Kentucky

to the Kentucky Division of Water’s 1998 Report to Congress on Water Quality, approximately 33 percent of the rivers and streams in the state are impaired by high levels of pathogens due to improper waste disposal. The source of much of this pollution is the unpermitted discharge of untreated sewage from poorly maintained or failing septic systems. Some of these septic systems have failed drainage fields that leach septage directly into a nearby ditch or stream. Over the years, some Kentucky…

there are a few key characteristics that should be taken into consideration. Two very good schools that have similar atmospheres are the University of Kentucky and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The University of Kentucky is superior to SIUE in many aspects such as academics, athletics, and housing options. The University of Kentucky is consistently ranked within the top 100 public colleges in the United States. The median ACT score for UK is around 25, which is above the national…

In 1862, a young girl named Caroline Dennant served as a slave for the Levi family in Louisville, Kentucky. Caroline did many duties around the house and also served as a nanny for the Levi family’s only daughter, Blanche. The main focus of Caroline’s journey began when young Blanche consumed strychnine (a poison) and killed her almost instantly. Being that Caroline was the one taking care of Blanche, she got blamed for the child’s death as a murderer. While all of this is true, there is…

1930s was a detrimental time in America, especially Kentucky. People were dealing with the aftermath of the Stock market crash and the Great Depression. It was a time of poverty, hunger, and violence. Author, James Still was one of the few writers to accurately capture this time in Kentucky with his novel, River of Earth. Through his vivid writing and correspondence, James Still exemplifies the political, social, and cultural aspects of Kentucky during the era of the 1920s and 1930s which is why…

South Carolina protested this tariff strongly than any other state through the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions made by Madison and Jefferson that supported the state’s rights (Aboukhadijeh, “Nullification Crisis”). These resolutions stated that the state had the right to declare unconstitutional laws as null and void. Moreover, Calhoun wrote The…

federal law that was considered unconstitutional. The Constitution Convention continuously rejects to support this theory. They declared that only the federal courts had the right to void a law. The Nullification Theory is important because of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolution in 1798, the Nullification Crisis, and the Slave and Segregation laws. All those events started a…

war by Jefferson Davis. John Breckinridge has little known about him but he did some important things. John C. Breckinridge was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1821. John graduated from Centre College in Kentucky. He then studied law at Princeton University and Transylvania University. He moved to Burlington, Iowa, then quickly returned to Kentucky to start practicing law. This later would…

brain that control pain and emotions. When opiate drugs bind to these receptors, they can drive up dopamine levels in the brain’s reward areas, producing a state of euphoria and relaxation, some people get the urge to use the drug again and again. Kentucky in the past four years has had over 800 overdoses from heroin alone. Boone County has had almost 300 in the past four years. The Opioid Epidemic is a social justice issue that needs to be given awareness…

The movie “Prison State” follows the story of a town, Beecher Terrace, in Kentucky. The town spends approximately $15 million a year on their prison system (______). The film follows the stories of 4 individuals Christel, Charles McDuffie, Demetria, and Keith Huff. Christel is a 15year old teenager diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD. She was faced with a charge of truancy after neglecting to attend school. Michelle Alexander explains how bad the incarnation rate is in Beecher Terrace by…

In fact, 59 students live in Kentucky (or have Kentucky as their stated campus) and take only online classes. While that’s less than 4% of the whole student body, it is still a concern. More Kentucky students take at least one online course (312) than those who do not take any (230). For the past 20 years, Asbury’s online program has been the leader in online education…