University of Missouri System

When interviewing for a position at the Missouri University of Science and Technology I was asked during my interview, “Are you comfortable with your level of literacy and why?” At the time I was definitely not comfortable with my current level. However, this did not stop me from doing what we all do… say just what the employer wants to hear to nail the interview. This is a prime example of why we set ourselves up for failure and the educational system in our country doesn’t help the problem at…

cases, such as the Missouri ex rel Gaines V. Canada case of 1938 that saw an all-black graduate student of Lincoln University to be allowed to attend University of Missouri Law School after being denied admission on racial considerations (Tushnet, 1987). Sweat V. Painter case of 1950 was another important case where the legal and education arm of NAACP continued to press against discrimination of African American in education. Heman Sweat had applied to join a white University of Texas Law…

Campus Life A student’s senior year of high school seems to be the busiest ever. Senior year comes with the task of filling out hundreds of scholarship applications, applying to any and every college, while still keeping up the attendance and grades in classes. When a student finally gets accepted to the school they want to go to, it seems that there is just even more to do. When it comes to housing at college, there are many different choices. For me, living off campus wasn’t even…

Mississippi River. The Mormon’s quickly established a city in Illinois as followers flooded the region following the church’s exodus from Missouri. In the months following the arrival of the first settlers in Illinois, church members, under the direction of Joseph Smith who had recently been released from his Missouri jail cell, reclaimed land, created a university, wrote a city charter, mounted a militia, and constructed a temple for the place Mormon Saints quickly named Nauvoo, the Hebrew word…

America has internally debated the issue of gun control for over a century. It continues to be an important and pressing issue today in the United States. There are no set standards for gun control. Each state varies in its laws. For example, in Missouri, the chief technical officer of the Osage County Guns says that, “buying a handgun is practically a cakewalk... customers can walk into the store and walk out with a gun if they pass the FBI’s instant background check” (Rosen). He went…

department in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of an unarmed black young man named Michael Brown. Racial bias within law enforcement and local government are the focus of "The Ferguson Report", and "The Ferguson Report" includes information about how the City of Ferguson got to the point where it could legally blatantly discriminate against a minority group. Both as a student in Criminology and Law student and a Political Science, understanding how law enforcement and the court system…

in law enforcement. In this paper I will argue that our system of law enforcement and criminal justice is systemically racialized and disproportionately targets and disadvantages black men. The racism found within law enforcement is a result of continued racism throughout our society. Michael Brown’s case is useful in exposing these injustices, and hopefully the Ferguson decision will spark concrete change in our views of race and our system of law enforcement…

foster system. Working with children in the foster system daily, I see how challenging it is to grow up in an unsteady environment. No one can relate to the challenges these children face on a daily basis, but Orv can because he was one of them. Orvin knows what it takes to fight through adversity to become a successful human being. Like Orv, I too attended school in the St. Louis Public School district. Orv has his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work from the University of…

(The History Makers). Lillian was born in Patuxent River, Maryland on March twenty-fifth, 1949 (Cabiao). She was raised in Rockville, Maryland and went to Richard Montgomery High School. In 1971, Lillian received her bachelor's degree from Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania for Sociology (Kentake Page). Lillian joined the military in 1973 and retired in 2001. Lillian followed in her father's footsteps by joining the Navy (Black History in America). Her father never questioned her…

a Tutor at the ACE Learning Center, as a Night Staff Assistant in the dorms, and as a barista at Starbucks, while being a full-time student. F. In addition, he was the Partnership Director at Dance Marathon, and the Senator for the Florida State University Student Government Association. G.…