ames, Iowa with my religion class. This visit was my first time ever visiting or even seeing a Mosque in person. When we first pulled up to the Mosque there was a sign in the front of the parking lot that said, “Darul Arqum Islamic Center” with what I can only assume is Arabic on the bottom saying the same thing. The exterior of the Mosque was a white building that is about two stories tall with a blue dome on the top. The prayer area seemed to be located
My time here at Iowa State University has been great! The aspects that make it great are embedded in the values that Iowa State represents. The Memorial Union has shaped my experience at Iowa State in many ways. This is where I eat lunch everyday, meet friends, and occasionally listen to a mind stimulating lecture. When I first came to Iowa State, I was very oblivious to the fact that maybe a building could influence my experience. I was wrong. The Memorial Union has always focused on developing
Memorial Union One of the most magnificent structures on Iowa State University’s beautiful campus. Memorial Union. To most, it is the heart of Iowa State. From food and apparel, to books and events, Memorial Union has it all. This all couldn’t be possible without the perfect design of the building. Memorial Union has changed a lot over the years, but it has always kept the main eye-catching composition. It was designed in 1922, by a man named William T. Proudfoot, to honor alumni who served in World
The Accomplishments of Ted Kooser. An interesting person can be someone with many talents. With a total of sixty four awards, Ted Kooser is an interesting person because of his ability to write award winning poetry, nonfiction books, and children 's books. Ted Kooser’s writings are often plainspoken and filled with literary devices. “Kooser’s poetry is understated yet manages to skillfully illuminate the small moments of life,”(Local Wonders 5). This is demonstrated in Kooser’s life as he will often
Narrative: I am on a basketball team we are called the Havoc. We are mainly out of Aplington-Parkersburg (A.P.), Dike-New Hartford, and Iowa Falls. There are 6 from A.P., 2 from Dike, and 1 from Iowa Falls, and that is me. We have won tournaments in Ames, Des Moines, Cedar Falls, and Waterloo. We go all over the state, for tournaments. Our coach’s names are Andy Luscomb, and Cody Switzer. The guys on my team’s names are Elijah, Sam, Kale, Jayden, Christian, Jake, Benton, Parker, and Me of course
“hit the sawdust trail.” In 1862, William Ashley (yes, his middle name was Ashley) Sunday was born to a fatherless home in Ames, Iowa. His father had died whilst serving for his divided country in the Civil War. Billy had received his name from his brave and valiant father. As a 20 year old youth in 1883, Billy played baseball in the lots of his neighborhood in Marshalltown, Iowa. One day the captain for the Chicago White Sox, A.C. Anson, was in the lots watching all the teenagers, young adults, and
was Located in the front of the middle line. It was the biggest activity center and central building on campus now. Opened in September 1928, memorial union was a building that was used as a memorial to the sacrificed Iowa State soldiers. As a land granted school by the government, Iowa State University has had not entertaining center before 1920, because the university only has academic buildings and farm buildings. There is no place for both students and faculties to gather for cultural, entertainment
Iowa Learning Farms: Iowa State’s Land-Grant Mission The land-grant mission of Iowa State emphasizes students being problem solvers and researching improvement and protection of crops. The main purpose is to protect the planet by action and research so that it can be an international impact. Many articles, postings, research, and videos are shared through the Iowa Learning Farms Organization. The Iowa Learning Farms has a tremendous impact towards research and most of what the land-grant states.
