False alarm

Poem “1129” encapsulates the brilliance of the truth that Dickinson talks about. The poem is rife with imagery proclaiming truth’s similarity to light stating, “Too bright for our infirm Delight / The Truth’s superb surprise,” (Citation). These lines evoke the image of bright light exploding in front of our eyelids that at first we cannot comprehend. However, these lines also contain a judgment on us by saying that the truth is too bright for our short attentions. To this end the poem continues…

In the larger-than-life case of Rita Crundwell’s $53.7 million municipal fraud, a string of misconduct and vulnerabilities of various actors tangled together to obscure her crimes. Most obviously, internal controls were lacking. Segregation of duties, which would have been most pertinent in the reality of the small city government of Dixon, were almost nonexistent (Did Bank Oversight, 2013). Poor oversight into duties alone does not justify what has occurred. The scale of the fraud is astounding…

In 2014, approximately 11.4 million people were estimated to be living here in the United States illegally (Krogstad). This overwhelming amount of unauthorized residents affects every American in a substantial way. Most people can agree that social programs like food stamps, medicaid, and other charitable services are great, necessary, or helpful. However, they are only developed for the purpose of getting back on your feet after a setback in life. The programs were not developed for people to…

would have had enough balance to climb and covered enough that anyone from the group would have to actively look for her in order to see her, giving her the perfect false sense of security. Dixie normally had no problem staying in the tree, even when falling asleep. But in her defense, she didn't normally need to worry about alarms roaring directly below her. After regaining her breath Dixie slowly sat up, flinching at the pressure she put on her right wrist. She looked down at…

Union immediately went south. Both sides were trying to exceed each other’s nuclear arsenal. In addition, the United States’ various attempts at stopping Communism from spreading, such as the Korean War, led to a countless amount of threats and false alarms. So, in late 1959, the United States sent “fifteen nuclear tipped Jupiter missiles” to Turkey to try and intimidate the Soviets (GWU, n.d., p.1). At this time, relations between the United States and Cuba started to get rocky as well. Fidel’s…

The ACLU defines racial profiling as, “discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual 's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin”. While this act is shown in many other areas, law enforcement is included, but not limited to. The work force, education, and every day conversation, the primary focus of this essay will illuminate the recent racial profiling cases and their link to police brutality. Racial Profiling…

Police body cameras In the recent years there was growing tension between pole and the community they serve. Police use of force became a national concern throughout the nation, and also there were a number of protests against the police brutality. As a result, many activist groups was formed mostly from the people of colure requesting reforms in the law enforcement departments. A good example is the Black lives matter movement which was formed after the death of Michael Brown who was gunned…

A common topic in high schools of late has been the use of drugs and steroid use among athletes. High schools have the ability to test athletes for the safety of the students. Although some parents and students believe that drug testing students in high school causes problems that can be avoided by not testing them. In high school athletics, people have proposed to drug test athletes for the safety of the athletes; however, other people believe that they should not be drug tested because it…

The Invisible Abuser Throughout history, people have become accustomed to only seeing male perpetrators in domestic abuse. The image of the male being the stronger, more dominant figure is plastered in people’s minds. The male hits, bruises and scars the woman for life. The woman has an outreach and plenty of resources to help her get out of the abusive relationship. However, women also exist as perpetrators. Many female perpetrators share the same characteristics and have the same motives for…

breath. It was blank. I was confused, but I later got an email saying that the roommates that were released were a computer malfunction by the staff and that they weren’t the actual roommate assignments. Those would be sent out tomorrow. It was a false alarm. I felt relieved that Union hadn’t just suddenly forgotten about me, but I was still anxious about my roommates. When I woke up the next morning, I scrambled to check the website before I had to leave for work. I log in and finally saw the…