Central Connecticut State University

My first day in Central the advantages of the school community were beaten into my head. Why would I not want to be part of the Central Connecticut State University community? Being involved provides benefits that can improve my academic success. Yet, I tend to avoid joining clubs or participating in the events that the university hosts in its efforts to create a unified group. It is a continuous issue, not only with this university, but other colleges such as AnyU, the university Rebekah Nathan, author of My Freshman Year, attended. In her book, Nathan addresses the topic of individualism in the college community. Despite the various benefits that a school community provides, such as the feeling of togetherness, I along with the other students…

Leslie Morgan Steiner, a former abuse victim, stressed the importance of identifying the red flags of relationship abuse. Steiner gave a speech at Central Connecticut State University Alumni hall on the myths and misconceptions on relationship abuse last Wednesday. “Abuse is not about hitting somebody, it’s about using violence and control to dominate them,” said Steiner, author of the New York Times best seller Crazy Love. Steiner grew up in an abuse-free home in Washington, eventually…

On a cold cloudy rainy day Saturday morning, cuddling in your warm bed with your teddy bear while watching “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”. Trying to figure out how the victim was killed, or raped. Finally putting the pieces together you just can't wait to find out what's going to happen in the end. The biggest question that has you baffled is “ Why do people commit crimes?”. Does that sound like you? It sure does sound like me every Saturday. Ever since I began watching Law and Order i’ve…

Central Connecticut State University may not be the most prestigious college in the world, but it doesn’t matter what the name of the school is, it matters what you do with your education. I attended Central Connecticut State University out of high school. This university had a good engineering program and was very affordable for my family. Money was never an issue with my family, I have just always been very cost efficient. After attending that university and several after to receive my PhD, I…

Community gives me a sense of belonging; a feeling that is comforting and cheering. Then why would I not want to be part of the Central Connecticut State University community? Yet, I still tend to avoid joining clubs or participating in the events that the university host. Many students at Central can fall in that category with me. It is a continuous issue not only with this university, but other colleges such as AnyU, the university Rebekah Nathan attended. In the book, My Freshmen Year: What a…

Another pillar of support for affirmative action is the fact that it is still upheld and supported by the courts. Out of the fifty states in the nation, eight states currently ban race-based affirmative action at all public universities. These states are California, Washington, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Oklahoma. The 2016 court case Fisher v. UT Austin upheld affirmative action within universities. In the supreme court opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said…

was later overturned on June 26, 2008. Under the regulations of this law, nobody other than a cop was allowed to carry a handgun. Authors Agresti and Smith (2010) state that “during the years in which the D.C. handgun ban and trigger lock law were in effect, the Washington, D.C. murder rate averaged 73% higher than it was at the outset of the law, while the U.S. murder rate averaged 11% lower.”(James D. Agresti 29). Evidently, banning the handguns in D.C. did not lessen the measure of killings…

An essay written in 2011 by Zachary Shemtob and David Lat called “Executions Should Be Televised”. The essay originally appeared in New York Times by Zachary Shemtob who teaches criminal justice at Central Connecticut University and David Lat was a federal prosecutors. The purpose of this writing I believe is to say “Execution in the United States ought to be made public” (Shemtob, Lat 53). It talks about possible effects that it could have for it and the possible effects against the death…

was about which government the United States should adopt. Two types of people were involved in this controversy; there were Anti-Federalists and Federalists. The Federalists would rather have a stronger central government while the Anti-Federalists preferred more power to go to the individual states. In order to reach a compromise of this national debate, Roger Sherman, an extremely influential and out-spoken figure in the country’s freedom, held a dinner party. The ambition of this dinner…

through extensive research I was able to portray it. In order for me to correctly illustrate the 1920s, the information I used to construct my project needed to be vivid. I efficiently searched through databases that suggested numerous reliable sources including: books, interviews, newspapers, journals, and websites. The three books not only allowed me to understand the depth of the intricate contributions that took place but also they taught me the structure of how the mafia operated. One of…