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Only a few of political documents have affected the world quite like the American Declaration of Independence or the French Declaration of the Rights of Man. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and The Declaration of Rights of Man was written by the National Assembly in 1789. Both articles embodied the Enlightenment ideologies of indicating equal rights and liberty. The Declaration of Independence was a document declaring the United States to be independent of the…

school in order to set an example. (McNabb, 2012) The NCAA sees the use of the death penalty as an action of last resort and as such it has only been used on five programs: 1952-53 University of Kentucky basketball, 1973-75 University of Louisiana-Lafayette basketball, 1987 Southern Methodist University (SMU) football, 2003-06 Morehouse College soccer and 2005-07 MacMurray College men’s tennis.…

they were younger, “Jem and [Scout] confined [their] activities to the southern neighborhood” (Lee, 114) but, now that they are older, “the business section of Maycomb dr[aws] [them] frequently up the street past the real property of Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose” (Lee, 114). Jem and Scout had stayed in one area…

Most of our American citizens stand by the constitutional right to bear arms, but I can honestly say I do not do to guns play a huge role in our society crime rate. Many of the guns floating around communities typically are not registered or stolen property. The lax restrictions on gun control is an issue because it allows guns to fall into the wrong citizen's hands such as our youth, convicted felons, and the reckless individuals. These three categories of our society are overflowing our court…

Samuel F. B. Morse On April 27, 1791 Samuel B. F. Morse was born to his parents Jedidiah Morse and his mother Elizabeth Breese in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was the first of the three sons. By the age of seven Samuel was in Phillips Academy. Though he was not a student star, his drawing skills were great. Both Samuel's teachers' and parents' encouragement led Samuel to success with miniature portraits. In 1810 Morse graduated from Yale Collage.…

Located in Lafayette, Indiana, the plant employs more than 5,000 Americans and this benefits every citizen. As Subaru dealerships in Mississippi like to point out, the plant does much more to benefit our country. It is the first auto assembly plant in America to achieve…

is to develop effective legislation to protect the public sector’s needs. They are as well concerned about developing legislation that manages the natural resources. They want to promote the economy and find energy independence for the country. (Lafayette College, 2011) Yukon, Northwest Territory, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Québec, New Brunswick,…

benefit the growth of the festival because they are all the key things that attract people to attend Festival Acadiens et Créoles. In conclusion there are many different aspects of the festival that allow it to be successful and continue growing. These aspects are things such as the 100,000 to 150,000 people and tourist who are estimated to have attended Festival Acadiens et Créole (Wartelle). Many of these people who are of Cajun Créole culture are not in fact from the surrounding area; however…

Obsessive or not, any parent wants to believe that she is making a big difference in the kind of person her child turns out to be. Otherwise, why bother? The belief in parental power is manifest in the first official act a parent commits: giving the baby a name. As any modern parent knows, the baby-naming industry is booming, as evidenced by a proliferation of books, websites, and baby-name consultants. Many parents seem to believe that a child cannot prosper unless it is hitched to the…

I attended the Golden State Women’s Choir Competition at the Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church on March 4th, 2017. There, I watched the Advanced Treble Choir from Marin High School perform, directed by Stevie Greenwell. I enjoyed the concert very much. The songs selected were all very different. “Selene’s Boat” was very soft and the choir stayed very still throughout the song. “Ave Maris Stella” was a required piece, but the choir did it well. They performed it at a slow tempo, and sang the…