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    This past summer, I had the opportunity to study at Kent State University’s NYC Studio and intern at Fabric to Finish, Inc., a product-development consulting firm in the Garment Center. I valued my time there, but would not call my internship a success. I was inexperienced and undereducated and it showed in nearly everything I did. In fact, I knew nothing about the product development process and made countless mistakes. I understand that making mistakes while interning is apart of the learning process

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    Kent State Massacre

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    United States was going to war in Vietnam. The next day a huge group of students at Kent State University, in Ohio, were protesting. As well as many other students at different Universities across the country. Everyone was protesting the bombing that was happening in Cambodia as well as the United States involvement the Vietnam War. What started as a somewhat peaceful protest, turned very violent. The students at Kent State set the ROTC building on fire. The local police force was called in which did

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    Plainsong is a novel written by Kent Haruf, that takes place in Holt Colorado. In this book Tom Guthrie is left to take care of his two boys, Ike and Bobby, as a single parent after their mother left them. Victoria Roubideaux grew up without a father figure, her mom kicked her out after she found out she was pregnant and Victoria was left to find somewhere else to live. And the McPheron brothers live out in the country by themselves taking care of their cattle. The theme of this novel is loneliness

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    Kent State Shootings

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    The shootings that occurred at Kent State University, Ohio, on May 4, 1970 have been a dark spot in American history for almost 36 years. It is a day remembered by many names, THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS, MAY 4 or the KENT STATE MASSACRE. Four students were killed and nine were wounded, all of America suffered. The student body at Kent State numbered about 20,000 and had been considered conservative, but not overly political. In fact they were thought of as rather passive politically. The shootings

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    In the beginning of my endeavor at Kent State University, it was a hard adjustment for me at first but now that I am involved in many activities I feel as if I found the place for me. At first it was hard for me to leave my home and move in here to call it my new home, but I knew my roommate it made it easier. When I came into this whole process of what people call “a new start” I at first thought I wouldn’t like my roommate because everyone says, don’t room with someone you know so I came into it

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    Plainsong by Kent Haruf Kent Haruf was born and raised on the north east plains of Colorado and attended Nebraska Weslegan University and The University of Iowa. After he graduated he owned a chicken ranch in Colorado, work at the Royal Gorge Bridge and was in the peace corps before he settled down to teach at the University of Iowa. He has had much experience in small town life, which is why his book, Plainsong is so beautifully written. Haruf has first hand experience in the gossip, drama

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    The Kent State Massacre Essay

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    On May 4, 1970 at approximately 12:24 PM members of the Ohio National Guard shot at and killed several unarmed Kent State University students. These students were protesting President Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia. While some of the students who were shot at were actively protesting at the time of the shooting, others were simply walking by or casually observing the protest from a distance. How could an appalling incident like this occur? What possessed the members of the Ohio National

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    The shootings that occurred at Kent State University, Ohio, on May 4, 1970 have been a dark spot in American history for almost 36 years. It is a day remembered by many names, THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS, MAY 4 or the KENT STATE MASSACRE. Four students were killed and nine were wounded, all of America suffered. The student body at Kent State numbered about 20,000 and had been considered conservative, but not overly political. In fact they were thought of as rather passive politically. The shootings

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    History Level 3 2015 AS 91437 Analyse different perspectives of a contested event of significant to New Zealanders A contested event of the Vietnam War: Kent State Members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on the unarmed students in Kent University on May4, 1970, widely known as the Kent State massacre or the Kent State shootings, is one of the most significant event in American history. This event criticise the democracy that Americans are traditionally proud of and, peaks the anti-war sentiment

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    Kent State Shooting The Kent State shooting has sadly been one of the many fatal shootings throughout history in America. There are growing rates in mass shootings in America today as we know. They are becoming more common in our daily news sadly. We have many Anti-shooting, and many rallies to end war on certain topics. This just happened to be one for the Vietnam war. . The shooting and the day before. “Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when

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