March of Dimes

The shortage in availability of crucial supplies mandatory to sustain life, or a certain quality of life indicates a scarce resource. Worldwide, we continually recognize scarce resources such as water, gasoline, food and medications. Recently, the United States has experienced a drastic flu epidemic, leading to a scarce supply of the influenza vaccines. The flu epidemic encouraged many individuals to vaccinate their families to prevent from catching the flu. The increase in desire for the…

within that year. A year after, in March 1st, the wage was $5.15-$5.75, but it changed again on September 1st. Increasing a dollar twenty-five. Today, minimum wage was $9 and it went up to $10 by January 1st, 2016. As people may say, that’s why you go to college to make a good income, it’s not as easy as it seems to work for what you want. It all takes time and money. Not everyone can qualify for financial aid,…

Chavez did by non-violent actions. Martin Luther King represented the African American community when it came to the civil right movement, which is what he is best known for. His way of protest were similar to those that Cesar Chavez had used. He would march, boycott, and talk in front of thousands of people. Dr. Martin Luther King was successful in his protest although some of his followers weren’t always peaceful. This would make many of the white folks to think that the African American were…

Living Life as a Gladiator What would life be like to live as a gladiator? Some gladiators loved the thrill of fighting. Gladiators were worshiped and hailed by the spectators. Many gladiators hated fighting to the death in arenas and coliseums. Most gladiators were enslaved and forced into this lifestyle. What is a gladiator? According to American Heritage Dictionary (1985) “A gladiator is a person trained to entertain the public by engaging in mortal combat in the ancient Roman arenas” (Page…

on the field. The problem is I don’t get any of the money that comes from the result of my success and our teams’ success. I’m not the only one that gets mad that we can get any money from our jerseys being sold.” The NCAA is not wanting to share a dime with the people who make the NCAA what it…

The Southern Bog Lemming is native to Ottawa, Canada and is often found in bogs, moist places, and sometimes deciduous forests and meadows. Lemmings are small mouse-like animals that on average weigh 35 grams. The dorsal side tends to be dark brown while the ventral side is a silver-ish gray. Algonquin Wolf The Algonquin Wolf is native to Ottawa, Canada and is a hybrid of the Eastern Wolf, Gray Wolf, and Coyote. Algonquin Wolves are usually found in, but not limited to, deciduous and mixed…

For multiple decades pregnant women, mostly women of color, who are living in Baltimore, Maryland have not received proper prenatal care. Although a significant number of pregnant women within the city typically initiate prenatal visits within the first trimester, there are still many of those women who are receiving late or no care. It has been noted that lack of transportation is one of the causes for women initiating prenatal care visits at later stages of pregnancy or not at all. Therefore,…

Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The students in the committee staged “sit-ins” to desegregate restaurants and department stores. The first event occurred in Greensboro, NC where four black students set at the counter at a Woolworth’s five-and-dime store. News media of this movement spread throughout the South and the North that other black students facilitated similar protests. In Oakland, CA black and white students staged sit-ins at their Woolworth’s store as well as the Sheraton…

Virginia Apgar was a groundbreaking medical scientist, and exceptional professor, who not only changed the field of perinatology, but paved a path for women physicians and anesthesiology to become equal in the medical world. Virginia Apgar was born on June 7, 1909 in Westfield, New Jersey. She describes her family as a fast paced family that “never sat down”. Her mother was Helen May Apgar, and her father was Charles E. Apgar. Her father’s profession was an insurance executive, but dreamed of…

Background: What is Down Syndrome? Down Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by an error in cell division that results in an extra twenty-first chromosome, that causes birth defects of developmental and intellectual delays. The human body is composed of trillions of cells and within the nucleus of each cell are structures called chromosomes (Parks, 2009). About eight million babies are diagnosed with Down Syndrome in the United States with approximately twenty thousand in Western Europe…