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like”, this is what the majority of members of a sorority or fraternity would respond after being asked about Greek life. Why is that they feel like they have to say that? One word: Marketing. The way sororities and fraternities are portrayed to the public gives off a bad image and reputation about the members and their community. Any person who has not been part of Greek life and does not have any information about this community and its activities they would think sororities and fraternities…

Eliott, nice to "virtually" meet you. As Blake mentioned we have know each other for many years while both working in the Atlanta market. We have shared involvement and support of industry associations as well as supported each other by providing leads and introductions for opportunities to collaborate and work together. I don't need to tell you how lucky TVTY is to have Blake on your team. I have spent more than 15 years in a Business Development role primarily in the digital marketing and…

independent public school district, in 1956, the home began sending children to the local public school due to financial restraints that rendered them unable to continue their in house education system. “I went to public school, all the kids knew where you lived by your clothing”. Clothing for the orphans were limited. The clothing was manufactured by the state women’s penitentiary and was purchased by the home for the children. The girls’ uniform was black or gray dresses that donned a square…

people and covered an area of approximately 9.0 square miles. It has a population density of 3,414 people per square mile (City-Data, 2011). In comparison, zip code 95945 is located in Grass Valley, which is part of the Nevada County. The city of Grass Valley is historically known as a gold mining town that is geographically located one hour north of Sacramento. As of 2011, zip code 95945 had a recorded population of 24,162 with a total of 64.2 square miles. Although zip code 95945 covers a…

Prematurity has been considered a serious public health problem around the world. The reasons for the occurrence of a premature birth include maternal and fetal conditions, and their implications go beyond technical obstetric and neonatal issues, as they affect the daily lives of children, teenagers, men and women. The complications of prematurity are the leading cause of neonatal deaths and the second most frequent cause of deaths in children younger than 5 years of age. In Brazil, health…

Not unlike any other PVTA ride, my experience began with sprinting to catch the bus on time. Fortunately since the bus costs $1.25 to get anywhere, other Mount Holyoke students are busy trying to deposit their quarters or stuff their crumpled dollar bills into the machine so I had time to catch my breath before taking a seat. As the bus began meandering through South Hadley it almost felt like a suburban environment to a larger town. And I noticed the crowd was quite diverse compared to the…

fact, around the anniversary of Tiananmen Square, the covering of any bad news is prohibited, and the government forces political dissidents to “recuperate outside of the city”. Those who do not obey, are then forced out of the city by the police and interrogated much like the story of the Honest Doctor which will be further explained later. When one person came to mourn the death of former Premier Zhao, who sided with the students during the Tiananmen Square protests, he was beaten and was not…

The design elements in the three scenes by Serlio, tragic, comic and satiric that are relevant to contemporary street design in Western Canada would be its neighbourhoods and central business district. The neighbourhoods would relate to the comic stage, which involves private houses and apartments that occupy citizens such as average families, storeowners, professionals and others similar individuals in their homes and on their streets. The comic street view is lined with mixed-use buildings…

China’s Internet Censorship It is not good to be right when the government is wrong. And since most governments get to choose what they think is right even if it might not be, there is a good chance that somebody is not going to agree with them. This is a growing problem today in China where their communist government gets to choose what their citizens see and don’t see. It is unnervingly similar to what happened in George Orwell’s science fiction novel, 1984. The government, which is headed by…

economic resource development needs of many different cultures and ethnicities, as well as the rebirth of Chicago isolated neighborhoods like Englewood, Roseland, and Pilsen have an opportunity to compete with the Hyde Park, Lincoln Park, and Logan Square? Illinois adopted the once known as Tax Allocation Re-development Act in 1985. This act…