Cyrillic alphabet

Many responsibilities come when becoming a Greek member. Greek organizations are known to value leadership skills, brotherhood/sisterhood bonding, and academics. The goal when joining a greek organization is to improve on leadership skills, create bonds, discuss their life goals, and more. Members will become comfortable contributing in class, talk about current issues in society, discuss traditional values, and shape themselves to become a better person. They focus on the Four Pillars of Greek…

Shortly after arriving on campus, the Mu Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha caught my attention because I realized that they play an integral role in various student organizations. One of my first experiences came when I attended a Black Student Movement meeting and everyone in attendance was to pair up to write notes to elementary school students. The president of BSM, Tre Shockley, walked up to me and asked to pair for the assignment. While up with me while writing the note he talked to me my…

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated – Mu Delta Zeta Chapter in the Ft. Hood/Killeen area is a community-conscious, action-oriented organization. Each year we partner with and support various local charities and programs, such as Knocking out Homeless with My Tutor and More, March of Dimes Prematurity Awareness, American Cancer Society Cancer Awareness Programs. Those programs along with our own programs that include b ut not limited to, Youth Tutoring and mentorship with our Zeta Youth…

A crisis is “an acute disruption of psychological homeostasis wherein one’s usual coping mechanisms fail and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment.” The word crisis comes from Greek the krisis, which literally means decision. According to Merriam-Webster a crisis can be, • a: “the turning point for better or worse in an acute disease or fever,” • b: “a paroxysmal attack of pain, distress, or disordered function,” • c: “an emotionally significant event or radical change…

Phonemic awareness skills transfer more easily if the languages have similar alphabets, roots, orthography, and phonemes (Moughamian, Rivera & Francis, 2009). Moreover, Spanish language reading comprehension skills tend to enhance English reading skills because students use comprehension strategies they already know from their native language. The same alphabet is used in both languages, with Spanish having only one extra letter (ñ), and accents marks. Teachers can…

In contemporary America, the diversity of language has undoubtedly grown in prominence, as communication has continued to develop, and cultures have continued to intertwine. With countless forms and types of languages existing in the modern society, many have inevitably learned to speak and adapt to the common language that is English. While it would often be highly beneficial to learn that common language, in regards to opportunities for success, it is also true, however, that if one decides to…

Over the years, the Greeks produced dozens of myths involving the gods, as well as mortal heroes. Though it seems that these myths solely entertain the public, they also showcase the Greeks’ personal and cultural values. The myth “Apollo and Daphne” speaks of a god and a nymph, who were both struck my a Cupid’s arrow. Apollo was struck by an arrow, which caused him to become infatuated with Daphne, while Daphne became repulsed by all things related to love. After, quite literally, being chased…

What is Gentrification? Gentrification can have a negative connotation and is often compared to white flight, it also can be seen as a race issue. Whereas, a Caucasian population will take over poverty stricken mixed-race neighborhoods and revitalize them with their newly brought in businesses. Alex Schafran writes in the Berkeley Planning Journal, “residents of gentrifying neighborhoods have been "displaced" from the literature on the subject. [They] are so busy trying to define it, quantify…

Describe how beer was influential to the development of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Mesopotamia and Egypt were two of the first civilizations in the world., and they set a precedent for many civilizations to come. The well known beverage beer was greatly influential to the development of these civilizations. As early civilizations, Mesopotamia and Egypt were inhabited by some of the first people to transition from hunting and gathering to farming and domestication. Beer can credited with this…

There is a six century gap between my oldest words, ‘monument’, to my youngest word ‘synchronization’. When this time span is put into perspective this gap does not come as a shock. Monuments have been built since the beginning of time. Their purpose is to commemorate and immortalize important people and significant events that have happened in history. For instance the Great Pyramid of Giza was built to serve as a final resting pace of a pharaoh. The Parthenon in Athens, Greece was once a…