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Oklahoma has the highest female incarceration rate in the United States. In fact, Oklahoma’s female incarceration rate is over twice the national average. These women overwhelmingly come from families and lives with a history of drug problems, alcohol problems, mental illness, poverty, divorce, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. A large majority of these women are mothers as well. Generally, the children of these mothers are negatively affected by their mothers’ imprisonment (Sharp, et al. 12-16)…

zombie costume.” (This is really happening as I am typing). Most of you might guess my number one distraction would be these five little people that want my attention every second of everyday. We have been at my daughter’s cheer competition in Tulsa this weekend. It has taken up every bit of my time. This too, is the most wonderful distraction and the most difficult to finding solutions for. The most useful strategy for handling…

Police Murders – The Dangerous Influence of Hate by the Media “The media 's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that 's power. Because they control the minds of the masses”(Malcolm X). In today’s society with advanced technology, many may believe that the media are still needed in order to help police officers deter one from a life of crime. With television news shows and paper media, one may also believe…

Stabbed, dead, and bleeding out. Would you believe you killed a man or just hilusinating if you looked down and were starring at a cold stoned faced Soc? In the Outsiders by S.E Hinton your sterotypical poor trouble makers known as the Greasers and rich popular kids the Socs constantly clash while teaching you valuable lessons. Lessons about family and loyalty are shown through out the Greasers lifestyle. The books major conflict consists of the the two groups of the Greasers and Socs…

Under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), there is an implied obligation of good faith (39 Tulsa L., 2003-2004). Additionally UCC governs contracts, “A buyer, although unsure of its precise future needs, receives an assurance of a continuous supply of goods at a fixed price” (39 Tulsa L. Rev. 711, 2003-2004). Since I have supplied grapes on a consistent basis in the past this might fall under UCC. The complaint would be in the event…

Introduction: Up until today, U.S still falls behind in terms of foreign language education comparing to other countries as most people believed that since English may be the most spoken language in the world, there is no need for them to learn other languages. However that is not really the case when considering there are more advantages than the disadvantage of learning foreign language in colleges/universities. I believed that colleges and universities should continue to require its students…

The Outsiders Who are the outsiders? In Tulsa, Oklahoma a 17 year old high school student named S.E. Hinton wrote the book called “ The Outsiders”. The book tells the story of two groups of teenagers : the greasers and the soc. (Doc. A) The outsiders are groups of several people. The greasers and the socs feel like they are outsiders at times. Outsider can be the ones that feel like they are separated from the rest of society. Wherever there are groups there are outsiders. The greasers are…

others like they do there own race, they accuse them of doing the wrong things and treat them like they don't belong. The author of this story is Joy Harjo, she is a graduate of the Iowa writers workshop at the university of Iowa. Joy was born in Tulsa,Oklahoma, May 9th ,1951 and is a muskoke poet. I think that it is rude not treat everyone fairly which is shown in the poem, the border guard is being rude to them cause there Indians. He assumes they're hiding something and asks if they have…

Fences are placed around properties for privacy and to keep others out of certain areas. A fence can be constructed using many materials and be as basic as a chain link fence separating a section of a yard on a property. Homeowners will install fences to keep young children or pets from wandering off. Installing a fence can be strictly for safety reasons, putting a fence around a pool or an area that is unsafe for people to avoid injury. They are part of a home or other structure that gives…

Nikki Giovanni is the poet of The Song of The Feet. The poet communicates hardships for African Americans for basic human rights. The Song of the Feet shows what African Americans had to go through to get equal rights and the struggle along with fighting for equal rights for all. Trampling a path for the future is vital to all. American once needed many trails to be found. African Americans, “Trampled the American wilderness”(6). I was sad to see that people had to more to fight for African…