The College of Law

Alabama voted for Judge Walter B. Jones for president instead of Adlai Stevenson, despite the fact that Stevenson carried 56.5 percent of the popular vote (The Electoral College and Elections, 199). Although some states have passed laws that require electors to vote for their party nominee, the supreme court has not passed such laws. Lastly, the disproportion between popular vote and electoral vote is the third factor in which electors bear danger to the electoral process. By analyzing the…

It is hard to explain the gratitude I have for the opportunity to earn my college degree without telling you about my parents. I was raised in a blended family. My step dad brought his son and daughter to our family when I was five. My mother had four kids of her own. Together my mom and step dad raised the six of us, while they returned to college. My mother laughs because I can never remember to call on their anniversary, but I always remember the day they both graduated from NSU in Tahlequah,…

One and five college students experience sexual assault during their college career. Today, one of the most dangerous realities that young adults face is the risk of sexual assault (Colleges, 2016). Sexual assault on college campuses has always been a major issue. In the past, more often than not, sexual assault on college campuses were pushed under the rug, making it seem as if they did not occur. In today 's society the topic of sexual assault on college campuses is no longer being…

topic of lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 years old. Wechsler states many studies and research of previous attempts that have been made and the different ways that they have been unsuccessful. For example, in 1970 some states alcohol consumption laws had been changed to 18 years of age but when states lowered their drinking age restriction, the amount of alcohol-involved traffic accidents increased (1). After seeing higher alcohol induced accidents and greater alcohol consumption rates,…

campus safety legislation has been a hot issue across the country”(Weeden Dustin). The safety of college students it has always been a major issue in the world. When the country started doing something about it and came to the conclusion that the solution for this problem was allowing students to carry concealed guns on campus, as it was expected, many people were protesting about how bad was the law, how it would be more damage than good, how it was not a good idea. But the truth, it that is…

The Mechanics and Impact of Campus Carry Should students, faculty, and staff be allowed to carry gun on college campus?This has been the controversial topic of gun control in several sates.Tragic events like Sandy Hook elementary, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Umpqua Community College and UT in 1966 inspired legislature too sanction conceal weapons in college campus. Senate bill 11 pass and will take place in August 2016 in all public Texas university.There is an abundance of feeling about Senate bill…

Lilliann Kaye This law is Section 333.7401 of the Public Health Code Act 368 of 1978. In short, it’s a law saying you cannot possess, manufacture, or sell controlled substances, and the consequences for doing so. The consequences are jail time and fines based on the amount of the controlled substance. I am writing in particular/referring drugs that are schedule one, and two minus marijuana because the laws in regards to weed are dumb and I hate it. Essentially, if I drop out of college to…

Administration policies at women’s colleges have changed throughout the years to accommodate the 21st century generation. Women’s colleges started forming in the 1830’s with a purpose to advance the rights of women and allow them to have a place for themselves where they can be free of any discrimination. Since before the 1830’s all colleges were for men only because women didn’t have many rights and were seen as inferior to men, so they decided to establish a college of their own where they…

Siegfried explain that if college athletes received pay, there would be “general labor laws” that would not allow these athletes to practice and work as hard as they do today. These labor laws would also restrict them from receiving “workers’ compensation” if injured since they would still be “considered students rather than employees” (Sanderson and Siegfried). Therefore, college athletes would have to follow certain labor laws that…

Date rape is an increasing danger towards college students and we are not always protected against it. Introduction I. Every 2 minutes, Nike makes $36,000, 500 babies are born, so many things are happening around the world, including the fact that, an American is being sexually assaulted. II. Date rape, happens when the crime is committed by an acquaintance of the victim, is accounted for nearly 80% of rape cases, and in this busy bustling world, college students are at the highest risk to…