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Do Race-Conscious Programs in Public University Admissions Policies Violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Law? Michael Gibbons, December 1st, 2015, Issue 17 Facts: Race may be used for public universities during the admission process to choose which students to accept. In theory by allowing race to be a factor in the process, it will help the country reach equality among all races and classes. However, some believe that it is a step backwards and that this…

second article is that, after leaving the clinic to quit smoking, smokers added cognitive cognitions to make there self less aware of the major health risk of smoking, and lowered their perception of the dangers of smoking, to justify their relapse (Gibbons et al; n.d.). These results together support my understanding of dissonance by showing how it works in real people’s lives in real situations. Sometimes it helps people’s decisions, and sometimes because of other present factors, dissonance…

According to Schneider and Wildman (2011), before the 21st century, gender-based classification in education experienced a culture shift in how the Courts, as well as the states, should react to single-sex education. The authors reference three eras, (1) Before gender-neutral treatment in America, (2) When education (by design) discriminated against women’s ability to succeed outside the home. (3) When research began after the 21st century. Between 1870-1910, Those in opposition, protectionists…

intellectually. Although the preferred portrayed subjects were initially Zen patriarchs, teachers, and enlightened individuals, the range of subject matter eventually broadened to include themes such as bamboo, flowering plums, orchids, birds and gibbons. Reflecting the Japanese sensibility for nature, it is suggested that by capturing “the eternal qualities of the object, which is in itself a work of natural art, before the artist arrives on the scene” (Lieberman), anything may be painted, or…

The Roman Empire was legendary in its height. Roads, architecture, politics, warfare, mythology and more made the nation one of the most successful and long lasting of any this planet has seen. They did though, like most civilizations, experience a fall. In this brief analysis, the pitfalls of the Great Roman Empire which lead to the decline are discussed. After 500 years as the world’s leading superpower the Western Roman Empire fell 476 A.D (Evans). Why exactly it fell is a matter of debate…

Animal Rights Jeremy Bentham, the author of The Principle of The Morals and Legistation said “The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but “Can they suffer?””. According to the Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition (2015), retrieved from Dictionary.com website, animal rights is defined as the freedom of animals to live free from human abusing them and taking advantage of their privileges of having a well taken cared life. As the world is…

This case study, State v. Selalla (2008), involves Kevin Ballesillo Selalla (Selalla) who was charged in South Dakota on 27 July 2005 for drug possession, drug dealing intent and assuming fake identities intended to mislead law enforcement. Prior to the trial, Selalla claimed having limited knowledge of English and in response, the trial court hired a Spanish/English interpreter to assist Selalla. However, the Public Defender’s office took liberty in hiring another interpreter to facilitate…

The importance of achieving a holistic overview of the skills, perceptions and attitudes of the child is paramount when gaining an understanding of the developmental levels (EE, 2012), thus enabling the pedagogy to plan and provide a stimulating environment within which the individual child can learn. To obtain such information Howe & Davies (2010) concurred by Bradley et al (2011) refer to the Montessori theory highlighting the importance of observing the child in a variety of naturalistic…

“At the height of the Roman Empire a quarter of the world’s population lived under Roman law”(“Frontiers” 1). The Roman Empire was a powerful yet strong government. It grew to five million square kilometers under the rule of a great warrior and emperor named Trajan. “Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman History…”(“Trajan”1). Trajan lived to be sixty-three years old nineteen which he ruled as emperor. He was a great man,…

Vanderbilt, Hill, The Scrantons, Shwab, and Rockefeller are what were believed to be “Robber Barons”. This was a phrase given to entrepreneurs by society because they believed that they were only out for themselves. Many believed that they were political entrepreneurs who's only worry in life was to make money, when in fact they wanted the exact opposite. In the book Myth of the Robber Baron, Burton Folsom tells the story of how these men who were thought to be out for themselves helped to shape…