In the fall of 1995‚ Kristin Cooper was a sophomore at Baker University in Kansas. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega‚ an expert skier from the mountains of Colorado‚ a swimmer‚ and was active in band‚ choir and drama. On the night of New Year’s Eve of that same year‚ her mother Andrea Cooper came home to find Kristina dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on the family room floor. Cooper shared the story of her daughter’s last months through an essay titled "Kristin’s Story"
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lead to the secret NASA compound‚ Cooper is greeted by Professor Brand‚ a seemingly innocent character hell-bent on the human race’s survival. After a tense conversation‚ Cooper is unsure of whether to leave Earth in search of another planet as his family will suffer. Professor Brand drills the idea of inevitable death if he does not leave‚ “I’ve got kids Professer” showing the care taken in choosing to leave or to stay. “Then get out there and save them”. Cooper loves his family and would do anything
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In the play Death of a Salesman‚ the author‚ Arthur Miller created certain characters that were meant to personify any average citizen‚ great or small. Willy Loman and Biff is the antithesis of Charley and Bernard’s character‚ respectively. Among the numerous ways that Charley and Willy are different‚ one of the key contrasts between these two men is their personalities. Willy’s characteristics in the play can be portrayed as resentful‚ and judgmental. On the other side of the spectrum‚ Willy’s
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2013 Fewer Students Less Money In “No-Nonsense Approach to Attendance Policies Would Cut Defaults‚” William Cooper tries to show how community colleges need to focus on attendance policy for the better of the student and for the school. The former school teacher shows that at a previous school the attendance policy wasn’t enforced the way it should have been. In this article‚ Cooper argues that attendance policy should be enforced for the reasons of government-loan money provided for colleges
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Small Island – Andrea Levy Small Island is a book written by Andrea Levy mainly based on race‚ War and prejudice in London in 1948‚ the story is explain through the point of view of 4 different narrators including flashbacks into their pasts. One of the narrators is Gilbert‚ who appears the charming fool a Jamaican newlywed who served in the RAF during World War II‚ hopes for a prosperous future in London‚ though his experience of racial discrimination tells him this won’t be achieved easily.
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scandals regarding business ethics in more recent times. The scandal was a complex Ponzi scheme ran by Bernard Madoff. A Ponzi scheme was originally named after Charles Ponzi‚ who would pay returns to its investors from new capital paid to the operators by new investors rather than any profit generated. Bernard Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history through his wealth management firm‚ Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. The estimated amount of the fraud was about $64.8 billion based
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that has protected so many of the worlds creatures is now being destroyed. Not only are humans destroying the earth’s biodiversity but also what most humans fail to realize is with this extinction life‚ as humans know it will forever be changed. (Cooper) The earth has witnessed five other mass extinctions. The first extinction was the Ordovician‚ 440 million years ago‚ which is speculated to have been caused by glaciations. This caused the destruction of 25 percent of the animal species and plants
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are inside. Bernard‚ an Alpha‚ is not the same as all the other Alphas. It is rumored that something happened when he was being created and possibly too much alcohol was put in his embryo which made him six inches shorter than everyone else. He felt distant from everyone else because if you are not the same‚ it is hard to feel like you belong. This alone time gave him the opportunity to think for himself about being free. This kind of thinking was not allowed. Even though Bernard finally started
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problem‚ man." Cooper replied‚ "No one’s good at everything. Let me show you a couple things‚ help you get going. I’ll help this once and then you can decide if you like doing it or not. If not‚ I’ll give you my boss’s card and we’ll take care of it." Cooper looked at the mower for a moment. Then‚ he looked at the yard. He shook his head. "Let’s head to the back for a few." Cooper said‚ starting that way. Leaving the mower and gas can in the front‚ they walked around the house. Cooper surveyed the
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of this method to provide artificial happiness surfaces in both Lenina and Bernard’s actions. Huxley states this coldly during Lenina’s trip home with Henry Foster‚ “‘What a hideous color khaki is‚’ remarked Lenina‚ voicing the hypnopædic prejudices of her caste” (62). Khaki is a color worn by lower castes in the society and the higher castes are taught not to associate with them. Bernard’s hypnopædic lessons did not work as well as most. He sees everything
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