Faculty

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The faculty at the University of Waterloo have strongly impacted the world with their tobacco research. By combining scientific evidence with innovative technology, they create resources to help young Canadians quit smoking.(1) The accomplishments of UW staff and students have been recognized around the world. Their innovative approaches and extensive research on smoking have received attention from the World Health Organization, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Medical…

ideology be hedonism when it goes against a basic assumption. In hedonism, there is acceptance of the idea that the only way a pleasure is better than another pleasure is by it being more pleasurable. Whereas Mill has added the idea of higher and lower faculties to this. If a pleasure…

The antinomies of pure reason are among the most important sections in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, and transcendental philosophy in general. Among the antinomies, none were more well-recognized or well known than the third antinomy, which concerns the nature of freedom and determinism. This antinomy went on to pave the way for the rest of German Idealism, along with signaling a general shift in metaphysics that Kant himself would be engaged with for the rest of his life. As an indication of…

Though prophecy plays a large role in religions across the globe, its mechanisms and professors remain shrouded in mystery. Two philosophers who have attempted to explain the phenomenon are Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) and Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677). The most prominent source for Maimonides ideas about prophecy is his work The Guide of the Perplexed . Though not a true Aristotelian, Maimonides adheres to concepts derivative of classical philosophical ideas far more than his contemporary…

Facts Birthplace of jazz: New Orleans in the early 1900s As more job opportunities opened in the North, jazz started to move to Chicago and the midwest. Black Bottom dance and the Charleston were invented. Known as the Dance Age and Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was a post World War 1 movement. The birth of jazz music is credited to African Americans, but both black and white Americans alike are responsible for its immense rise in popularity. Female singers emerged during this period. African and…

Drake Faculty and Staff, I humbly request to repeat the spring semester at Drake Law School. During the fall semester of my first year of law school, I had the grave misfortune of befriending an individual that attacked me after a social gathering of fellow law students. Due to this incident, I was unable to perform at my best and it reflected in my grades. The following semester, I came forward and requested assistance from the faculty and staff in an effort to improve the spring semester.…

basketball team. Right before practices were about the start, four girls left school and went to a local bar. The girls got drunk and returned to school right before dismissal. They didn’t hide their condition. The school quickly turned into turmoil. Some faculty wanted the girls to be suspended and have detention after the girls returned. Some wanted them to be kicked off the team. This is a justice vs. mercy, the justice part was that girls need to be an example and held accountable. Mercy is…

After doing some research, I have found some dependable information on what SIUE does to encourage diversity on their campus. With that in mind, I personally believe SIUE provides a welcoming environment to all faculty, staff and the student body of roughly 14,000. The university strongly motivates every student to have a positive mind set and strives to reach their goals which will be beneficial in their future careers. In addition, SIUE has three main diversity goals that they set to…

The big question senior year is always where are you going to college? This is a crucial decision in an already stressful year of school. There are so many colleges to choose from, but once the choice is narrowed there are a few key characteristics that should be taken into consideration. Two very good schools that have similar atmospheres are the University of Kentucky and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The University of Kentucky is superior to SIUE in many aspects such as academics…