racial profiling, African American residents in Greensboro, about forty-one percent of the population, are charged with possession of minor amounts of marijuana five times as often as whites ones (2). The same type of statistics are being shown in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In fact, the top states that are known for their disproportionate percentage of stops are Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island…
Teen sexting has been a controversy for years, due to its legal connection to child porn. The two terms have separate definitions, but can overlap depending on the age of the person sending or keeping the message. The definition of child pornography states that any sexually-explicit picture or message of a minor, consensually given or otherwise, will always be child porn and is subject to a criminal charge. This leaves consensually sexting adolescents in a bit of a bad place. They are at risk of…
On the night of January 28, in 1985 in the 97th General Hospital at a United States Army base in Frankfurt, West Germany, is the birthplace of a man that would soon change the music world forever with his powerful array of lyrical meaning and word play. Also known as Jermaine Lamar Cole, J. Cole’s arguably most popular song, “Love Yourz” not only demonstrates palpable humility in which Cole compares the two types of lives he has lived, but also distress to a belief that this nation has built…
While the first Walmart may have opened in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962, the foundation for the company’s business strategies were laid long before. Walmart founder Sam Walton was born in 1918, and his attitudes toward money were developed by living through the depression. Working through these hard times, Mr. Walton went on to pursue a degree in business from the University of Missouri, then began his management career with JC Penney. After returning from serving in WWII, Mr. Walton bought a Butler…
To become an entrepreneur I do not need a degree. There are entrepreneurs and very successful entrepreneurs that don’t have any type of degree. Although it is not necessary to obtain a degree I am going to attend the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and get a bachelor’s degree. I plan to major in business management while minoring in entrepreneurship at the university’s Walton School of Business. It will cost me around $12,000 per semester complete my education. Also I plan to attend…
with men which they deserve. There’s an argument saying that men and women should be playing sports together as well. However, there are a lot of people in this world that are for and against this idea. I’m a student at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus and I’m enrolled in a freshman Comp I class. I will be gathering my data through surveys and observations that I have made throughout…
Landon Catlett and Steven Eubanks met face to face in the early morning at a hospital just outside of Portland, Oregon, on February 21, 1996, as Landon was birthed into this world, beginning a new chapter in both of their lives. Little did they know that this was a start to a relationship that would appear unbreakable due to how similar they seemed. However, they also were very different in many aspects which is why I will guide you through a comparison and contrast of Landon Catlett and Steven…
On the evening of October 13th, 2016, I attended my first Alcoholic Anonymous meeting. It was on the second floor of the Fayetteville VA, in the auditorium. As I ran upstairs, I bumped into a person who looked familiar, and told them so. “I was thinking the same thing,” they told me. We spoke briefly and discovered we did not know each other. Inside the auditorium, a large square of tables was surrounded by chairs, most of which were occupied. Behind the tables was a single row of freestanding…
Team Case Study Rebecca Sweet, Raven Wilson, Brittany Williams, Selena Cox Fayetteville State University Air Express Industry Bargaining Power of Buyer The bargaining power of buyer’s states that the capability of buyers lowering the prices that are charged by companies and demanding prices be increased so, they can afford to make new and better quality products. Looking at the bargaining power of suppliers, air freight companies are powerful when it comes to dealing with…
the House of Representatives during the Watergate Scandal in 1974. Hillary Clinton became a member of the University of Arkansas Law School where her soon-to-be husband was working as well. Bill and Hillary were married on October 11th, 1975 in Fayetteville,…