Cedar Rapids, Iowa Essays

  • The Artisan's Sanctuary Analysis

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    Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 3, 2016 - The Artisan’s Sanctuary is pleased to present a diverse body of dynamic artworks by Iowa City artist, Jonathan Sims. The exhibition, SNACK ATTACK, features over 50 paintings and both digital and animated lenticular prints depicting an array of transformed cartoon food. The work included in this energetic show will subsequently be collated and published as a hardbound catalogue. Sims’ current work explores the ubiquity of common food items found in popular

  • Grant Wood

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    knew any thing about, was a painting called Stone City, Iowa , which was created by Grant Wood in 1930. This painting is oil on wood panel and is 30 ¼ X 40 inches. Grant Wood is a famous philosopher who was born in February in the year 1891 in Anamosa, Iowa. Wood was born to Quaker parents on a small farm. This experience would be the basis of his iconic images of small-town plain folk and verdant Midwestern vistas. He later moved to Cedar Rapids after the death of his father in 1901. He first studied

  • The sain case

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    SAIN V. CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: PROVIDING SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES? The scholarly article I chose was of great interest to me for several reasons. The case is an educational malpractice case in which a student-athlete said he was provided false information by his high school consolor and lost his basketball scholarship as a result. I was a student athlete in high school and sports are still a big part of my life. On top of that I am considering teaching and coaching

  • Analyzing a New Year Round School Calendar

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    Educational debates are a widespread in today’s society. Currently, one of the largest debates in education is the debate of whether schools should stay with the traditional school calendar or change to a year-round calendar. The main focus of the debate is centered around the idea that using the year-round calendar will provide kids with a more consistent learning schedule, which in turn creates better grades within the school and cuts back on summer learning loss. Year-round calendar and traditional

  • Personal Narrative: My Trip To New Orleans

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    end of June, my family and I set out on an almost week long vacation to New Orleans, Louisiana. We headed to the Cedar Rapids airport on Saturday June 27, and our plane was scheduled to leave at 11:30 am. After we boarded our plane in Cedar Rapids, we had to travel to Atlanta, Georgia for a connecting flight. There would have been minimal layover time because our flight from Cedar Rapids left late, however, when we arrived in Georgia there were some delays because a strong storm system was moving through

  • Famous Footwear History

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    Shoe Store hired a college student named Brian Cook as a stock boy, a man who would later become President of Famous Footwear in the year 1979. The name "Famous Footwear" was given in the year 1964 when Moldenhauer launched a second store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa By the end of the 1960s, eight Famous Footwear and Neil's Factory Shoe Outlet stores were launched with joint annual revenues reaching the $1 million

  • The Grant Wood: The Regionalism Movement

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    The Regionalism movement was spearheaded by Grant Wood and his world famous work American Gothic, a ranch style home with gothic upper window, and Wood’s sister and family dentist as the happy farm couple. The Regionalism movement is an American Scene movement that was created in the early 1900’s. The Regionalism movement focuses on landscapes in the United States. Before the Regionalism movement many of these artists painted in the modernism and impressionism movements. Artists such as Andrew Wyeth

  • The Wright Brothers

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    their fourth son Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871. Milton Wright became a bishop in 1877 and moved his family to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Milton traveled frequently on church business, and while he was away his wife Susan ran the home. She was very handy; she could fix most anything and make things, a very resourceful woman. The same year that the Wrights moved to Cedar Rapids Milton returned home from one of his journeys with a gift for his two youngest sons. The gift was a toy helicopter made

  • Excessive Curfew Law On The City Of Des Moines

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    old. They’re still looking for one more person in connection with the incident (WHO-HD). This invasion was able to happen due to the lack of curfew law in the city of Des Moines. Although, curfews are applied in several Iowa cities including Bettendorf, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Iowa City, Sioux City, Waterloo, and Indianola. Likewise, the city of Des Moines should apply the curfew law from 10 pm to 5 am for teenagers who are 17 years old and under. Cities that have curfew law experience fewer teens’

  • Bush's Claim to the Presidency

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    news stories range from sports to overseas affairs, and from these Americans must decide what is important to our nation. Governor George W. Bush tries to make this decision a little easier in his announcement of candidacy on June 12, 1999 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Like most candidates in an election, Bush’s main purpose is to present his ideas to a large audience and convince them that he is the man that can change the presidency. Governor Bush offers his opinion on free trade, our current military

