Although some say college sports are too pampered by their University‚ the sports teams generate vast amounts of profit for their respective colleges and help to attract attention to the university. The NCAA alone creates around $871 million in revenue annually. While this may be nowhere near the whopping $87 billion they make from the tuition of students‚ the sports teams bring something more to the college‚ the idea of a fun and celebratory college life is lost without a sports team. The notion that college
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Should Felons Be Allowed To Vote? The disenfranchisement of a person is a heavy topic that you only hear about every four years during the Presidential Election. Why though? The reason: everyone has an opinion on the issue‚ but only few are willing to say anything about it. Some are afraid of the racial issue our country sees‚ and some are afraid to sway against their preferred political party. The Constitution of the United States of America‚ amendment 14‚ section 2‚ clearly states “…citizens
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Alex Pham author of "Boy‚ You Fight Like a Girl" investigates the ever growing world of online gaming and how gender affects both worlds. The "fastest-growing segment of the computer game market"(185)‚ adventure gaming‚ has hundreds of thousands of players that average twenty hours of play a week and thousands of them are playing as characters of the opposite sex. This gender switching is making games not only challenging‚ but also confusing‚ and possibly embarrassing. Pham first introduces a character
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How can we expect killing to stop when we kill in response to a crime? The death penalty has been giving out to criminals all around the world for a variety of crimes but it never seems to solve any problems or make anything better. The death penalty should not be allowed because it proves to be unsubstantial and has not shown or made any improvements is criminal activity. The death penalty uses an unnecessary amount of America’s budget. The amount of money we spend on the death penalty could be
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Should Hockey Players Be Allowed To Fight? There is a lot of speculation about whether or not fighting in hockey should continue to be allowed or if it should be banned from the game and punished highly. Personally I have always believed that fighting is a large part of hockey. In a game where it is already quite easy to sideline another players career by even just a perfectly clean body check players need to know that there are players there that will make you pay for that big hit. Hockey is a
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The Act of censorship is deciding on what people are allowed to view within the media. Censorship within schools is something that should be done in moderation‚ although the government and board of education find it to be more sufficient to use censorship as a tool to block provocative websites. It would be more effective for staff members to have control over the websites in which students are allowed to access due to the fact that most blocked websites are beneficial for educational purpose. It
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These schools‚ as well with many other youth associations‚ are rewarding children trophies. There are many statistics that show both sides of this argument. People are starting to take things too far with the whole “reward everyone” and leaving no children or adults out of an event. It’s getting ridiculous. So the question being asked here is “Should kids get a trophy for participation?” and here is my answer. First of all‚ children have the mindset that being rewarded is a good thing‚ which it
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" She paused for a minute and went from 25 mph to 45 mph! Daniela still had her phone in her hand‚ and as she put it down suddenly "Boom‚ Screech!"‚ she crashed. More than one million people take risks and become victims. States everywhere should not be allowed to drive while using handheld cellphones. Everyone takes risks. Examples of risks can be driving past the speed limit without getting caught‚ and playing video games while knowing you are suppose to do laundry.
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Although may not everybody would agree I believe cellphones should not be allowed in schools. First of all‚ cellphones can be a distraction to students. Secondly‚ students can use the cellphones to cheat on a test‚ quiz‚ or classwork. Lastly‚ it can be stolen. To start off‚ cellphones should not be allowed in school because they can interrupt the class and teacher. For example‚ if a professor is teaching a class a new lesson and suddenly a cellphones starts to ring‚ the teacher will have to stop
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Findlay Edition 9/23/2012 9/23/2012 The Boy‚ the Girl‚ the Ferry Captain‚ and the Hermits Case 1 There was an island‚ and on this island there lived a girl. A short distance away there was another island‚ and on this island there lived a boy. The boy and the girl were very much in love with eac h other. The boy had to leave his island and go on a long journey‚ and he would be gone for a very long time. The girl felt that she must see the boy one more time before he went away. There was
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