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“Give me liberty, or give me death” is one of the most infamous quotes of the modern age. Reiterated throughout the British colonies in the western hemisphere around the time of the American revolution. Patrick Henry is the one who sparked this idea in the American revolution. However, he found this concept almost directly in the British play, Cato that was written by Joseph Addison in 1713. At the end of Act II, scene 4, Cato declared “It is not now a time to talk of aught but chains or…

Thomas J. Sugrue is the author of the book called The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit. Thomas Sugrue's very much explored and sharp picture of after war Detroit offers peruses essential bits of knowledge into level-headed discussions about the contemporary urban emergency and its relationship to race and post-modern decay. Sugrue beseeches students of history and social researchers to reconsider their presumptions about the "starting points" of the urban…

Millions of graduating seniors are expecting to attend college and will be met with the high cost of tuition. There has been a rapid increase in cost to public universities and colleges. While some activist believe free higher education is the best way to fight the rise in college tuition, there will be serious consequences to the economy. The recorded problem of rising college tuition has become an issue in many families. This expensive cost of a college education has multiple reasons for…

During her time performing at USO clubs, Ruth Brown met Jimmy Brown, known later as Jumpin’ Jimmy Brown, the trumpeter. In 1945, at the age of 17, Ruth ran away from home with Jimmy Brown, marrying him shortly after. The two ran away to Detroit, Michigan, singing in bars and clubs, hoping to make it big. It was while she was in Detroit that she was discovered by Lucky Millinder. She became a member of his orchestra and spent a few weeks performing with them before Millinder fired her for…

"Sports Ethics." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 20 Nov. 2014. Byers, Walter, and Charles Hammer. "Unsportsmanlike Conduct." Google Books. The University of Michigan Press, 1995. Web. 20 Nov. 2014. Matzkin, Matthew G. "Gettin ' Played: How the Video Game Industry Violates College Athletes ' Rights of Publicity by Not Paying for Their Likenesses." Http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu. Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount…

to interview for this assignment was difficult at first, trying to determine which sport and how to contact that person. I first started with the Toledo Mud Hens, but didn’t receive any call backs. I also contacted the Lansing Lugnuts and the West Michigan White Caps and again no call backs. So I looked up minor league baseball teams and the name El Paso Chihuahuas caught my attention. Looking up their front office staff on their website I seen that Angela Olivas is the Director, Marketing and…

Athletes in the major professional sports are getting paid far too much. The New England Patriots quarterback named, Tom Brady is a perfect example of the amount of money one elite athlete can make in the National Football League. These athletes are having millions of dollars that are being tossed all around them. The salary amounts is a good representation of something terrible about our society. The large amount of money that these athletes are making may not always go to good use. Many…

High School Football: Too Dangerous? Stacey Smart Brigham Young University Idaho Abstract This paper discusses the current High School Football program and the debate to either keep it alive, or ban the program. The two differing groups are Cognoscenti, and The MMQB. Cognoscenti consider High School Football to be a high risk to the student’s education and safety. This group wants to see the football program banned from High Schools. The MMQB supports the thought that High…