On April 16th‚ 2007‚ Seung-Hui Cho‚ a student at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ went on campus and proceeded to shoot and kill 33 people‚ injuring 32 others before he killed himself (Shapira and Jackman). According to Christine Hauser and Anahad O’Connor‚ staff writers for the New York Times‚ “the shootings at Virginia Tech came in the same week‚ eight years prior‚ as the shootings at Columbine on April 20th‚ 1999.” In more recent years‚ mass shootings
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The Savings and Loan Crisis Savings and loans were created after the great depression as a government regulated way for people to have home mortgage loans. The creation of these savings and loans resulted from thousands of homes being foreclosed after the great depression. The idea of savings and loans were simple; first the government allowed savings and loans to pay slightly higher interest rates on deposits to attract investors. The government also offered insurance for these investments
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Brittany Woods Dr. Montgomery English Composition 2 May 1‚ 2014 Student Loan Debt Going to college has been taught to be the next step in education after graduating high school but is it truly that easy? The main factor to attending college now is the money issue. In today’s generation receiving a scholarship would be the best way to get through college without the burden of student loan debt piling up as you get further into college. Even though financial aid is available for students
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Concealed Carry. Opening: Picture yourself sitting in your favorite restaurant just minding your own business with your family eating a peaceful dinner. You glance at the table next to you and see a handgun showing from under a person’s coat. I know not everyone would agree with me but I would instantly be a little worried‚ regardless of if the man looked harmless or not. WI law passed on July 8‚ 2011 would permit this. Many people believe that concealed carry is a law that should never have
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Student Loan Case 1) Summarize the student loan industry. Answer with respect to both public and private loans and be clear as to which you are referring to. a) What led to the inception of the student loan market? The inception of the student loan market started like any other loan market‚ there were a large amount of borrowers who needed money now to invest in college to make more later that were matched with lenders who had excess funds and wanted return on the funds. The National Defense Education
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importantly the teachers were all defenseless. Many children lost their lives that day due to a person that was well armed and with protectors unequipped. People should be allowed to openly carry guns in Texas because of the danger that could possibly take place at anytime; they would have protection for themselves and others. Sandy Hook was just one of many harmful attacks upon this great nation. All over the world there are threats of terrorism from
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From an ethical standpoint‚ I would suggest Zombie Savings and Loans stay in business. Keeping the doors open would allow them to accrue new customers to help with the issue of high interest rates putting them at a loss. Not only could they seek new customers‚ but they could also seek more stakeholder shares. Doing so would bring more capital to the bank to help make up for the loss it is currently seeing. They could also consider selling stocks and bonds to raise the additional money. I believe
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1. What is the difference between a. and a. Which mate preferences did you rate as indispensable? Discuss why that trait is most important. Mutual attraction—love: Importance: A meaningful and long-lasting relationship is built on love. Emotional closeness‚ dedication‚ and general well-being are encouraged. A robust emotional bond is necessary to keep a relationship happy and healthy. Emotional stability & maturity: Importance: To effectively handle life’s obstacles‚ stability and maturity are essential
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Lower class culture is cause of delinquency Miller made this statement in 1958 although it was an imperfect notion‚ but I will argue that this statement was a brand-new filed in criminology and it well addressed the cause of street crime. Decades later‚ Anderson‚ Sandberg and Ilan took his theory farer‚ they connected crime with one issue the economic exclusion that existing in the society. I will make my argument by combine the statement Miller (1958) and Anderson (2000) made which are lower class
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The Cash Flow statement shown above provides a summary of the outflows and inflows of cash as well as the cash equivalents of American Eagle for the Fiscal period 2013 to 2017 and of its main competitor‚ Abercrombie and Fitch. For the period 2013‚ American Eagle presents a net income above the $2‚000. Nonetheless‚ for the fiscal 2013 to the Fiscal 2014‚ the company went down from a 6.7% to a 2.5%‚ respectably. This evident decline in the AEO’s net income was due to the decrease in sales the firm
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