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Bill Gates obviously wants to make the world a better place to live in. He has impacted the world since 1975 when he discovered Microsoft©, and plans on pursuing his impact throughout the 21st century. Over the next 15 years, Gates plans to help improve many different factors. He calls them “breakthroughs.” Improvements among health, farming, banking, and education will be made. Deaths, food, technology, and software are linked to each of the four breakthroughs. Gates has many valid points…

Why was everybody so fascinated with the O.J. Simpson trial? When we hear the name Orenthal James Simpson we don’t think of his Heisman trophy or his first overall pick in the NFL Draft. We think about the trial of the century, the double murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The O.J. case was one of the first cases nationally televised; being televised people got to see what happened and therefore, started the fascination with the case. But what made it so fascinating? Was it…

In 2015, I was headed to Uganda with 26 students. I still remember the cold air from the ventilation of the airplane and shivering not knowing if it was from excitement or being cold. Honestly i believe it was excitement because this trip would be my 3rd mission trip. It was early morning as the sun rose, my friend Riley and I took our seats. This was our third mission trip together, we have experienced el salvador and Panama but we did not know what to expect in Uganda. As we waited for the…

Monica Lewinsky is someone that I have only heard about. I didn’t even know who she was, or what she did, but I saw a lot of “memes” mocking her on the internet. I was born in 1999, so I wasn’t even alive at the time of her scandal with Bill Clinton. And my parents didn 't see a need to tell me about her scandal, as it was not going to affect me in any way. There was no reason for me to know. I wasn’t particularly interested in her story either. However, watching her TED talk clarified a lot of…

The 2016 election has been quite a controversial and emotional election, leading to various debates and major shifts in people’s opinions. As a result, the professors at the University of Texas at Austin decided to provide critical insight to freshman students on how to become an active citizen in participating in this year’s presidential election. Mark Updegrove, Bethany Albertson, and Michael Stoff took the stage at Bass Concert Hall to provide freshman knowledge on voting, anxiety in politics…

will allow homosexuals to serve; sometimes making the troops sign documents promising to not be gay anymore (Shilts 2005), and sometimes the military would seek them out and ruin their career (Lewis 1997). In 1992 during his presidential campaign, Bill Clinton promised to allow LGBs (lesbian gay bisexual) to serve openly in the military. Not only did he promise to allow military members to serve openly, he said it would be one of the first things he did as president, and he would issue an…

The Democratic presidential nomination is up for grabs and two candidates are campaigning for the Democrats’ votes in order to stand against the Republican nominated candidate, Donald Trump. The two candidates campaigning are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Unlike Donald Trump, both have made a successful career in politics. They have similar views on some issues but the small differences that set them apart are what matters. It is vital for the Democratic party to nominate the right…

The Presidential Candidates How do people view strong presidential candidates? What does a person of power look like? What makes up this perception of a strong presidential candidates? These are all questions that have changed over the years that media has effected both negatively and positively. The primary way media has effected these perceptions relates to the theories of a good presidential candidate in America. In this essay I will be talking about two candidates of 2016…

interesting facts about Justice Breyer. Breyer has been involved in three serious bicycle accidents since the 1990’s. The first accident happened around the time he was being considered to take Byron White’s seat on the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, Bill Clinton ended up nominating Justice Ginsburg instead. Justice Breyer has a younger brother who is a district court judge in California. Justice Breyer enjoys bird watching and he also loves to cook. Most random and surprising, Justice Breyer was…

in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971- a time of segregation. T.C. Williams High school football team has just become integrated and has received a new black head coach, Herman Boone. He took the job of head coach from Coach Bill Yoast. There are some racial tensions. Boone offers Bill Yoast a job as assistant coach and he accepts after the white players threaten to sit out the season. During football camp, the boys become better acquainted and begin to bond and live in harmony. Two players who…