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As a Society, we emphasize that children are our future and how they have the potential to keep changing the world, which is why we must invest in their future. However, it seems that those children that are classified or seen as deviant are not a part of that vision of having the potential to make a positive impact. Therefore, their life does not matter, which is why they get lost in a system and carry a mentality that they do not matter. A major purpose of prison is to cause rehabilitation,…

buildings were falling, the world would never be the same again. September 11 is now one of the most feared and respected day of the year. On this day “ Two jet airplanes, hijacked by religious extremists, smashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center” (Lalley 15). Nearly 3,000 people were killed, almost 5,000 were injured (Lalley 20). The buildings went down at separate times. The North building went down first, the south not even 10 minutes behind. The Al Qaeda terrorists were later…

In 1956, there was a mid-air collision in Grand Canyon. A Douglas DC-7 (United Airlines) collide with a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (Trans World Airlines) resulting in killing every single person in those two airplanes, which were 128 people total. When the Civil Aeronautics Board investigated this tragedy, they found out that ground controller in the Salt Lake City knew about that those two airplanes were on a crash course. However, since those two airplanes were in the uncontrolled…

Up-Close With Matthew Autterson As He Participates In the 1,296 Off-Road Race in Mexico Matthew Autterson recently grabbed the headlines by participating in a rugged 1,296 mile off-road race in Mexico. Dubbed as one of the most exhilarating experiences ever, the event attracted various personalities such as Holly Kylberg (who recently held the Nordstrom opening), Rich Kylberg, Buzz Wiepking and Matt’s daughter Madison Autterson. The six-member traversed the torturous journey and were proud to…

Sadly, the astronaut most well known for spacecraft malfunction during the Mercury program, Virgil Grissom, as well as two other astronauts set for the first Apollo launch were caught in the first major tragedy of NASA’s history. On January 27, 1967, the three astronauts were performing a preflight test of their Apollo capsule when their capsule caught fire. In the hours before the fire, the astronauts encountered problems with a sour smell from the oxygen loop of Grissom’s spacesuit,…

1. With the results of the 2016 Presidential election fresh in our minds, many Americans are contemplating about how their personal dreams will survive the next 4 years. My American Dream is for equality, humanity, education and freedom to survive and thrive in America. We as a country have come far in evaluation of these issues, but there is still work to be done before these dreams can become a reality. 2. One facet of my American Dream is that there is equality of gender. The United States…

unaware that thousands of juvenile offenders are living with adults in detention and correctional facilities in the United States. In Pulaski County where I work all juveniles under the age of 18 are housed with other juveniles in our juvenile detention center. It is no surprise to find that juvenile offenders that are placed with adults are in danger of sexual abuse, physical assault and have a higher rate of committing suicide (Wood, n.d.). In the Eighth Amendment, the United States Supreme…

Kevin Myers Professor Vollaro ENC 1101 6/25/16 Editorial 9/11 Conspiracy September 11, 2001, is remembered as most one of the most tragic and unbelievable days in United States history. No American will ever forget this day. Most likely ever person in the world was affected in some profound way affected. Our very freedom, our way of life, and our pride came under attack in a deadly series of terrorists attacks. Many victims died in the airplanes, or in their offices working, as businessmen…

When considering its significant impact on the world the history of terrorism is relatively brief. That being said, as it propagates across the globe its brevity is shrinking and it continues to find its way into news headlines and into the history books. It’s a safe notion to associate the beginning of radical terrorism to the 1980s. The 1980s was a time period where terrorist adopted many of their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that are still used today. 1983 was a particularly…

Are you afraid of flying in planes? More than 20 million people are afraid of going on planes and unfortunately I’m one of them. My mom, dad, and sister Harman boarded the plane at MCI. We were off to Las Vegas. I know that Las Vegas is a weird place to go with your family but we went anyways. Las vegas wasn’t the only place we were going, but it was where the adventure began. We had arrived at Las Vegas. As soon as we stepped outside we were sweating. It was 114 degrees! It felt like the sun…