Academic Inquiry & Scholarship (AIS) 1203 Course Syllabus The University of Texas at San Antonio Fall 2014 Instructor: Dr. Jacquelyn Scherer Office: MS 1.02.06 Phone: (210)254-2108 E-Mail: Jacquelyn.scherer@utsa.edu Office Hours: 11:00 to 11:45 am Mon thru Friday or by Appt. Class Meeting Time & Place: TR 4:00-5:15 pm MB 0.222 Teaching Assistant: Jennifer Mecklenburg Peer Mentor: Kelee Mendoza Email: jmmecklen@gmail.com E-Mail: kmendoza16@comcast.net Office Hours: 3:00
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to preserve it as it was a positive good and most debates were very heated. The escalation of sectionalism intensified because of the Mexican-American War‚ the Gold Rush of 1849‚ and the Fugitive Slave Act. James Knox Polk was the President when Texas was annexed to the United States as a slave state on Dec. 29‚ 1845. Northern Whigs weren’t very happy about adding another slave state to the Union. President Polk also wanted New Mexico and California‚ so he offered to buy them‚ but when his offer
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Associate Director for Global HR Development at Tex- Mark.he had ended up at Tex- Mark‚ a computer input- output manufacturer and supplier‚ through an indirect career route. Eric had graduated from Churchill High School and Baylor University in Waco‚ Texas‚ with a major in History and a minor in Spanish. His maternal grandmother lived in Tennesse‚ but was born and grew up in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ and Eric had spent several summers while in high school and at University backpacking around Europe. His
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The Most Imminent Threat that Texas Faces Like most states‚ Texas faces a host of problems; that stem from both cultural and environment issues‚ but unlike most states Texas is a state that shares a 1‚254-mile long border with Mexico‚ a country that has their massive problems. Geography alone has provided Texas with problems that are difficult in the best of times‚ but in this age of a huge drug problem in the United States along with the rise of international terrorism‚ those problems have grown
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formation of generalizations‚ stereotypes‚ and biases. In that direction‚ most Americans stereotypically view Texas as a predominantly conservative state. Although that viewpoint might be true to a certain extent‚ people tend to unintentionally miss or purposely ignore the tradition and efforts of the Left or liberal elements in Texas and thereby their place in Texas history. In The Texas Left; The Radical Roots of Lone Star Liberalism‚ David Cullen and Kyle Wilkison to further readers’ understanding
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Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. State of Texas. Texas has had 7 constitutions‚ and the current one is the 1876 constitution. The current 1876 Constitution is among the longest of state constitutions in the United States. There are 17 articles in the Texas Constitution‚ which starts with the Preamble. The Preamble states “Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God‚ the people of the State of Texas‚ do ordain and establish
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The Texas Constitution Constitutions are a necessary tool in keeping a Nation running in a smooth manner. One is also necessary in keeping the components‚ which are states‚ running in an ordered way. The constitution of Texas has a long historical trail from 1827 to 1876 and there are many events that occurred during this time period. The current Texas constitution has many strengths and weaknesses and there have been revisions made to this document. This document limits the way government can
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Have you ever been to Texas? I have been once. My trip to Texas was unbelievably awesome. I saw many of things on my way there. While we were there‚ I had loads of fun. Many things happened while we were there. Texas was the coolest place I have ever been. On the way to Texas‚ we had to drive across the Louisiana Bridge. While we were driving across the bridge‚ I noticed that the bridge was standing in one huge murky muddy marsh. In the marsh were cattails. They were growing and were being used
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Texas wanted a really limited government because of their bad experience with Governor Davis. Legislature meets one every two years in odd year for 140 days. (They barely get to do anything). It’s because they didn’t want the government to do much. (Sometimes the legislature would hurry in passing laws so they would have a lot of mistakes.)(like in 1971 the Texan legislature honored a serial killer named Albert Solaho who was a Boston strangler. SO Texas was laughed at throughout the US). Popularly
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Blockbuster LLC‚ also known as Blockbuster and previously known as Blockbuster Video Entertainment‚ Inc.‚ was established and founded in Dallas‚ Texas in 1985 by David Cook. The company was a provider of home movie and video game rental services by video rental shops‚ DVD-by-mail‚ streaming‚ video on demand and cinema theater. When Blockbuster was at its peak success‚ it comprised of nearly 60‚000 employees and over 9‚000 stores. But the company could not sustain much with the emerging competitive
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