Cell Phones on Campus? Yes or No? Think of this scenario; A cell phone buzzes and rings in a student’s pocket. As the teacher abruptly stops talking‚ everyone in the classroom stares at the student‚ disrupted. The boy‚ paying no attention to the annoyed class‚ reaches into his pocket‚ pulls out a cell phone‚ and starts texting rapidly. This is an example of cell phone distraction at school. First off‚ cell phones shouldn’t be allowed in schools is because of cheating. Cheating allows cheaters
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Carlos Gutierrez Mrs. Moquett Com/170 April 22‚ 2013 Living on Campus versus living off Campus A college experience can be the greatest time in a student’s life for the reason being‚ it is a new path the individual is taking to pursue his or her future career. While pursuing a career‚ every student has his or her own personal preference of whether or not to live on campus. Deciding where to reside seems to be the topic that runs through every college student’s mind. Whether it is to live the
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Campus Carry According to the Texas Department of Public Safety on August 1st of 2016‚ the right for an authorized licensed handgun holder to carry a concealed handgun on certain public‚ private‚ and/or independent university campuses was granted. Even though campus carry is permitted‚ open carry is still banned. Depending on the campus certain buildings may be prohibited to campus carry. When there is a building on the campus that does not permit the carrying of handguns‚ there will be a sign
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Campus rape is an extremely prevalent issue in today’s culture. According to Stanford University’s 2015 Campus Climate Survey‚ 4.7 % of women reported that they had been a victim of sexual assault and 32.9% reported experiencing sexual misconduct. Of those attacks‚ 80% of the perpetrators were Stanford students and 85% were men. Many of these offenses go unreported for fear of the victim not being believed or even being blamed. Because of this‚ rape is not taken as seriously as it should be. Recently
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North Campus Citizen Scientist Project For my Applied Leadership Project I have been promoting citizen science at Miami Dade College North Campus as well as in my hometown of Key Biscayne. Citizen Science is when community members participate in the scientific data collection of their surrounding environment. They can observe wild plants and animals and report it for scientific processing. It is really easy to become a citizen scientist‚ as easy as downloading an app called iNaturalist on any smartphone
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Open campus lunches in High School Normally in every high school you go to or see‚ the students are having lunch in a cafeteria an enclosed area‚ but do you ever see students leaving campus for lunch? When you first hear this you might think‚ “Letting students go out and to do whatever they want?” Now i‘m not saying it should be open for everyone‚ but be an option that a parent can sign a forum to let their child be out to explore different foods and interact with the world being themselves
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drinking oriented. Students do not realize the fun they perceive to have during these binge drinking bashes lead to alcohol dependency‚ serious health problems and ultimately death. For these reasons‚ college campuses should work towards an lcohol-free campus. Students attend college to learn‚ however‚ the mental capacity and the ability to learn is inhibited with excessive drinking. High doses of alcohol damage the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex areas of the brain which are still developing in college-aged
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Students who live on campus have better chance of succeeding in their college career than students who don’t live on campus. When you live on campus‚ all you need for your academic success is there. You don’t have to drive back and forth from home to campus anymore. It is a perfect way to start your experience away from your parents’ home . You will meet wonderful people that will help you in every step of the way. On the other side‚ students who go to college while still living
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Many students push for an open campus lunch to enjoy with their friends. They would like to go eat at a fast food restaurant or even swing by home and say hello to mom or dad. But they have to stay at school and either not eat or eat the ever degrading school food. Starting open campus lunches gives many benefits such as an increase in student happiness‚ less money needing to be spent on food and electricity by the school‚ and even lunch running smooth with the decrease in student populous. Many
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Gun Free Campus Equals a Defenseless Campus. Campuses grow more vulnerable every day as the nation continues on its downward spiral. Since 2010‚ the country has witnessed over a hundred shootings committed on school campuses. Shootings on school grounds‚ whether it is an elementary or post graduate school is far from a new concept. During the 1990s’ Congress implemented multiple Gun Free School Zone Acts for federally funded schools to help create safer school zones by preventing any gun related
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