Contras

together two-opposing sets of characters—the residents of Ruby and the Convent inhabitants—who inhabit a locale that is as varying as “an attempted utopia, a refuge, a home, [and] a version of an earthly paradise.” ( 2) The two communities that Morrison contra poses in the novel, may be seen as representative of two different strands in America’s construction of national identity, i.e. assimilation on the one and the integration on the other. Whereas, Ruby emerges as a proud and ‘paradisiacal’…

For repetitive testing tasks, automated testing can save on manual testing time by using of tools [7]and the role of experienced test engi- neers to observe or record the testing information can be eliminated [4], because test engineers could pay attention to software tested behaviour then to tests implementation [5]. Therefore, enabling test engineers to focus on others, more challenging tasks and to design more or better test cases [6][7]. Furthermore, it ensures consistency of the tests. And…

Involvement is when you are too busy to engage in extra activities. Belief is when you believe that something is wrong including going against your morals. Hirschi tested this theory by studying surveys that were given to high school students in Contra Costa County. Hirschi asked questions that related to the four social bonds, after the surveys were completed Hirschi then studied the statistical analyses to check whether items like them were associated in any capacity with the delinquency items…

Rigoberta Menchu’s book outlines her experience, giving a first hand account of the suppression, exploitation, and death faced by indigenous Guatemalans, at the hands of a militarized government. She describes how the economic disparity between wealthy landowners and indigenous people create this suppression, that not only threatens their land, but their entire culture. This testimonial placed Menchu in the spotlight, and was met with attempts to discredit her account. I will discuss these…

Introduction Emile Durkheim presents an argument for crime’s benefit to society from The Rules of Sociological Method, 1938. Daniel Patrick Moynihan presents the opposing view in an issue of the American Scholar, Volume 62, in the winter 1993. Durkheim’s argument centers on peer pressure. Crime could disappear if it was offensive enough to society as a whole, thus socially forcing individuals committing such crime into socially pressured good behavior. Moynihan argues a different…

and increase the amount of jobs. This postulates that permitting immigrants into the United States has its advantages, however Gene Callahan in his article “Immigration, Yes—and No: A Trimmer’s Case Against Open Borders and Closed Minds,” argues contra advocates for “open borders.” He avows that the United States faces a threat of having “too many immigrants,” ergo the U.S must avert this from occurring. Callahan’s antagonistic views revolve around the idea that certain issues should precede in…

The 1980’s would forever go down in history as the decade America would find its self-identity. While economists and historians will show that it was the decade of great overspending and excess, America would find itself as the decade for American entertainment. movies, music, introduction to video games all being run by an actor out of Hollywood know as President Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union or the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev would take the head of the office in the Soviet Union.…

those who use it with a sound purpose. The Eucharist is "a certain holy body which sanctifies those who partake of it with a pure intention." He refers to the reverence shown to the Eucharist and designates the Eucharist the Logos Himself. In the Contra Celsus he writes: "We give thanks to the Creator of all and, along with thanksgiving and prayer for the blessing we have received, we also eat the bread presented to us; and this bread becomes by prayer a sacred body, which sanctifies those who…

Today marked the last meeting before its wheels up for Nashville. We all convened at a West Contra Costa Unified School District Board meeting to thank the Board members for their support of the ILC and let them know just how excited we are. The meeting also gave us an opportunity to stand up before our community and represent not only ourselves but the Ivy League Connection as a whole. In the weeks leading up to the meeting, Don let us know that one representative from each cohort would be…

Confucius once said, “When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of.” Proverbs 28:2 also declaratively stated that “When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.” This two wise quotes proves that to have a peaceful country is to have better rulers and laws first. If rules are disobeyed, then consequently…