Central Connecticut State University

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    Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit institution that promotes caring for others, caring for one’s self, and caring for the community. It is one of Loyola’s foundational aspect of caring for the community that has made the requirement of engaged learning a part of the curriculum. Since the Fall of 2012, Loyola has required its students to go out into the world and obtain hands-on experience in different sorts of fields. One may accomplish this through an internship course, or a class combined…

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    that sound like you? It sure does sound like me every Saturday. Ever since I began watching Law and Order i’ve always had the passion to become a Prosecutor. I lost my best friend Justin when i was 14 because of a drive by shooting in Bridgeport Connecticut. I just couldnt understand how someone could take the time out of their day to end someone else's life?…

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    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…

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    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 Professor Learned by Becoming…

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    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 “Considerable deference is owed to a university in defining those intangible…

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    promising. On September 24, 1976, Washington, D.C. placed a ban on all handguns; the ban 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.…

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    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 penalty. I see no…

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    Revolution, it was controversial how it should be run .Of these one of these debates 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…

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    Mob Crime In The 1920s

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    I based my NHD on the notorious mob crime that occurred in the roaring twenties. From the day-to-day danger of death to the risks one had to take in order to stay alive, the action packed era is what inspired my decision. But what primarily made me choose this topic was the infamous gamblers, smugglers, drug dealers, bootleggers, and the hit men. The well known mobsters who have integrated themselves into history. A few like Al Capone, Dion O'Banion, Charles Luciano, Meyer lansky, and Frank…

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    last year, the only thing that came to mind was the word “south”. I wanted nothing more than to move to a warm place where I could explore the southern region. However, things changed and I decided to move to Connecticut. I hate to say that moving here and attending Sacred Heart University was a mistake, because it was not. I believe that everything happens for a reason, but, in the circumstances I feel that this is not the place for me. I have learned a great deal here already in my short time…

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