race became an issue again and they took away the offer. He became very discouraged and chose to travel abroad until 1890 where he found himself in Iowa. He decided to enroll in Simpson College in Indianola. One of his teachers recognized his many talents and encouraged him to transfer to Iowa State College at Ames, which he did in May 1891. At Iowa State, Carver found that he was especially gifted in plant hybridization and the study of fungi. In 1894, Carver earned a bachelor of science degree
Have you ever been to Iowa State University and seen all of the magnificent art that is located on campus? Iowa State is home to one of the largest campus public art collections in the United States. There are over 2,000 works of public art (George Washington Carver). The foundation of the contemporary Art on Campus Collection and Program began during the Depression in the 1930s, when Iowa State's President Hughes envisioned that, "The arts would enrich and provide substantial intellectual exploration
Baseball - Talk about something I live and die for. This sport means more to me than my first kid will ever mean to me. No not literally but that is how important and meaningful this sport is to me. This sport has given me the opportunity to meet some of the greatest people and most inspirational people in my life. More than anything this sport has taught me to fail at something and be okay with it. In my life I have played baseball with more people, played in more states, and played on more fields
goal of organic agriculture is to optimize the health and productivity of interdependent communities of soil life, plants, animals and people.î (NOSB, 1999) Many farmers are switching to organic farming for many different reasons. According to Iowa State University, ìOrganic farmers hope to reduce the 240 million pounds of herbicides applied each year in the Midwest.î (February 2002) There are also large premiums paid for organic crops. According to Born and Sullivan, ìPrices for organic grains
culture by participating in the peoples customs and getting as much experience as possible. The trip would be very meaningful because my heritage is something that I am very proud of and passionate about. My permanent residence is in Bettendorf, Iowa and the closest airport is in Moline, Illinois. Unfortunately flights dont leave the Quad City Airport for Guadalajara, my first stop, so Ive decided to take a limousine from Bettendorf to Chicago, which would roughly take two and a half hours. Although
Electric and chemical engineer, once said that, “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others” (Welch). This line of thought have been echoed by successful members of the Iowa State community including President Leath and the first lady. The President’s Leadership Class (PLC) takes 30 hand selected students and allow them to have a unique and personalized classroom experiences with their fellow peers lead by gifted advisors
The tribal members of the Ho-Chunk Nation are far spread throughout the United States, but most members currently live in Wisconsin. As of 2016, out of the 7,650 members, around 5,392 of these members reside in Wisconsin. Ho-Chunk Nation members are scattered throughout the state, a majority of members live in Jackson County where there are over a thousand members and Sauk County with over 600 members. The Ho-Chunk Nation has around 3,535 acres of trust land spread throughout the counties of “Adams
students at Iowa State University, we are so lucky to have the amount of artwork available to us as we do. With the extreme amount of diversity, it was quite difficult to narrow it down to two pieces of artwork that I wanted to compare. I chose the piece called Late Summer Corn by Gary Bowling and 1965, Round Hay Bales by Ellen Wagener. They depicted a similar midwest scene, but in two different mediums and ways. I selected these two works basically because they reminded me of home. Living in Iowa my whole
variety of jobs: waitress, service-station attendant, hospital janitor, nurse’s assistant, dance teacher. She then went on to earn a B.A. in English from the University of New Mexico in 1976 and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Iowa’s famed Iowa Writer’s Workshop in 1978. She then went on to an impressive list of teaching positions beginning with the Institute of American Indian Arts and ending with her current position with the American Indian Studies Program at the University of California
better they must put in the miles on the road, which will get their legs used to the stress put on their muscles and feet during the course of a race. As a distance runner for the Buena Vista University Cross Country and Track team, in Storm Lake, Iowa, my experience with low mileage training and high mileage training came out wit... ... middle of paper ... ... further distances. Runners are entitled to their own opinion, because everybody’s bodies are different and are more fit for running
Members of the Dada movement in Pre-Revolutionary Russia found themselves unable to communicate the excitement of the avant-garde, however, with the Internet, that excitement is once again re-lived. The International Dada Archive of the University of Iowa is an example of the how the Internet is used as a tool to immortalize the works of the Dada movement. The purpose of the archive is to preserve and spread the written word of the Dada movement. Unlike contemporary art, the artist and writers of the
Four buddies of mine and I went out to Jackson, Wyoming to do some of the best snowboarding of our lives. It was our chance to get away from home for a week and have the best time of our lives. The trip out there was extremely boring driving through Iowa, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Possibly the three most boring states in the country. When we got out there we were all very impressed by the appearance of the city. This was obviously a tourist town. When we found the hotel we were impressed by the huge