  • Taylor Swift Hall of Fame

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    “I’m intimidated by the fear of being average,”(Wang) Taylor Swift said on October 24 to the press. This quote shows how driven she lives her life. Born on December 13, she grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania . Her career began there at age five, when she first started to write songs.(Grimm) At thirteen, she decided to sign with RCA Records. Swift does not last long in that contract because she did not like the thought of other people singing her songs.(Wang) Then later

  • The Good and Bad of R.A.T. Theory.

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    The Good and Bad of R.A.T. Theory. Why do people commit crime? It depends on who you ask and how you look at it, also what you define crime as. There are many theories out there about why people commit crime. One of these theories is Routine Activities Theory. Routine activities theory was first articulated in a series of papers by Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson. Crime and victimization involve the intersection of three factors: targets, guardians, and motive. The following quote gives

  • I Was a Tomboy

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    I was a tomboy. Not a tomboy in the sense that most people think of one, but in the way that all adventurous, curious little girls are. I played kick ball at recess. I wore Bart Simpson sweatshirts. I played Indians. I went fishing. Somewhere along the way, I've lost some of that tomboy in me. It's interesting that when changes come in my life, although the change has probably been brewing for some time, there is usually one event that seems to mark that change. So when I look back, I think of the

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff's Role In The Catholic Church

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    The Catholic Church has always played a large role in the growth of music, and has led to some of its most important developments. One such musical development to come from the Church is the chant, a unison song with melodies to accompany different prayers and texts of the church. Perhaps one of the most memorable chants of the Catholic Church is the Dies irae, a Gregorian chant that has been performed for many centuries. The text of it is attributed to Thomas of Celano, who most likely based

  • Pepsi Company – An Overview

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    Pepsi Company – An Overview OVERIVEW PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient foods and beverages, with revenues of about $25 billion and over 142,000 employees. The company consists of the snack businesses of Frito-Lay North America and Frito-Lay International; the beverage businesses of Pepsi-Cola North America, Gatorade/Tropicana North America and PepsiCo Beverages International; and Quaker Foods North America, manufacturer and marketer of ready-to-eat cereals and other food products

  • Essay On Ernie Barnes

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    Ernie Barnes: Research of the Football Artist Ernie Barnes was and still is one of the most popular and well-respected black artists today. Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, in 1938, during the time the south as segregated, Ernie Barnes was not expected to become a famous artist. However, as a young boy, Barnes would, “often [accompany] his mother to the home of the prominent attorney, Frank Fuller, Jr., where she worked as a [housekeeper]” (Artist Vitae, The Company of Art, 1999). Fuller

  • Marx, Weber and Religion

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  • First Inhabitants of the Great Lakes Region

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    Indian life in North America was without doubt, altered if not completely destroyed of its dignity, prosperity and self-worth ever since the arrival of the white man to this very day. WORKS CITED Kubiak, William J. Great Lakes Indians. Grand Rapids : Baker Book House Company, 1970. O’Brien, Patrick K. Philips Atlas of World History. London : George Philip Limited, 1999. Quimby, George I., Spaulding, Albert C. "The Old Copper Culture and the Keweenaw Waterway" Fieldiana : Anthropology

  • The Growing Problem of Bullying

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    A common question asked by people every day is, are parents and schools doing enough to prevent bullying in the United States. So, are they? Many facts and statistics prove that the answer to this question is no. Bullying is an everyday occurrence in society. How could anyone be doing enough if it is still constantly happening? It is nearly impossible to end all bullying because not all situations and people, especially children, are able to be controlled. However, there is much more that can be

  • The Pros and Cons of Ritalin

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    I. DEFINITION OF ADD AND HISTORY OF RITALIN When Jason was five, his mother, Cathy, had to take him out of preschool because of his temper tantrums. She tried behavior management and parenting courses, to no avail. Eventually, Jason was diagnosed with ADHD and given the stimulant Ritalin, which controlled his outbursts. "It was like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," Cathy said. Jason flourished for the next six years, even winning his fifth-grade citizenship award. In sixth grade, however, his medication