Campuses

In October 2011, approximately 586 campuses were 100% smoke free in New York State. This number has grown rapidly and now 1620 campuses have comprehensive tobacco policies and 1130 are 100% tobacco free. This growing number can be attributed to support from academic community and growing social norm supporting smoke free environment (Americans for Non Smoker’s Rights). In NYS Tobacco free initiative, smoke free policy is defined as no smoking anywhere on the campus where as tobacco-free policy…

many critics would care to oppose. The truth is, more guns on campuses could actually create a higher risk of gun violence for students than if there were no guns allowed. “The fact that our nation’s colleges and universities are some of the safest places in our country in large part in large part because their, campuses, in almost all cases, have remained gun free” (Students for Gun Free Schools 633). In the essay, “ Why Our Campuses are Safer Without Concealed Handguns”, there are reasons why…

Overview.” In this article, the NCSL is solely factual, as it provides reasons on how concealed carry on college campuses has been becoming an issue in current times. After our nation’s deadliest shooting at Virginia Tech University in 2007, many states have called upon laws to see if concealed weapons could be allowed on college campuses (“Guns on Campus: Overview”). Guns on college campuses has been a controversial issue ever since university shootings have become more prevalent.…

Throughout this paper I will be tailoring to three different audiences; academic, civic, and a personal audience. My thesis statement is as follows: concealed weapons should not be allowed on college campuses because it will only increase violence. Therefore, guns should be banned from college campuses. With each of these audiences I will explain my argument…

brought a nationwide debate and controversy on gun legislation, with one main goal in mind-- how to make college campuses safer. On one hand, the Students For Concealed Carry promote permitting concealed carry on a campus setting for a defense and self protection tool. On the other hand, organizations like Students Against Concealed Carry advocate a banning of concealed carry on college campuses in order to halt the suicide and homicide rate, and create a safer environment (which is expected…

evolution of the carry of concealed handguns on campuses. Before the deadliest mass shooting in the university of United States, no one did really pressurize and had a movement for the concealed carry of a gun on the schools and campuses. According to Newsweek, on April 17, 2007, a student named Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and injured 17 more. Thus, as a result, that incident gave birth to the movement of the Students for concealed carry on campuses. As a result, on June 1st, 2015,…

Professor Anthony Welch. Topic: How does the recruitment of international students and the establishment of branch campuses impact on higher education in Australia? This essay presents a critical review of two issues arising from the phenomenon of Internationalisation of Higher Education (HE); namely the recruitment of international students and the development of off-shore campuses. In recent decades, Australia, in keeping with Higher Education institutions world-wide, has experienced a…

allowing guns on campus will make them even more stressful. Guns should not be allowed on college campuses because they will increase the number of suicides by college students, take away from a safe and educational environment…

Rape Culture on Campus I have chosen to write my essay on sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. This is an issue that affects a specific group of people; a large percentage of men and women are attacked every year on college campuses, having countless negative effects on the education and overall lives of these victims. It is a very serious issue that needs to be addressed nationwide in order to prevent further sexual assaults. This is an issue that can be studied from several…

“To Prevent Rape of College Campuses, Focus on the Rapist, Not the Victims,” Amanda Hess agrees some of the ideas from Yoffe, but she opposes that female college students is not the one who should be careful about sexual assault due to the overdose of alcohol. Hess points out that college should focus on the male student who is primary threats to the plastered girl to prevent a potential threat of sexual assault by strongly punishing and controlling them in college campuses.…