Sonoma State University

As the obesity epidemic continues to be the focus of many research studies some are beginning to blame colleges and universities for the steady increase in college student obesity (Nicklas, Baranowski, Cullen, and Berensosn, 2001; Huang, Harris, Lee, Nazir, Born, and Kaur, 2003; Brown, Dresen, and Eggett 2005; Nelson, Gortmaker, Subramanian, Cheung, and Wechsler, 2007; Blankenau, 2009). Many argue that neither blame nor responsibility should be placed on the institution of higher education.…

As I look back to my high school days, all I could ever think about was getting my diploma and moving on to college. Frankly, I just wanted to graduate because I was growing tired of the same old stuff in school. I didn’t really know what I was getting into, thinking that I was ready for college while being blind-sided by the amount of obstacles that I came to face. Now realizing the amount of responsibility that I have to accept, my situation of being a first-generation college student and my…

medicine in order to control them to remain calm and focus in school. Giving medication to boys whom are normally distracted causes them to be less interested in school. Men not going to college can lead into more poverty and unemployment in the United States it is not a good thing to let happen there should be more ways for boys to be able to learn in school. McArdle and Conlin agree that the imbalance in gender education is bad and that some actions need to be taken into consideration. For…

Cupping Student Debt In this cartoon, Joe Heller illustrates the feelings that every student has in relation to students loans. Heller’s purpose in this cartoon is to draw attention to the enormity and un-manageable amount of debt they acquire over the course of their college career. He uses a combination of wording, design and symbolism in order to effectively empathize with the struggle that every college student experiences, drawing the conclusion that college is too expensive, forcing…

Essay one The first semester of a college’s students career will be one of the most exciting yet stressful semesters of their college career. Coming straight out of high school or a job, college will be a very different kind of education any student has taken in their academic career. Different in a sense of the new academic obstacles that a college student must overcome to succeed. Obstacles like the writer William Zinsser once wrote “I see four kinds of pressure working on college students…

In late 1996, China’s leaders vehemently objected to Disney’s plans to distribute the movie ‘Kundun,’ Martin Scorsese’s film that told the story of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and China’s brutal occupation of that nation. Following the film’s release in 1997, China’s leaders made threatening statements concerning Disney’s future in their markets. Disney held firm on its position on the movie. “Disney’s potential business in China is infinite. But Disney has to decide whether…

Growing human population within the city increases pressure on the infrastructure and on natural resources, and this affects the environment. As cities expand, they cut deeper into surrounding rural areas, causing environmental problems, such as the loss of wetlands, loss of biological habitat, and air and water pollution. The high density of automobiles, factories, and commercial enterprises in urban areas adds to airborne emissions, including particulate matter, various types of oxides, and…

Essay: The film ‘Looking for Alibrandi' traces Josephine's Higher School Certificate year. Select four people and/or events from Josephine's final year and discuss how these people or events changed Josephine's perspective. Melina Marchetta's "looking for Alibrandi" is a story which resembles change internally and externally. In her final school year, Josephine Alibrandi is confused and angry. She is continuously confronted by issues that question who she is as her true sense of identity is…

I fear that I’m going to fail in school because I don’t have much confidence in my intelligence. I fear that I will not be able to achieve my goals in life or that I’ll have to settle for something less. I’m afraid to pick the wrong career and find out that I’m being let go because of the economy. I’m afraid that I will not have the stability that I desperately need. I don’t need a fancy life, I just want to be comfortable and be confident that I can pay the bills every month. I’m also extremely…

SSS if a federal funded program and it needs participants to make sure it gets the aid to continue to help out all the students that are involved. By looking at previous information, other SSS programs across the United States, and discussing past experiences, we figured out what needed to be done to help the Student Support Services get more participants and help out the current participants. We figured out a new marketing strategy which should help bring in new participants…