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cancer. This sparked worldwide controversy since the tobacco industry is a transnational corporation and were considered too powerful to challenge. In 1998, the first state to banish smoking was California since than some states in the United States along with other countries have prohibit smoking in public places like restaurants, bars…

and jazz to reflect on his trials and tribulations as an imperfect man. Kendrick’s second studio album, as intricate as it is dense, raised the bar for what qualifies as an album that can withstand the tests of time in this age of information overload. In a “what-have-you-done-for-me-lately?”…

The United States of America has faced the issue of marijuana use since its inception and has struggled over the legality, regulation, and enforcement of this controversial drug. Marijuana, commonly known as cannabis or weed, is a psychoactive drug that can be entered into the body through forms of digestion or smoking and can alter one’s mental state. Marijuana has maintained its existence for over two thousand years, originating from China and integrating its way throughout the early world for…

women across the country to stay away from strangers. Like many literary characters we’ve read about such as Macbeth, The Co-Ed Killer has brought our nightmares to life starting when he was just a young child. On December 18, 1948, in Burbank, California,…

meant that each state was left to decide what they were going to classify as “organic”. Shortly after, another movement broke out to develop a national organic standard. This standard would make trading with states possible, now that each state did not have different standards and meanings for “organic” foods. Beginning in 1990, congressed passed the Organic Food Production Act (OFPA) that mandated the United States Department…

to therapy. The following essay will be a psychoanalysis on Will Hunting, and will discuss, Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, Ainsworth’s theory of attachment, defense mechanisms, and the movie’s portrayal of therapy. Erikson’s theory states that “[social forces effect our human development], […] [the individual himself, and society play an important role in personality development]” (S. Wood,…

included my mother’s hand engaging with the side of my face at a vicious cycle. As a result, I channeled all my energy into writing. That was my form of escaping until I was capable enough to do so on my own. When I turned eighteen, I joined the United States Marine Corps. During boot camp, the massacre inflicted upon us recruits felt normal for me and for the first time in my life, I felt at home. Everyone was treated the same, like animals, unless you didn’t corporate. The rules were simple,…

Empire in Mexico, explorer of Guatemala and Honduras, and leader of the first expeditions to California, Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés contributed significantly to the establishment of European domination in America. More particularly we see his contribution to Spanish prominence in both Central and South America. His conquests helped shape the origins and history of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Spaniards initially occupied the New World in order to secure commercial…

Marketing is a tool to communicate with customers. In an effort to maximize effectiveness of this communication, we should identify the market we are addressing, the mission of the communication, what message we wish to convey, which media vehicles will be used to send the message, how much money will be needed, and how the impact will be measured afterwards. Collectively the market, mission, message, media, money and measurement are referred to as the 6 M’s. Identifying our market is crucial…

then, you remember that you are not dying because you deserve it but you are dying because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Your life is being taken away by a completely flawed and unjust justice system. You are innocent. The United States justice system is so far behind the 21st century, where the death penalty…