Like his brothers (Julius, Edgar, & William), John too attended Howard University. During his matriculation at Howard, John made a point to leave behind a lasting impression. Holding roles in student government as Freshman Class President and leadership roles as President of the History Club and Kappa Sigma Debating Club (just as his brother Edgar A Love). Displaying versatility, John wasn’t simply…
Intrigued with political science, and accustomed to the idea of being very involved with her academics, Sarah continued speech and debate in college. The professors and staff at Sarah's university were very enthusiastic academically, and most notably,…
The song I will be singing is called God Help the Outcast. It was recorded and released in 1996 with score by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Some of you may recognize bits of it from a well known Disney movie called The Hunchback of Notre Dame but it isn’t the exact same. The movies version is sung by the female lead Esmeralda. She uses it as a prayer while asking for the protection of her people the gypsies. A reason this song really resonates with me is the fact that she is that she doesn’t bother praying for herself but others around her.…
The Cornerstone Speech was a speech held by the American Vice president of southernmost states of the USA, Alexander Stephens at the Athenaeum in Savannah, Georgia, on March 21, 1861. The speech was delivered on the basis of the USA's desire to put an end to slavery. However, Stephens and the southern states believed that the economy was based on slave labor and therefore an end to slavery be bad for the US economy. The language of the speech is very old-fashioned and difficult to understand because it is from 1861. The speech appeal to the southern citizens, who are like Stephens believes that slavery is good for the American society.…
Numerous articles from the Augustana Observer helped to support the account from a student perspective. However, it can be argued that only a certain pool of students would publish in the college newspaper and many other accounts could have occurred on the Augustana campus over the five year span. From this outlook, it could be stated that the above information is quite biased. I bring this into the ending of my paper only to acknowledge the possibilities that may exist of behind the student approval or disapproval of the Augustana Synod’s ban on intercollegiate athletics. Likewise, little information was gathered from the Synod’s point of view. Few documents were available detailing the reasoning behind their actions. Using reflections of the past on why sports were banned, such as articles from Ingrassia and Watterson, I was able to piece together a possible and highly likely reason why the Synod desired to ban sports for their collegiate campuses. This struggle between the presence of intercollegiate athletics on campuses of higher education was apparent throughout America during this era. If students like the ones on Augustana’s campus would not have protested the ban of sports who knows where America would be today. Similarly, without the banning of sports throughout America would its importance be as great as it currently is in…
Being a community, network, and family details my view of the “Hokie Spirit.” At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT), I am certain that there is overwhelming support from professors and students because of the unique atmosphere I perceived when touring. While walking around the brick buildings, I felt as if all students knew each other, or that each of them had something in common. This aspect that every person who strode pass me entailed, was pride or “Hokie Spirit.” I could sense the fulfillment each individual had for attending one of the top public schools in the United States, and because of this, “Hokie Spirit” flourishes throughout the campus.…
1). Although Isabella's essay contained the propaganda that teachers had been telling her, she also realized that the importance of college is to gain knowledge about things that are of a passion to them (p. 2). Wealthy students are not given the same speech that those of low-income like Isabella and her classmates are given, because they have more money and have a higher chance to get into college. The rich students rarely are concerned about how much their future jobs will make (p. 2). They were more concerned with doing something in their field that would help or change someone's life for the good (p. 3). All students whether wealthy of poor should be able to experience the ability to follow their dreams (p. 3). Students, regardless of what race they are, should be encouraged to go to college, especially liberal-arts colleges, in order to widen their view of…
the audience in the esay is perceived.. The audience can be pointed out when Petrie states “that the academic side of his college experience had been completely neglected by coaches, advisors, and of coarse, John himself” (37). The audience for the essay would be college professors, potential student athletes, and parents of student athletes. During his time as a student, then Professor, Petrie says “he has seen many variations in the role of intercollegiate athletics in the university” (35). The context of the essay is related to the audience by all the…
“The veterans are coming! The veterans are coming!” Edward F. Palm posted his article in September 2008. In Palm’s article, he think it’s good to know that after the soldiers come from war some of the veterans are ready for a post-secondary education by used the G.I. Bill education benefits in order to attend colleges or universities. Palm gives advice to teachers and staff from college and universities on how to treat veterans on campuses. Edward Palm uses personal stories and gives some advice that helps veterans feel confident when they go back to school. Also Palm makes readers believe his credibility by employing pathos and ethos appeal combined in sufficient evidence with friendly and proud tone that creates and affective argument. In fact, this society has started to change since his appeal published. Most parts of his appeals already become facts. I interviewed few people who are working right now at campus strongly supported this cheering discovery.…
Washington State has been my dream college since I was a baby. It has been my families university of choice. The two most influential in my life Uncle Tony Grafton and Grandpa Donald Grafton, both alumni, raised me as a cougar. At my birth my Uncle Tony Grafton showed up at the hospital with a stuffed cougar from the WSU bookstore that sang the fight song and a baseball hat. At the time Tony was still attending WSU. As a baby I'd run around the house singing the cougar fight song instead of baby lullabies; and that WSU baseball hat rarely left my head. I had worn that baseball cap so often as a young boy, I had turned the…
In another column of Goodman’s, “Those Poor College Conservatives” she boldly evinces how politics does not only have a monumental spotlight as the nation as its theatre, but it also has a college level arena where students can take the initial stand of having grand debates as would senators and other officials perform when running for office of any kind. Here she uses statistics of how much Democrats there is for one Republican in the universities of Stanford and Berkeley to indicate how much national politics is…
These are the students that observers and future jaguar students see on the commercials, pass out flyers to every event and program, present monologues in class, and more. Their headquarters is the honors college but they jug various social scenes and circles. Round-a-bouts tend to distort their trust image to shape and mold themselves into what personalities or task is needed of or from them. They scurry around campus from class to class and from one event to the next. Amazingly, they still manage to maintain at least a grade point average of a 3.3 or higher. Yes, these round-a-bouts are Southern University’s jewels, because when graduation comes and goes, these doctors, lawyers, engineers, accounts, nurses, and more generously give back to the institute that nurtured their…
Her alma mater had never looked better. Sunlight bounced off the gables of the old library building, the rose beds were in full bloom, and the hush of earnest academic endeavor hung over the quad. For once, though, the myriad charms of the university were wasted on Karen Barton.…
The audience of, “Why College is a Waste of Time and Money,” speaks out to a variety of people. The audiences include: current college students, parents, academic researchers, high school students, and any people who believe in the current college system. All of these groups of people are spoken to in Bird’s essay because she is striving to inform on how college is quickly becoming sidetracked from its main goal, to educate.…
Over forty years ago, I wrote a memo for the ‘60s:” The University – a Place of Slavery” in the heat of the battle. I did not alter or revise the text so that the reader of the second decade of the 21st century can capture the temper and the spirit of the exciting ‘60s.…
