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Indiana Wesleyan University Indiana Wesleyan University is a Christian based academic organization that is committed to changing the world by developing students who have strong character, leadership skills and scholarly abilities. Because of this, Indiana Wesleyan University focuses on guiding students through integrative learning, empowering them to fulfill their purpose and help them discover their life calling. The university is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church denomination. They are not…

The Vigo County Crime Victim Assistance Program (VCCVAP) assists victims of crime in the Terre Haute, Indiana area. The VCCVAP was founded in 1988, and has been providing victims with a sense of security and assistance ever since. The VCCVAP obtains all of the police reports from the Terre Haute Police Department, West Terre Haute Police Department, and the Vigo County Sherriff’s Office. The legal advocates read through every single police report and recognize the victim. Since the program has…

Under the State's recreational use statute, the owner of a property that permits any person either directly or indirectly without charge the use of the property for recreation purposes does not assume responsibility for any injury incurred. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 411.190. A “charge” refers to the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land. Id. In regards to the application of the fee, Midwestern, Inc. determined that the fee must have been…

I’m writing about the difference between Wabash County Jail and Huntington County jail and how they compare and contrast each other. I will be telling how much inmates are held in each cell and how many the cells can hold. I will also be telling you how they feed all the inmates and how they control all the inmates. I want to talk about the electrical locked doors and how everything can be control in the control room. So first I will be telling you how I feel about these two jails and how they…

Indianapolis, Indiana, Is a beautiful city. It is home to numerous war memorials, second only to Washington, DC. However, it is a long way from my home town in Louisiana and not only in distance. I relocated to Indiana temporarily for a job almost a year ago, before the job was completed I was asked to take a permanent position. So my new ‘home’ town is now Indianapolis. I decided to embrace this with this essay, so I began to look for a site-specific public sculptor that has meaning to…

crime is emotional and often time’s emotion outweighs other aspects (Mitchel 2004, pg 98-111). Because of this perception of crime, one does not often put his or herself in a position where he or she would be affected by crime. Hamilton County, Indiana in 2010 has a crime rate of 48.15 while Marion County in 2010 has a crime rate of 300.5 (FBI URC Statistics). When one lives in Hamilton Country and is used to a low crime rate, one’s perception of Marion County’s crime rate is that it is a lot…

500 covered bridges in the state of Indiana. Beginning in 1835, Henry County contained the first covered bridge in Indiana history. In 1937, Indiana was home to 202 covered bridges; Dearborn County had two. By 1998, there was only one covered bridge in Dearborn County, and it is known as Guilford Covered Bridge (Covered Bridges in Indiana). Guilford Covered Bridge was built in 1879 by A.M. Kennedy and Sons, who had built around fifty covered bridges in Indiana by the 1900s. The bridge…

Our criminal justice class took a trip to the Huntington and Wabash county jail this week. I was very excited to go on these trips since I had never actually got the opportunity to go into the main parts of the jail before. I was intrigued to learn more information about the jails and how they operate. To my surprise, there were many differences and similarities between the two jails. The Huntington County jail (HCJ) is located in downtown Huntington, catty corner from the court house. Having…

Allen can remember when the power and phone had to be shut off on multiple occasions because his family did not have any money. He even remembers when a broken pipe leaked raw sewage into their rundown apartment complex in Hampton. He has came a long way and worked very hard to become one of the best basketball players of all-time. Allen Ezail Iverson was born on June 7, 1975. His parents Ann Iverson and Allen Broughton were only 15 at the time that they had Allen. His father left shortly after…

Currently the target population for Indiana University Southeast is traditional students under the age of 25. With the decreasing numbers of traditional students attending IUS, a target market they are striving for are non-traditional students and transfer students. This includes students who are single parents, veterans, international students, those returning to college after interruptions in their education, those who carry significant family and work obligations, those who self-identify as…