The pros of concealed weapons on campus First of all, there are a lot of restrictions that are placed on people who have the permits. The holders must be of 21 years of age, passed an extensive background check up by the local law enforcers. The consent does not allow for any of the license holders not to be intoxicated when in campus. Each and every person who is issued with a permit to carry concealed weapon in campuses are all known to be responsible people in the society and they are associated with very little cases of crime in the society. There are several reported cases of CCW permit holders using their weapons to defend large numbers of people who have been attacked while on campus. Cons of concealed carry in campus It is common…
Most college students look at drinking alcohol as a ritual, but what they don’t think about is the pros and cons of being drunk. Jim Matthews wrote Beer, Booze, and Books to teach college students that drinking affects everything and everyone around them While acknowledging the abstinence he also taught us healthier ways to use alcohol to avoid the high-risk impact of negative reactions. Jim Matthew was also once a college student and he witnessed and played a role in being a victim to alcohol…
For colleges, adding concealed weapons onto a campus can prove deadly for both students and staff alike, while offering little to no advantage. With such a high rate of alcohol and drug abuse among students, and an even higher rate of alcohol related violence on campuses it leaves little confidence in students ability to handle the responsibility of a handgun. There is also no evidence that supports that campus shooters would be deterred by a heavier presence of guns on a campus. Finally,…
What if it was a fact that out of, say, one thousand freshman girls starting off at college this year, a total of two hundred of them will likely be a victim of sexual assault? According to Wood County’s Rape Crisis Center, in their brochure titled, You Don’t Have to Cope Alone: A Booklet for the Female Sexual Assault Survivor, sexual assault is defined to be “crimes involving sexual conduct or sexual contact.” In an article titled, “Researchers Just Found a Way to Reduce Sexual Assault on…
handful of people think that the drinking age should remain the same. In this paper you will learn the pros and cons of lowering the drinking age. For every pro for lowering the drinking age, there is a con. “When the drinking age became eighteen, however, college drinking became legal and open” (Poe 17). When the drinking age was eighteen, nobody tried to hide it. However; the consequences were worse than ever. College students would start fires or even wreck their cars. On the contrary; When…
Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2002. Print. Scholarly This book delves into the detrimental effects of binge drinking, and how to minimize the act itself. By charging students erroneously high amounts for alcohol they will still buy some, but will not abuse it. I will incorporate this book presenting the case that by selling alcohol at college sporting events, students will not exploit the rule, mainly because they cannot due to their budgets.…
Elimination of the Greeks The idea of joining a fraternity or sorority is very appealing to many incoming college students. However, most students do not know that the Greek life is not all it is cracked up to be. Many students spend a lot of time and money on getting accepted into these Greek organizations. There are many good things that can come out of being involved, but the cons can ruin a person's life forever. Schools should end sororities and fraternities because it requires an enormous…
What’s one of the most nerve racking things about looking into college? Finding a place to stay of course! Going to college for almost any student can get expensive. A good portion of students who are in school are living on a strict budget. When searching for a place to live, some things to keep in mind are commute, rent price, and setting aside money for food. There are many options for living, but for now we’ll focus on four: renting an apartment, a dorm, fraternity/sorority housing, or even…
College Dormitory and Roommates For university students in North America, it is the norm to live away from their parents and to start living in a dormitory or an apartment by themselves when they enroll in a university. Many students usually have roommates that they have never met before they move in, and they learn how to cooperate with them by spending more and more time with them. While a dormitory is seen as a convenient place for college students to live and socialize with each other, it…
The transtheoretical model can be applied to the MCPHS University college student population in the problem behavior of alcohol abuse. The first construct of this model is stages of change; therefore, this first construct provides a time dimension suggesting that change occurs over time. The first stage is the precontemplation stage where a person is not considering change in the future. There are several reasons just as to why people may be in this stage because they are uninformed or…