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Chapter Reflection – Chapter Two – “The Prison-Industrial Complex” Colorado College, Colorado Springs – May 5, 1997 In reading Chapter Two, it brought back memories of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, it was a very sad moment in my young life at the time. My family had just moved to Washington, DC that summer from Decatur, Alabama. Furthermore, my whole family was shaken from that kind of violence against a Baptist in a Black community. My Mother was not…

of the house until his landslide defeat in 1890. His defeat was due to unpopular bills that his party was behind including requiring all major subjects taught in the United States to be taught in English. After his defeat La Follette returned to Madison and started his own law practice; during this time away from politics La Follette started losing faith in the Republican Party, believing it was corrupted by big private interest. The catalyst that started La Follette’s true push towards…

Amber Ortiz FSTY 1311. 19 Paper #2 Research Summary October 19, 2015 Branch, Taylor. “The Shame of College Sports.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, Oct. 2011. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. Sonny Vaccaro: Use athletes as a way to advertise big sports brands; sponsorships; He retired and decided to become a consultant and help fight for atheletes rights in O’Bannon v. NCAA. NCAA is notorious for enforcing “amateurism” in sports and the concept of “student-athletes” to prevent college players from…

The room is bursting with energy–vendors sell their ware, people mingle, and the sound of music and dancing fills the room. The On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow presented by Wunk Sheek and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has officially begun. The Arena at the Alliant Energy Center has been split to create two sections, on one side merchants have set up booths where they are selling anything from beaded jewelry to food. The other side of the room has been transformed into an arena area, a…

in. Symbolic leaders understand that their message is not “do as I do.” Rather, it is “value what I value - believe what I believe.” (Goslin, 2012) Robin Kvalo is the principal of Portage High School (PHS), a school of 800 students in central Wisconsin. While she has been a principal for over fifteen years in the Portage school district, she has only been at the PHS for four years. Robin takes great pride in her role as principal as a third generation educator in the community. She is very…

Facts on File, 2014. N. pag. Vol. 5 of American Centuries. 5 vols. American History Online. Web. 23 Oct. 2015. Christopher Sterling is the author of this encyclopedia article. Sterling has a bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Also, Sterling has master’s degree in Communication from the same school. He has lectured in Europe, South America, and Asia on different American communication policies. Lastly, Sterling has appeared in American and foreign…

Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Professional Baseball For decades now, performance-enhancing drugs or PEDs, have been an alleged problem in professional baseball. Some of the arguments in the discussion include health risks, unfair advantages, and the effect it has on our youth as role models. There are excellent arguments for both sides, but in the end, who should get the final decision? Athletes should be allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball until research…

in Elementary Education will be enough to get a job. 6. While many colleges and universities offer Elementary Education programs, the universities that are best known for their programs are Michigan State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison (“Elementary Teacher Education”). If you prefer to stay home and earn your degree, a good option is Liberty University Online. The requirements for Liberty University are as follows: “120 total hours; 30 hours must be taken through Liberty; 50% of…

solitary activity, but video games that implement virtual reality encourage teamwork with multiple players. David Williamson Shaffer, Kurt R. Squire, Richard Halverson, and James P. Gee, faculty members in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, argue, “where schools largely sequester students from one another and from the outside world, games bring players together competitively and cooperatively in the virtual world of the game in the social community of its players”…

“Like court jesters of old, [Jon] Stewart and [Stephen] Colbert – politically marginalized with their “’fake news’” formats – criticize the ruling administration in a manner that is humorous and therefore non-threatening while also insightful and brutally honest” (Julia Fox, 2011). For years, Stewart and Colbert have used their “fake news” programs on Comedy Central to shed light on important political issues and governmental missteps to viewers who shy away from traditional journalism sources.…