2005 NBA Draft

college basketball Hall of Fame plaque hung on the wall. It had just recently been updated after the Hall of Fame presentation on Saturday. Everyone was telling me that I needed to declare that I’m joining the NBA as soon as possible! After everyone telling me, I then declared for the NBA draft halfway through the college season. The election for the new president was going on at that moment, they had been going on for quite a while, but I wasn’t really interested…

Vietcong”, a personal sentiment that was a far more reasonable and practical ideal when compared to those who avoided service out of rebellion against the system, or simply to avoid the horrors of war. On June 20th, he was convicted of evading the draft and sentenced to five years in prison, a $10,000 fine and three year ban from professional boxing. Though he was convicted at trial, he ultimately avoided serving time in prison after appeal. Wasting no time in showing the world that his legal…

When the word “war” is brought up amongst a group, people in society tend to interpret t it differently from one another. As defined by Merriam-Webster, war is “a state or period of fighting between countries or groups”. Though this may be the dictionary definition, the word war may resonate and mean something different depending on the individual. For some, the word could be thought of as a way to gain or keep peace, for others it may be the place they lost their father or son, and for others,…

the hardships, controversies, and the lives of the people, both the soldiers and the families they left behind, affected by this war. One of the biggest controversies about the Vietnam War was the draft of young citizens to fight the communist armies. According to an article titled “Vietnam-Era Draft”, many people argued that it was unjust to force people, especially those of such a young age, to…

” Students for Democratic Society believed firmly that “the antiwar movement could never stop the Vietnam War… they wanted to change and revolutionize American society and politics.” Confronting the war machines: Draft resistance during the Vietnam War connects directly with the draft resistance…

Norman Rockwell (1946-1959) The illustrations of Norman Rockwell tell the story of the average American after World War Two. As a result of the Baby Boom, the families were very large, consisting of three to four children (Slide 2). The bigger families led to more chaos and craziness within the household. The mother could finally catch a break once the school bus came to pick up the children (Slide 18). Rockwell also shows that this era was a time of dating and dreaming about finding the right…

NEED TO CONVERT PAGE NUMBERS I chose “Caught in the Draft: The Effects of Vietnam Draft Lottery Status on Political Attitudes” by Robert Erikson and Laura Stoker for my journal article memorandum. This article featured in The American Political Science Review in May of 2011. I chose this article for two major reasons with the first being my passion for military history and specifically the intricacies of the Vietnam War. However, the second and much more important reason is the uniqueness of…

Effects of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War induced the United States Congress to terminate the use of the military draft with an all-volunteer force, as a result of the negative effects of the draft on many young Americans. The way people viewed the United States involvement in the war also determined how many felt about the draft, to conclude with the idea that not all soldiers in the war were drafted, furthermore, some soldiers volunteered. In the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien,…

doesn’t mean he’s the better player. The author then goes on to say “The pedestal that Jordan stands on is not quite as high as some people would like to believe.” He then mentions “It’s amazing what good marketing could do, as Nike, Gatorade, and the NBA marketing machines built Jordan up to unimaginable heights.” The author thinks that the better player is Michael Jordan but if anyone was to catch up to him Kobe Bryant would be the one. Due to…

Is Michael Jordan the greatest of all time National Basketball Association player? Michael Jordan is a famous African-American Basketball player who played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. Jordan played fifteen seasons in the NBA. Michael Jordan received many trophies while playing in the game of basketball. Currently Jordan is the owner of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan was very competitive at a young age. He always wanted to win every game that he is in. Michael Jeffrey Jordan…