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Native American mascot, "As a graduate of North Haven High School, we never considered the Indian as our mascot, we considered ourselves a tribe," adding that if not for the Indian tribes in North Haven, particularly Montewese, the chief of the Quinnipiac tribe, the town would never have come to be. "Without his help, the people of North Haven would not have survived," she said. "[He is found] everywhere, including on our town seal." (Ramunni). Some tribes are okay with the use of mascots and…

The political beliefs of the American people in the year 2016 can be characterized as reform liberalism. Although the American political culture contains numerous core ideals and values as all American share different views, the vast majority of people support general ideas including equality, liberty, and order. America allows each individual to have their own personal beliefs within the political sphere. Different generations live through different experiences which significantly shapes the…

Can SAT Prep Course Help Raise Test Takers Score? Getting a decent education is required for us to have a better future. Of course, dedication, motivation, and inspiration can help you positively and get an excellent score. But is that enough? Have you taken SAT prep course before? Is SAT prep that important on achieving a higher score? Well, having a higher SAT score could even help you get into top universities leading to an effective personal and business opportunity. But sadly, this…

A group that is impacted the most with raising minimum wage were young black males and females. Their view in the past on this issue was how it would impact their employment status. When the economy is down, raising the cost of minimum wage would not be a good at all because it does affect young people with having jobs. Even though minimum wage hikes are good for the employee workers but not young people looking for jobs or just started their jobs. The hardest hit by the minimum wage hike…

Throughout the world the United States is viewed as a country of gun lovers. Our love of guns was largely rooted at the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Within the passing 239 years since that day, personal gun ownership had steadily increased and along the way thousands of lives have either been saved or taken due to that very fact. “Every year in the U.S. there are nearly 30,000 gun deaths” (Pollitt, 1). The average U.S. citizen is able to buy a handgun when they…

prominent gun rights advocacy group is the National Rifle Association (NRA). The National Rifle Association promotes the “right-to-carry” laws, which means people have the right to carry a concealed handgun in public. Mark Gius is an economist at Quinnipiac University who found that limiting people’s right to carry increases a state’s homicide rate by 10 percent (Rosen). There are many who call for stricter gun control measures and laws. They claim that the majority of crimes and suicides…

In the beginning of the semester I thought it’d be the smartest idea to work on the social media branch of my company and call it ABP Social. For the beginning weeks, we went in full steam contacting local businesses, finding their interests, seeing how we can solve their problems. We managed to learn a lot in those weeks, we learned a new method of using Snapchat as a new option for marketing. We sadly didn’t get contacted by Snapchat when we contacted them on the idea, and our number of…

The Effect of Decreased Amounts of DOPA on the Production of Dopachrome Intro Enzymes are a catalyst, typically a protein, that affects the rate of a chemical reaction. They allow these complex reactions to occur at a low temperature with less energy usage. In enzyme-catalyzed reactions, a substrate, the substance to be acted upon, binds to the active site on an enzyme to form the product. The active site is the only part of the enzyme that reacts with the substrate. For the substrate to become…

Taking down the Confederate flag on government grounds isn’t the only issue surrounding the flag but also the banning of the flag in public spaces. Schools are battling the display of the flag on vehicles and articles of clothing. In the Virginia high school of Christiansburg more than 20 students were suspended after they refused to remove cloths that had the Confederate flag on it. There suspension came shortly after a new district policy banning any Confederate symbol from the school, rear…

current president Mr. Obama can also be found in the media with titles of articles such as “Obama Turns his Wrath on GOP Senate.” Most predominantly seen in today’s society is the media bias that is against Donald Trump. A recent poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that regardless of political affiliation, over 55 percent of likely voter agreed that the media is biased against Trump (The Washington Times). This bias has caused the Trump’s numbers to significantly drop in voter polls.…