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The University of Iowa should be a place where everyone can feel safe and happy. It should be a home. It is part of the Resident Assistant’s job to make this safe environment a reality. The University of Iowa is diverse‚ and this should be celebrated‚ especially in the dorms where many new students live. It is of the utmost importance that a Resident Assistant helps foster an environment of cooperation and acceptance for their floor. The dorm floor is a community‚ and communities thrive best when
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About the Artist Grant Wood was born February 13‚ 1891‚ near Anamosa‚ Iowa‚ and spent much of his lifetime working and teaching in his home state. During his years there‚ he taught in the Cedar Rapids‚ Iowa‚ public schools and‚ later‚ was a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. He painted the familiar surroundings and everyday life of his nativestate and was one of the Regionalist group of painters of the American Scene. He once said that all the really good ideas he ever had came to
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Cooksey is his mother. His siblings were Virgil‚ Morgan‚ James‚ and Warren Earp. His spouses were Josephine Earp‚ Mattie Blaylock‚ and Urilla Sutherland. His father received a land grant of 160 acres in Iowa‚ which was based upon his service in the Mexican War. They were living at a farm in Iowa. His older brothers joined the Union Army when he was 13. Him and his
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affluence to coerce victims in to silence or out-of-court settlements‚ sparing the athlete’s reputation as well as playing eligibility and future career. When Pierre Pierce‚ a former member of the Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team‚ was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student in 2002‚ an “Iowa City couple with ties to the men’s basketball team tried to persuade [the] victim… to resolve the matter quietly outside of the legal system”‚ as reported in the Des Moines Register (Rood‚ 4A). These
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patient‚ and the number increases vastly. One of the people on the waiting list for an organ transplant might someone you know. BODY (NEED): People around the world but also right here in the US‚ either in Oregon‚ Washington‚ Minnesota‚ Wisconsin‚ Iowa‚ and Illinois‚ need organ transplants and they need our help. The problem is that there is a lack of organs and organ donors who make organ transplantation possible. b. A new name is added to the national waiting list every 16 minutes
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unpredictable flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers led to many advances as well as a mesopotamian religion. The people of mesopotamia believed in many gods that would control the natural events of their land. They practiced polytheism because they felt that gods created the earth and watched over it and controlled natural occurrences like the flooding of the rivers. To have a good flood‚ they would need to be respectful to the gods‚ and give sacrifices. The unpredictable flooding lead to advances
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international governing body of billiards is the World Confederation of Billiard Sports‚ located in Basel‚ Switzerland. The ruling body of the sport in the United States is the Billiard Congress of America‚ with headquarters and a hall of fame in Iowa City‚ Iowa. In the United States billiards is one of the most popular participant
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role in agricultural advancements in the U.S. He was the son of slaves‚ and was born around the year 1860‚ near Diamond Grove‚ Missouri. Carver was an outstanding student in high school‚ and later went on to Simpson College‚ in Iowa‚ in 1891. He graduated from the Iowa Agricultural College in 1894 with a B.S. degree‚ and taught agriculture and bacterial botany while working on his M.S. in agriculture‚ which he received in 1896. After receiving his masters‚ he landed a job as the director of agriculture
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found out the hard way‚ as a kid she used to try and perform surgery on them. But she didn’t want to just take care of kittens and puppies and guinea pigs. She had bigger ideas. Better ideas. Zoo animal sized ideas. Growing up in a small town of Iowa her dreams started to develop. WIth the help of the wonderful building block‚ FFA‚ she had the opportunity get right in on the action. Through FFA she was able to volunteer at the Blank Park Zoo. And she didn’t waste any time‚ at the young age of
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