Fernandez v. California: Fourth Amendment Upheld? POL 303 August 4‚ 2013 The Merit case of Fernandez v. California is seeking to determine whether the Constitutional rights of Walter Fernandez were violated under the 4th Amendment when law enforcement conducted a search of his residence upon obtaining consent from his girlfriend‚ who was also a resident‚ after Fernandez was taken into custody (and had stated his objections to the search while at the scene). In Georgia v. Randolph (2006)
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Pop Culture in Academic Classrooms In discussions of the academic classroom‚ one controversial issue has been the incorporation of popular culture in a scholarly style. On the one hand‚ Gerald Graff‚ an English professor who has been teaching for several years at the University of Illinois in Chicago‚ argues that “street smarts‚” which can relate to popular culture‚ have educational value and can help young students show and develop their intellectualism. On the other hand‚ Mark Bauerlein‚ an English
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will come as no surprise seeing world’s influential icons stressing on academic knowledge. Gerald Graff‚ however‚ expresses his different perspective in his article‚ Hidden Intellectualism. By looking back at his childhood‚ he realizes that his non-academic interest‚ which is reading sports magazines‚ is the actual foundation to his current social position as a professor and a writer. Similarly to Graff with his interest in sports magazines‚ the first batch of brownies that I made was the discovery
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society the chance to merge with other races and infinitely allowing racism to always be a thing. Racism was very heavy in previous history. In her Journal of Psychohistory web article “The Name of the Game is Shame: The Effects of Slavery‚” Gilda Graff notes‚ “Slavery did not end the trauma and shame to which blacks were subjected.” Although history has had a major impact in which the world views other races‚ the present is still partially at fault for all of the racism that is happening today. Although
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“"I’m afraid‚" said Ender quietly. "But I’ll go with you."‚ "Tell me again‚" said Graff. "It’s what I was born for‚ isn’t it? If I don’t go‚ why am I alive?" "Not good enough‚" said Graff. "I don’t want to go‚" said Ender‚ "but I will."”. Ender knew ever since he was born he was born just to be taken away to be used as a solider in the war against the buggers‚ although being taken away from his family was the last thing he wanted he knew it was the reason he was born. Child labor can be used
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high school graduates are capable of challenges in college‚ as most of them do not have enough academic abilities to perform extremely well. Consequently‚ young adults might have intangible hopes about their career after school. In contrast‚ Gerald Graff‚ a professor of English and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago‚ encourages young individuals‚ particularly “street smarts”‚ to go to a higher institution
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Don’t Blame the Eater vs What You Eat Is Your Business America’s obesity can be an argument that has many sides to it. The one that is the most straightforward and logical is that us as americans are bringing this upon ourselves. We know the kinds of foods that are good and healthy along with the foods that are bad‚ fattening‚ and unhealthy. We try to blame fast food restaurants and grocery stores for serving us foods that are unhealthy. In reality‚ we know. We try to blame those companies because
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my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along—the same person that I am today.” (Card xvii) In Orson Scott Card’s novel‚ Ender’s Game‚ Ender Wiggin‚ a little 6 year old boy‚ is recruited into Battle School by Colonel Graff and the International Fleet to save mankind from an alien species called the Buggers. The Buggers have been humankind’s main enemy and they know very little of the Buggers beside that they are the bad guy. There has already been two fights between
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their own programs for officers to be included in a stress reduction program. One criminal justice professional‚ Professor Edward LeClair‚ has designed a program for officers who are dealing with stress‚ anxiety‚ gender‚ and sexual assault (Dobratz‚ Graff‚ Marx‚ Wimberger‚
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For the longest time‚ technology has aided humans with both simple everyday tasks and complex tasks‚ but it will not take much longer before it’s power becomes misused. In the novel Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card‚ the community must reduce the amount of technology used because it negatively impacts the society by allowing individuals to obtain too much power‚ threatening citizen’s privacy‚ and corrupting the minds of children. First of all‚ people can gain too much power from technology
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