The School for Scandal

and love from people all throughout the country. She is a big supporter of Gun Rights in the United States involving banning assault rifles. Also a huge women’s rights activist that struck a flare when she started running for president. Her email scandal that sparked in 2010 haunts her and has put a shadow over her presidential campaign. There are quite a few things that Hillary Clinton has done that in previous years would not even get her close to a white house. However,…

Much like Napoleon Dynamite, Justin Bieber, and da Bears, Ronald Reagan and his presidency are extremely polarizing. For years, republicans look to Reagan as a great example of conservatism, while democrats labeled Reagan as an extremist and a Great Prevaricator. Many policies and behaviors were neither flagrantly good nor bad, it merely depends on the political perspective of the individual. Undisputedly, the modern world still witnesses the effects of the Reagan era. The legacy of Reagan’s…

years, has been recorded in unalterable records. Some groups have acquired enough power to change these records. In George Orwell’s 1984, a government group called the Party uses the history altering power control the people of Oceania. A recent scandal at Penn State University caused the N.C.A.A. to decide to annul the records of the school’s football team and coach Joe Paterno from years 1998 to 2011. This is seen as a very controversial issue as to whether it should be allowed. The N.C.A.A.…

Throughout the entire BCS era the NCAA has had a set conduct that athletic programs and their student athletes have been required to follow. Among many challenges the NCAA faces is exacting appropriate punishment when individuals associated with a sports program violates NCAA rules. Oftentimes, punishment extends beyond the individual associated with the violation and impacts entire teams. Such examples include the famous “death penalty” SMU suffered in 1987, being ineligible for bowl play like…

Good Wife is a legal and political drama series that centers on the main character Alicia Florrick whose husband, Peter Florrick, former State Attorney of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois was incarcerated because of political corruptions and a sex scandal. As a result, Alicia, who had been a stay at home mom for the past thirteen years, was forced to go back to work as a litigator to provide for her two children Zach and Grace, ages 14 and 12. Family Type The Florricks went through three…

only for a family, but for a whole nation. They are the foundation on which a strong and vibrant nation is built on. Children, thus, are the most valued resource that should be wisely invested for a brighter future. Parents usually look for the best school, teacher, and environment that play a key role in inculcating a sense of values, confidence, and knowledge in their children’s young minds. Whenever this main component is abused, an immediate action is needed to put them back on the track.…

503 – 505) 20. Briefly describe the Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872. The Credit Mobilier Scandal of 1872 was one of the scandals during Grant’s presidency. Oakes Ames was a member of the House of Representative who also owned Credit Mobilier, a company that was formed to build the Union Pacific Railroad. Fearing that the members of the Congress…

and women went without higher education. The black community usually received enough education to hold jobs as farmers, maids, and primary school teachers. Seemingly, Julian may have faced the same fate. Julian first received the general 8th grade education as every other person in his community, and then continued on to attend the teacher certification school for two years. But not too long after, with only the equivalent of a sophomore education, Julian starts his journey into higher…

of academic dishonesty, I came across what was considered, in 2011, the “11 Most Egregious Examples of Academic Dishonesty” on ktwop.com. Two dozen United States Naval Academy midshipmen were expelled in what Valentine calls “the biggest cheating scandal in the school's history”. Valentine also states “The cheating incident occurred when an unknown number of midshipmen obtained copies of a stolen electrical engineering exam a few days before it was given.” Students were accused of buying and…

continuation of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, the fight against Communism around the globe plus the threat of new challenges domestically that threatened social and economic vitality. Nixon’s legacy in the end was tarnished by the Watergate scandal, yet his impact on the world and its people was…