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    Chris’ Story Kids all over the world have life-threatening conditions, like different types of cancer and heart diseases. There are so many conditions and diseases that could kill a kid. Those kids inspired Make a Wish foundation. Chris Greicius was a seven year old boy who had a dream of becoming a police officer so he could “catch the bad guys”. But, at the age six he learned that he was not going to live long enough to pursue his dream. But, that did not stop Chris from becoming a little police officer. Chris was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of seven. Leukemia is a cancer of blood-forming tissues, which stops the body from being able to fight against infections (Started). Tommy Austin, US customs agent, wondering, Austin asks Cox if DPS could do something. He even said “I’ll rent a helicopter myself if I have to,” for Chris to become a police officer. Soon after that, Chris’ mom calls Austin and says she doesn’t think he can hold on much longer. Then they fly Chris to DPS headquarters (Started). Cox and Eaves got to where they make the uniforms and have them make one just the size to fit Chris. All night the employees work on the uniform for Chris. When the uniform was done, they took it to Chris’ house for him to put it on. Then they set up cones for Chris to drive a battery powered motorcycle around them, when he is done he will get the officer wings badge, which is an actual badge you can get (Started). The next day when they go to give Chris his officer wings…

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    Make-A-Wish foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organization that grants wishes for children who have been diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions. With a large amount of donors and fundraisers held by large franchises, they are able to create a dream come true for these children (Wish.org). The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 by Frank Shankwitz. Shankwitz was inspired to create the Make-A-Wish Foundation because a young boy named Chris Greicius had…

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    I never imagined myself joining a sorority when I was growing up, but after staying with Chi Omega as a prospective student, I changed my mind. College was totally new territory for me, and I had no support system at William Woods. I was searching for a sisterhood, group of friends, and something to push me to better myself daily. I found all of that and more upon joining Chi Omega. The other houses had their strong points and some great girls, but none of them really compared to what Chi Omega…

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    I never imagined myself joining a sorority when I was growing up, but after staying with Chi Omega as a prospective student, I changed my mind. College was totally new territory for me, and I had no support system at William Woods. I was searching for a sisterhood, group of friends, and something to push me to better myself daily. I found all of that and more upon joining Chi Omega. The other houses had their strong points and some great girls, however none of them compared to what Chi Omega…

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    The Memorial Union Bus Terminal From A Social Context Approach During these eleven weeks in LDA 01, we have discussed several approaches to the discipline of environmental design. Some, but not all of these approaches are the social context, ecological, participatory, artistic, and the cultural competency approach. For this project in specific, I decided to analyze a site using the social context approach. For me, this approach is the most interesting and crucial when planning a project. The…

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    and successful in life, so that meant that James had a name to live up to as a “Johnson man”, as his dad called it. His father made him promise that he would attend a HBCU (Historically Black College and Universities) like him and his ancestors did, and he agreed. In the past four generations most men in his family, not only his father and his father before that, but his cousins, uncles, and family friends who were men had one thing in common; they were all members of Omega Psi Phi aka Que Dogs.…

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    1.How and why violations of the Fraternity’s policy and law occurred. Violations of the fraternity’s policy and law occurred due to actions deemed as hazing during a call down and by having candidates exchange small favors for member signatures. Also, the presence and consumption of alcohol violated the campus’ and fraternity’s policies. The fraternity conducted a tailgate function during a period of suspended activity and also lacked in cooperation during interviews. These violations do not…

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    as the U.S. has in the past. The United States does not need to get involved in wars/conflicts when the wars/conflict is between two parts of country, a civil war or a revolution. One example is the Vietnam War. According to The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People by Alan Brinkley Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam, decided to take over South Vietnam because he thought it was time to “resume the armed struggle for national unification” since North and South Vietnam…

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    Orange, still impacts the country and its citizens. Agent Orange is a herbicide whose side effects has the potential to damage the chromosomes of a fetus.1 Thousands of people were and are still born with physical deformities caused by Agent Orange. Furthermore, Agent Orange devastated the land during the war. 1,034,300 hectares of forest was destroyed by just this chemical. The war left remnants of itself in Vietnam, and those of which still cause problems for the citizens to this day.…

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    citizens, however their ideas and visions would not gain support of people beyond the urban middle class. Ho Chi Minh, a socialist would be able to gain support from citizens by focusing primarily on “colonial concerns.” In 1930, Vietnamese leaders including Ho Chi Minh, would create the Indochinese Communist Party. Ho Chi Minh was able to gain the support of many, in that his efforts would surpass those of Phan Boi and Phan Chu Trinh. In September of 1940, Japan would invade Vietnam and in…

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