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weapons on campus (Senate Bill 11) will take effect on August 1, 2016 for all state 4-year colleges and universities and August 1, 2017 for 2-year and junior colleges. To carry a gun on campus each student must have a concealed handgun license (CHL) and be 21 years old, while also meeting the state and federal qualifications to own a handgun. While the handgun is allowed to be loaded, it must be concealed, meaning out of sight or hidden. Universities are allowed to designate areas on campus…

problem. Almost 100 colleges and universities reported at least 10 cases of rape on the main campuses in 2014 (Anderson). “Many reports claim that approximately 95% of all U.S. campus sexual assaults go unreported (Realities).” Under-reporting reflects a need for increased campus prevention and support systems. Campus sexual assault…

occur at disproportionately high rate in the United States” (Obeng 394). Obeng’s article explain why guns should not be allowed on a college campus and the reason why there have been so many guns related injuries in the last past years. Obeng organized a questionnaire for students and teachers to see how everyone would feel if there were a gun on the campus. If college students are allowed to carry firearms they are putting other students at risk. College students are not responsible enough to…

A school campus’ mood and success are derived from the connection between culture and climate. The educational product will be better for a campus whose culture and climate are positive versus negative. The school campus culture and climate can be reformed but in order to do so, the distinctions between culture and climate need to be understood and significant changes are needed starting with climate first as it is climate that influences culture. In the article School Climate, Gruenert…

In Timothy Hsiao’s journal entry “Firmin DeBrabander: Do Guns Make Us Free?”, the author reviews Firmin DeBrabander’s arguments on the controversy regarding the campus carry bill passed in several states, including Texas, which raised the question of whether campus carry is truly effective in decreasing gun violence on campus. In order to put the controversy into context it’s necessary to raise the question on whether the evidences DeBrabander provided were credible or not, and why or why not.…

there's a crisis on campus, they need to be able to take care of themselves until somebody can render aid. They need to not be in a position where they don't have any way of defending themselves, by default becoming a victim. The pen is not always mighter than the sword. People need to be prepared at all times, and that doesn't mean just outside of campus. The sense of safety is for students and professors alike which means for everybody.…

tobacco free policy on campus. The policy and its regulations can be found on the UA Board of Regents’ Policy and University Regulation (2014), which states that any smoking and littering of tobacco-related products are prohibited on campus, and applies to any event and every person employing the use of campus grounds. UAA’s students and staff hope that the policy would reduce cigarette butt waste, decrease smoking and tobacco use, and prevent secondhand smoking on campus. According to the…

The first point discussed in Marta Cerezo Moreno’s The Controlling Force of Rome in Coriolanus and Julius Caesar is how Rome does not function as just a location where the play is set, but in fact the framework of the plots would collapse because the plot is directly related to the location. The city of Rome is constantly attacked by the Volscians in Corialanus, defended by the plebeians, praised by its people and feared by its enemies. Rome is symbolic of the characters Corialanus and Julius…

Rock, jazz, country, hip hop, and gospel music all have their place in history. What they are, when they came to popularity, and what significance they hold can be found in common knowledge. There is one music genre, however, that cannot be so easily defined. This genre has rejected norms and surprised masses at every turn, yet many people do not hold an appreciation for it. This music, alternative rock, deserves much more than that. Those who put in countless years of dedication to this iconic…

Working Thesis: In the novel My Ántonia by Willa Cather, Cather portrays to the audience the American Dream for the Shimerda family, Jim Burden, Lena Lingard, Tiny Soderball, Peter and Pavel, as well as the sacrifices that they may have had to make to come to America and start a new life. Cather also uses a feminist approach in the novel because the novel is really Jim Burden’s story of Ántonia, Jim is the narrator of the novel, not Antonia. Although someone who is writing about the novel in…