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eleven was born with the name of Arthur Joseph Goldberg. Arthur was only eight years old when his father passed away. Destined to graduate, Arthur worked multiple different low-paying jobs while attending High School. First attending Crane Junior College on a scholarship after High School, Arthur was able to transfer to Northwestern University on a scholarship also while also balancing a work…

The decades following the Civil War were a time of explosive growth for the United States, by the end of the Nineteenth century American economic wealth dwarfed that of its former colonial overseers. With this growth came challenges, the growing disparity between the wealthy and the poor led to deplorable and unsafe working conditions as the demand for production and more wealth for business owners became a more powerful motivator than human life and safety. This increase in economic success had…

Every school is required under the Title IX to have a coordinator or administrator that watches out for any illegal activities that are unjust to Title IX (U.S.Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, 2013). According to the survey administered by the…

According to the American Therapeutic Recreation Association "recreational therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling condition, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being." (ATRA, 2009). This service helps restore and rehabilitate the functional ability and reduce the limitations one may have due…

lowered to eighteen, lowering the drinking age would be irresponsible and only add to societal issues. There has to be a higher age of initiation to the right to drink due to the dangers posed by drinking. Also, lowering the drinking age in the United States would be medically irresponsible-greatly interfering with the development of young adults’ bodies and minds. Lastly, lowering the drinking age would encourage and further provide the means for underage drinking. As is clear, the drinking age…

being randomly picked. Although the lottery was, at one time, illegal in the United States it has since made it’s recovery upon being re-legalized in the name of the government making money without raising taxes. Since its revitalization per the United States government, the lottery is not only alive but also alive and well. According to the Report of the Audit of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation, in 2006 the state of Kentucky alone profited $242.9 million dollars, $204.3 million of that going…

May 10, 1878 in Berlin, Germany. His father, Ernest Stresemann, was a Berlin innkeeper and beer distributor.. Since he was little he helped out with the family business. Out of five children, he was the only child who was able to go to high school and college. His family…

the United States. Further, my grandmother’s father was Créole, and her Mother was African American. I was born and raised in Chicago, Ill and, I relocated to Alabama after the burial of my Grandmother. Nevertheless, growing up in Chicago was a continuing adventure from childhood to my adulthood. I resided in many communities, and intermingled, and worked with people of diverse race and culture. At the age of 17, I completed my High school education in Chicago, and attended college to study…

American women suffers from anorexia. Two to three in 100 American women suffer from bulimia. In a woman’s lifetime, 1.1%-4.2% of girls suffer from an eating disorder. . As many as 10% of college women suffer from a clinical or nearly clinical eating disorder. More than four out of ten boys in middle and high school regularly exercise with the goal of increasing muscle mass. Young men seem to be more negatively affected by the media images than adolescent boys are. Eating disorders are…

As a child, I would always want to be outside doing something. My mom had me age 17, still in high school, and she was still playing softball. For some odd reason, I remembered going to her games, as well as my aunts. My mom was the main reason for my love of softball. I believe I should be considered to win the Nebraska Softball Foundation Scholarship because softball is my life, I overcome obstacles well, and I have great leadership all around. From when I was able to hold a ball in my hand,…