Okay so here I am sending my SATs to another school‚ wondering if this place will be a good fit. One week later I get big envelope from Centenary college and I read the book from cover to cover and I thought this place is for me. I love that the president of Centenary College has an approach to steer the students to an endless job opportunities before they’re created. I really appreciate the closeness between the students and teachers so the professors can truly get to know you. I know it sounds
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and hills‚ then the new ride Star Wars: Light Side vs Dark Side is for you. These dueling roller coasters are in a race to the finish‚ with identical tracks‚ and a random outcome every time. During the ride‚ you experience things such as hills‚ loops‚ twists‚ turns‚ as well as a corkscrew around the Death Star and R2D2. When entering the ride‚ you will have the choice to enter one of two lines. One line will take you to the platform of the light side. On your way to the loading area‚ you will
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service. Although a draft will most likely not be performed anytime soon‚ women signing up for it would be a good way to show equality among the sexes. The main reason that women were not allowed to sign up for the selective service is that women were not serving in combat. Now that this has been changed‚ it is no longer a valid reason for preventing women to sign up. However‚ there are protections to prevent people that are caring for a family to get called for the draft. The fact that women
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Changing Society in Lasting‚ Constructive Ways Change is inevitable. It has always happened and always will. However‚ making changes in society has never been easy. In order to change society in lasting and constructive ways‚ it requires charismatic leaders‚ a group of people that has faith and obeys the leader‚ and strategic plans. Without charismatic leaders‚ changes in society might not be made. A leader is an important person because they are willing to stand out to direct and control
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Current affirmative action programs rest on fundamentally incompatible principles that frustrate‚ rather than facilitate‚ the attainment of true educational diversity. The core problem is that universities have largely disregarded the only permissible goal of affirmative action programs—educational diversity —in favor of remedying past discrimination. In doing so‚ race and other immutable characteristics have become proxies for a diverse student body at the expense of the many factors that more
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Analyzing Speeches The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will assess and validate information. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Teacher-Graded Activities Write a response for each of the following activities. Check the Evaluation section at the end of this document to make
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Discussion of Affirmative Action Pros and Cons. Affirmative Action programming is seen by some as a mechanical remedy to past social conditions that penalized minority member applicants for employment‚ women‚ or persons with disabilities. In the United States‚ Affirmative Action has been seen as compensation for the exclusion of the African American community‚ in particular‚ and has been hoped to create upward mobility for more members of this sector. In this sense‚ Affirmative Action may
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Referring to both a general concept and United States legislature‚ affirmative action is defined as‚ "A set of procedures designed to eliminate unlawful discrimination among applicants‚ remedy the results of such prior discrimination‚ and prevent such discrimination in the future‚" ("Affirmative Action"‚ LII). The idea behind affirmative action is that minorities deserve not only equal treatment to their prior oppressors‚ but also compensation for the discrimination that they and/or their ancestors
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The information should be meaningful and interesting to the audience. II. Informative speeches can be classified into four types. A. Some informative speeches are about objects. 1. Speeches about objects describe something that is visible‚ tangible‚ and stable in form. a. Objects may have moving parts or be alive. b. They may include places‚ structures‚ animals‚ even people. 2. Speeches about objects need to be sharply focused. a. A speaker cannot convey everything
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Affirmative action is the policy in which schools give priority to students who tend to suffer from discrimination. The policy was intended to give minorities equal rights in the admission process‚ however nowadays‚ it gives an unfair preference to one group of students‚ as opposed to being equal. This leads into the discussion of racial discrimination. Opponents of the law say that affirmative action gives minorities an unfair advantage over non-minorities. On the other side‚ proponents of the law
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