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College athletes already receive free tuition, free books, first pick of classes, and a personal tutor. On average, it will cost a student about $30,000 to attend a private college, and $10,000 to attend a public college. If you are a college athlete, you enter college for free. Along with free tuition, college athletes also receive the first pick of class. Colleges desire that athletes get a sterling education along with their athletic adventure. Guidance counselors allow athletes to…

Euthanasia is the intended killing of another person with the intention of ending an individuals suffering with their request. Euthanasia has three different decisions: Voluntary, Non-Voluntary, and Involuntary. Each of these decisions either have active or passive causes of death. Physician assisted suicide is when a physician provides the patient with the substance and/or tells them how to end their life with it. Along with giving them the substance, they are aware that the patient may commit…

Physician Assisted Suicide, an Ethical Dilemma The practice of assisted suicide in the United Sates is extremely controversial. On one side of the spectrum, citizens believes that if one is suffering from a terminal illness, they should have the right to terminate their life with a physician’s assistance to prevent future and prolonged suffering. On the opposing side, it is morally unethical for a health care provider to provide assisted euthanasia on the grounds that the practice in…

alternative. The name of the treatment? Physician assisted suicide (PAS). In a perfect world, the above scenario would be entirely fictional. Unfortunately, situations like the one described above have already occured in America. Barbara Wagner, an Oregon woman,…

Satellite signals for GPS units used to be disrupted by the United States Air Force, for security purposes. However, in early 2000, the signals were allowed for civilian use. Two days later, Dave Ulmer, a computer consultant in Oregon,”hid a navigational target in the woods to test the new GPS accuracy.” (Briney 2009). He posted the coordinates of his target online, and within two days, his target was found. Behold the birth of geocaching, a popular outdoor activity in which participants try to…

A pair of (credentials here) did a study out of Oregon state university that lends scientific evidence to the argument that wolves need to be seen as an environmentally necessary top predator. “OSU researchers William Ripple and Robert Beschta have found evidence, both historical and contemporary, of significant impact from predation on the width, depth and meanders of the Gallatin River in Yellowstone National Park.” (Predators help shape…Oregon State University) Their research says that the…

connection with practically every character in the story. Male characters generally accept the role of being protective and hard-working. For instance, Sierra’s father is a stereotypical, overprotective parent. As shown by Sierra, when she is working in Oregon with a helicopter she remarks, “Last year was the first year Dad let me do this. I knew he wanted to tell me the…

that he should move from Las Vegas to somewhere that had a coast, he ultimately decided on Oregon. So they sold their house, quit their jobs, and bought a house on the coast of Oregon, and they are struggling to make the house payment and pay their bills because neither of them can find a decent job. If you ask my uncle how its going, he will tell you its not going good but his dream said moving to Oregon was the better solution so it would be worse if he was still living in Las Vegas, running…

In today’s society, it’s hard to imagine nursing as a wanted job by males. Look around a hospital or a doctor’s office: women will be looked at as nurses while men will be looked at as doctors. The blame should be placed on society itself. Parent’s tell their son to look down at nursing due to its feminine features it receives. Instead, parents push for their son to become a doctor or physician while they tell their daughter to pursue nursing because females don’t get respected as doctors as men…

Currently Oregon is making state history with impactful tax decisions that are pressing closer as voting season nears by the day. One of the resolutions to be made this fall is whether or not to enact measure 97, imposing an increased tax on larger corporations. Residents are divided and interest groups are taking sides as well as working to publicize their views and win over voters who are reclining on the white picket fence in a state of indecision. At this point the polls reveal a tip in the…