Odds

Euthanasia, or death with dignity, is when a third party ends the life of someone else for their own benefit, but, when you throw mental illness into question, it becomes even more of a debatable topic. In the scholarly article, “The Odd Odyssey of ‘Dr. Death’” by G. Borger, Jack Kevorkian was the only doctor who would euthanize a patient diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This woman had, at most, a year left before living the rest of her life unbearable, meanwhile countless doctors refused to…

the winners being heavily outnumbered, with the battle of Muret being one of the greatest, as 1,600 French troops held off over 30,000 Aragonese soldiers in 1213 AD (Wisniewski). In the real world, there have been battles where the odds are 25 to 1, but in fiction, the odds can be much worse for the characters. Throughout the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, one character is extremely outnumbered. Anthem illustrates to fight for what one believes in, no matter how outnumbered they are. Despite…

12 odd terms of endearment you should be using They’re bound to better than “bumpkin” Ah, good old terms of endearment (or nicknames or pet names or whatever you like to call them), we all would have had one. Whether it is from a significant other or family or your BFF, there is always that one weird one you never want to tell anyone even though you know they mean well. (Mine is Hilbae. Enough said) So I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to worry because as it turns out there are plenty…

Theoretical Framework The Proportional Odds Model A binary logistic regression model estimates the odds and the probability of experiencing an event for the dichotomous outcome variable on a set of predictors. The logistic regression model is defined as: ln(Y′) = logit [π(x)] = ln = α + β1X1 + β2X2 + …+ βpXp. (1) where logit [π(x)] is the log odds of success, and the odds is a ratio between the probability of having an event and the probability of not having that event.…

order, heralding in the world we know today, having been transformed by the industrial revolution, it was a period of wide-spread general malaise. George Gissing’s The Odd Women reflects the major cultural and sexual issues of the late nineteenth century. Unlike some other novels of the time which may have idealized the idea of the “odd” woman and refuted the notion that they were extra, Gissing parodies that image and portrays women as superfluous. Gissing shows the societies inconsistence in…

In Against All Odds: the Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations, authors Brad Christerson, Korie L. Edwards, and Michael O. Emerson present the results of their research into integrated religious organizations. To frame their research they employ a case-study approach, examining four congregations, a religious based university and a religious organization within a university. Through these case studies the authors examine what processes happen in an integrated religious…

Beating all Odds Growing up you feel like anything is possible, you are given certain ideas that any dream or goal you have can be met with hard work behind it all. Is this always true? Maybe, maybe not? I want to introduce you to my cousin Melina. This young woman, I viewed as my oldest sister. She was born and raised in the Coachella Valley to a teen mother named Diana. Melina grew up in a broken latino family, with her father leaving her as a child. She then had a stepfather who wasn’t the…

are the cars. Our personality and habits fluctuate with our emotions such as love, pain, anger or excitement. However, fear is the most impactful emotion that can drive us and what we do, because it gives a sense of safety and survival. In the book Odds Against Tomorrow, Nathaniel Rich gives us an alternative reality where we can see a world that becomes consumed by fear and see changes in characters such as Mitchell…

program. For girls in America, social life is a very important facet and that includes being well-liked, accepted, and not showing aggression. When thinking of a school bully, you think of someone that is tough and mean, but Rachel Simmons in the book Odd Girl Out, shows us another type of bullying in girls. Rachel Simmons has researched the bullying of girls at junior high schools and high schools across the region. Simmons dedicates majority of the book to sharing interviews and hearing the…

Going Against the Odds. Picture a small town where everyone just gossiped like high school girls.The gossip, however, would not just be about who was dating who; the gossip would be about discrimination. Discrimination towards someone based on their skin color or judging someone because they act strange and never come outside.Maycomb, Alabama and Jackson, Mississippi are both filled with this kind of gossip.The novel To Kill a Mockingbird,written by Harper Lee, is a story that takes…