Three Days Before the Shooting

September 1, 2010, I woke up earlier than an ordinary day because in China we started the fall semester every September 1st. On the first day of my high school, I had to face the problem of living without parents because my high school was far away from home. In the morning, my mom was packing something like toothbrush, toothpaste, towels and shower gel for me. My brother was surprised, and he shouted, “Oh my god! What’s happened? Why are you packing three big suitcases, mom? Are you going to…

In the essay “The Fourth State of Matter” Jo Ann Beard delves into her life and mindset before, during, and after a shooting at the University of Iowa. Beard portrays herself as a woman immersed in her own world. Having recently gone through a break up, Beard lives with her three dogs, one of them paralyzed in the legs, and unwelcome squirrels that inhabited the empty upstairs bedroom of her house. She works for a physics magazine at the University of Iowa as a managing editor. The job doesn’t…

grounds for mass shootings. Harper Mercer, John Zawahri, L. Goh, Amy Bishop, Steven Kazmierczak, Robert S. Flores, Gang Lu, students and faculty that opened fire at those colleges. Mass shootings on college campuses are not fictional events, they are ongoing and increasing. Ways that could minimize the chances of mass shootings happening on campuses with or without armories; mental health checks, escorts, and trainings on dangerous behaviors. According to the Analysis of Mass Shootings produced…

The last shot!! It was the day of the Basketball championship, I was with my team all day. We were shooting around in the gym practicing. Later that day we found out one of our players had the flu. That was really bad news because we only had eight players. Finally we were running late when we arrived to our so we had to wait a whole hour before we started warming up. The game was about to start, despite our complications we were looking pretty good. When the first quarter…

basketball is Air Jordan verses King James. Who is better? Well, it depends on who you ask. Michael Jordan began his legendary career in the NBA in 1984 after playing three years in college at the University of North Carolina, while Lebron james rose straight out of highschool into the big leagues in 2003 and still dominates the league to this day. Both Jordan and James have quite a fluorescent stat line for their respective careers and they do have a number a very distinguishable differences.…

Oswald seems to have perfectly matched profile of a psychopathic killer. Besides being a violent nut, Oswald was also a known pathological liar. A half-century of investigation has failed to link any individual besides Oswald to the crime. Long before the assassination took place Lee Harvey Oswald had clearly expressed his hatred for the American society and protested heavily against it. In 1963 he ordered a .38 handgun and later a rifle, having his wife take pictures of the weapons later used…

United States alone has had over 136 mass shootings (by definition, an incident in which four or more people are wounded or killed), and is growing rapidly. (Gun Violence Archive) This topic in particular has been one of heavy discussion in the past few years, due to a wide range of interests. Is it because of the current implementation on firearm laws in the United States, or something much more sinister? In today’s world, the moment that a mass shooting erupts everything comes to a screeching…

My favorite constellation would have to be Sagittarius. The reason for choosing this constellation is due to the fact that it is my zodiac symbol. I feel that the symbol is fully representative of my personality. This constellation is referred to as "the Archer" and is usually depicted as a centaur holding a bow and arrow. Sagittarius can be found in the southern sky. Sagittarius was first cataloged by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Eratosthenes equated Sagittarius to Crotus,…

Savannah Mauck Mrs. Greenley Research Paper 1 February 2017 “Columbine shooting” On April 20, 1999, the most deadliest attack in any American high school history had happened (enimwikipedia.org). Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris decided to go on a killing spree on April 20. In 1998, Dylan and Eric were both arrested and sent to a juvenile program after they stole from a van (cnn.com). They both like violent video games, movies, and music (Brezina 23). Their parents had told the news that they were…

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