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Imagine, you mope into your classroom and quickly shuffle over to your seat. You hear a gunshot, and your head swivels towards the shooter. As he aims his rifle at the professor, you search for your handgun, which resides in your backpack. Bang! The shooter plummets towards the ground. Guns should be allowed on all college campus’s throughout the United States, due to the fact more than 30,000 people are killed by firearms each year in the United States alone, according to the Huffington Post.…

Dear Howard Payne University Woman's Club, I would like to express my gratitude for being selected to apply for the 2018 Yellow Rose Scholarship. Being considered is such an honor because my involvement in Howard Payne University has only been a blessing. I would like to thank all the members of the Woman's Club that continually spread a light on HPU’s campus. I am a pursuing a bachelors of arts in communication with a minor in English and theater. I aspire to become a multimedia journalist…

I Need To Take My Entitlement (Medication)! Entitlement is the belief that we have the right to something. In America, Entitlement has been a huge topic especially regarding today’s generation of teens. The past generations look down on us because of our belief in what we are entitled to. Today, if you ask an average teen what they are entitled to, they would probably say that feel entitled to their cell phone, clothes, and even a job. These ideas of what we feel entitled to are all…

and Student Learning: Welcome to the Strativersity” article published in Wiley on the Fall2003 Karen Thompson argues that there is a relationship between the weakness of student and having a Contingent Faculty in a university. Thompson is a part time worker on the Rutgers University and he is a member of the national AAUP Committee on Part-Time and Non-Tenure-Track Appointments. Thompson said that the availability of the Faculty is harder with part time than full time professional. So that,…

terms such as geek and nerd for the “...intellectually curious and academically serious.” (Lines 3,4). Fridman continues to discuss the widespread of anti-intellectualism that takes place at all academic institutions including colleges and elementary schools. He utilizes numerous rhetorical techniques such as hyperbole, rhetorical question, and denotation and connotation to develop his argument that “America Needs Its Nerds” (Title) and it is time for anti-intellectualism to be stopped. “A…

Responsible borrowing sounds like a simple concept. We begin learning how to be responsible at a very young age by taking care of ourselves and our possessions, and we learn that borrowing something means that we will eventually have to return the item to the owner. With all of our experiences with responsibility and borrowing, why is so difficult to be responsible with our borrowing when it comes to student loans? The Iowa Financial Know-How Challenge: Senior Scholarship is one practical and…

When I started attending Northern Virginia Community College, I joined the Black Student Alliance(BSA). My perception of this club had nothing to do with reality. I thought it was a club made to bring awareness of what is happening in the world in general and in the black community in particular. Unfortunately, it was more about personal issues they were facing and making friends.The semester after, I applied to be a board member. The president of the club appreciated my ideas and named me…

Students at colleges nationwide are expressing their displeasure with what they call “microaggression,” or subtle racist comments or actions directed against minorities. While it is true that all people are equal and that racism should not be tolerated, it seems that the U.S. is creating a “victimhood culture” in an attempt to be politically correct. Undoubtedly, racism still occurs and it is still a problem. However, some of these so called micro attacks might be unintentional, while the…

through that prayer of surrender I felt a sense of freedom. I developed a relationship with Jesus that has impacted every decision I’ve made since. I realized then that I need to be focused on God in all aspects of my life which led to a Christ based university.…

During Summer 2014, I was accepted into the Prairie View A&M University Research Experience High School (REH) program. During this program, I worked closely with Dr. Branch-Vital and 2 of her graduate students to learn the process of conducting research. Upon the completion of the program, I completed a research poster titled: Examining Factors Contributing to BMI Among African American Freshman Students at a HBCU in a Rural Area. My experience in this program allowed me to get a broader…