The Ninety-Five Theses

An estimated five hundred and sixty thousand homeless are suffering from mental illness. In the 1970’s only five percent of America’s prison population had mental issues; currently more than one fifth of the nation’s prison population are suffering from mental illness. Of the estimated half a million homeless people…

The climax of, “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”, happens between lines one hundred seventy-nine and one hundred ninety-five. The narrator must now make a choice between two longings: the biggest bass he’s ever hooked and the lovely, suave, and sophisticated Shelia Mant. The bass becomes exhausted and this leaves the narrator with a dilemma: reel in the bass and relinquish…

stairs were carrying nothing more than a few books or backpacks. Of the remaining thirty-one females that chose the elevator twelve had some sort of wheeled carry bag that again would have hindered the use of the stairs and as before the remaining five males who used the elevator had no wheeled bags or anything to hinder the use of the…

organization fighting for better education in the city, surveyed CTU (Chicago Teachers Union) social workers and found that, “About half (twenty-one respondents) reported that at least ten percent of their students had an incarcerated parent, while five respondents reported that one-third ¬to one-half of their students had a parent in jail” (A Just Chicago). If the CPS students have incarcerated parents, how can the parents be accountable and reliable in their child’s journey for a higher…

Oliver Cromwell was born on April twenty fifth, one thousand five hundred ninety nine; he was an English Political leader, military leader, and later known as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Oliver was born into the middle of the upper class which meant he was in the upper class but not as high up as the king or queen, but he was higher up than a peasant because he was born into a family that was in the middle-upper class, or in other words the middle…

goals and my own personal goals. As you know Mr. VanDyke or coach, I admire you for being a great teacher and a coach that helps me become better everyday at practice. My first academic goal is to get pass all my classes with an average of ninety five percent. If I can do that, it will be awesome. I would also like to turn in all of my homework on time and do great on the assignment. If I could pay more attention in the classrooms, my grades will be better than they already are. I want…

Of the prostitution-related felonies in Chicago in 2012, ninety-seven percent of the charges were made against the sex workers, not the sex clients (Grant). This disparity between the treatment of the two groups shows that the laws unfairly target those selling sex, while ignoring the fact that the industry is…

internet users mind is, the permanency of their posts and/or actions. This trend occurs mostly in minors up to the age of twenty-one. According to the Pew Research Center, ninety-five percent of teens use social media, thirty-seven percent own smartphones, eighty percent own a computer, twenty-three percent own a tablet, ninety-one percent post pictures of themselves, and fifty-eight percent of teens…

The article “Inside Interrogation: The Lie, The Bluff, and False Confessions”, published by Jennifer Perillo, and Saul Kassin, discusses situations and potential contributors that can result in false confessions. Perillo and Kassin focus on what are called situational pressures, the use of false evidence, including the use of a fake witness, or false documented proof of the crime happening-also known as a bluff tactic- as risk factors for why people falsely confess to crimes they did not commit…

The fifth event was the equestrian competitions, also known as horse and chariot races. These races were the only events that took place in the hippodrome and not in the stadium. The sixth, and last, event was the pentathlon, which was split into five events: running, long jump, discus, javelin, and…