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The gender wage gap is one of the most controversial issues that exists in the United States. In a rapidly changing workplace, in which women are obtaining high profile jobs, the problem has arose about equal pay. One side of the argument suggests that women only get paid 79 cents for every dollar that a male counterpart makes, while the other side of the spectrum states that this is just a myth (Hochwarter, Wayne). The United States Women National Soccer Team (USWNT) is a highly successful…

of Jacksonville Melissa Medina SYG2000 Professor Dr. Rebecca Reeder May 20, 2017 Biography My name is Melissa Medina. A twenty-eight-year-old, who be turning twenty-nine in the month of July. I was born in Manhattan, New York lived there until, I was six-year-old. My father and mother decided to divorce around that time. My sister, my brother and me were relocated to Miami. Miami was my home most of life until, I was seventeen-year-old. At that time, I’ve moved to Jacksonville for…

Dr. Patricia Borstoff is an associate professor of Management at Jacksonville State University. She completed her graduate international business studies in Japan, the Czech Republic and Hungary and other various countries. She holds a B.A. summa cum lade from Stanford University, M.A. in history from the University of Albama, MBA from Jacksonville State University and a Ph.D. from Auburn University. Religion plays such a vital role in the principles that people embrace. Over the last few years…

that summer I had got my very first job at Little Caesars In Jacksonville That was the hardest job in the world especially working with new people who don 't know you and have a lot to say about your work and criticizing your work and everything that you do was hard for a 16-year-old I remember my first day working then…

narrative describing the moments she realized how different being colored made her. Her story features a very confident, hyper young version of herself in Jacksonville, Florida. She started in Eatonville, Florida where travelers going to and from Orlando would give her dimes to talk, dance, and sing, but when she turned thirteen and moved to Jacksonville she was no longer a person of interest, but someone being constantly reminded that “[she was] the granddaughter of slaves.” Throughout the…

1. Tevin Thompson testified in a Jacksonville, Fla., courtroom about the incident that occurred over Thanksgiving in 2012. Four friends were driving around town in a Dodge Durango when they stopped for gum and cigarettes at a local convenience store. Michael Dunn and his girlfriend pulled up in a Volkswagen and parked beside an SUV. Dunn is a 47-year-old white male who asked the black teenagers inside the SUV to turn down the loud music. Thompson, 19, said he turned down the volume but his…

happened to Brenton Butler in the documentary Murder on a Sunday Morning. The documentary follows the defence lawyer, Patrick McGuiness, as he defends Brenton in his trial. Brenton is accused of killing a sixtyfive year-old woman at the Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, Florida on May 7, 2000. Brenton stated that he is being unfairly tried because he was forced to sign a confession statement. The police on the case used racial profiling to determine that it was Brenton who shot the woman. The police…

The Story of Plongeur and the Polluted Waters It all started when scuba diver Plongeur, decided to go swimming. She was walking to her favorite lake, in which she hadn’t been to since last spring. When she noticed something was wrong. The lake wasn’t clear and as pretty as she had remembered, instead it was all black and there was trash floating in the water. She was disgusted at this discovery so she had to put it to a stop! She quickly threw on some regular clothes and a pair of chanx…

She supports her explanation by comparing her hometown, Eatonville, Florida to the town she moved to, Jacksonville, Florida. After moving to Jacksonville, she went from “everyone’s Zora” to “that little colored girl” (Hurston 1041). Since Zora grew up in a predominated black community, she was protected from all the negativity such as racism. Once she transferred to Jacksonville, she was introduced to a different lifestyle where as her skin color was an unfortunate thing. Hurston’s purpose…

I have a distinctive level of connection with three different sports teams such as the Florida State Seminoles football team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The level of connection I have with the Seminoles football team is an attraction because it is my favorite team. With respect to hedonism, I am attracted to the Seminoles football team because it is fun to watch games, entertaining, and fun to talk about the team. I also get excited from watching several players on…