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    Conservative and Liberal By Yash Patel Your views or beliefs on specific issues can be determined by your own thoughts. If you look at the beliefs of Conservatism and Liberalism‚ you can understand the different viewpoints on different issues. They debate on certain issues such as abortion‚ death penalty‚ education‚ gun control‚ taxes‚ etc. The ideas are very different for both‚ the conservative and liberal. A person can be either for or against conservative and liberal views. You can also be both

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    at followers‚ people who use social media do not realize that their privacy is being invaded more than they think. Everything posted on social media leaves a cyber footprint that can later be traced back and used against you or for data which raises the question of privacy. Many users feel that through “privacy settings” that their information is concealed when in reality it can be accessed by the government or other corporations. Particularly‚ prospective college students need to be extra mindful

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    Sleep Deprivation of college students It is 11:30 in the morning and the lecture started half an hour ago. The classroom is still half empty. Although half of the class is here‚ they don’t look like awake. Most of them look like zombies. The above scenario is a common condition taken place in colleges. A research done by Tsui‚YY‚ et al (2009) shows that two thirds of the participating students reported sleep deprivation. The poor sleep quality results in their zombie looks and poor attendants

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    It cannot deny that the image of black people on televisions or screen steps into positive attitudes of entertainment industry. Long time ago‚ there were only whites who can appear on screen while blacks disappeared from screen or they played just minor character. However‚ at the moment‚ African Americans are the key that drives the entertainment industry to complete. For example‚ Beyonce is American’s favorite singer star of all time. Throughout her career‚ most people agree

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    inequality a large problem that needs to be dealt with? Economic Conservatives and Liberals have different answers to these questions. Conservatives believe in the free market and desire less government intervention. While Liberals believe the free market naturally produces inequality and sees it as the governments responsibility to handle many issues that arise. There are a few observations that have been made about both Liberals and Conservative‚ it is not in their belief systems‚ but it is how they act

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    The Virtues of Higher Education In the essay “What A College Education Buys” written by Christopher Caldwell‚ the author questions whether or not the value of a college education today supports the high cost of obtaining a degree. Having a college degree is viewed as having achieved some measure of accomplishment. People think you are more intelligent for having gone to college. Employers seem to be more eager to hire college graduates. Certainly we have been told that having a degree will help to

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    While advancing to college‚ countless students begin to possess habits that have a negative effect on his or her health‚ emotions‚ and relationships with others. These habits include drugs‚ lack of sleep‚ unhealthy eating routines‚ and numerous others. College can be a very stressful environment for students‚ causing them to obtain new habits that are very harmful. Students feel as though these habits will help with the stress in their lives‚ but unfortunately it only makes them sick and harms

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    There are many things that cause stress for college students; family pressure‚ relationships‚ peer pressure and work pressure. The first reason that causes a lot of stress for college students is family pressure. The college students get pressure from their families to perform well in their studies. In this competitive world‚ parents expect good performance and excellent grades from their children. For example‚ a student who just entered college after high school has to adjust in the new

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    title: The effect of nightlife entertainment on PSU student learning quality Background Because of the influence from the western lifestyle and social value‚ nightlife entertainment becomes the popular recreation for many people. More teenagers go to nightlife entertainment that includes the university students. The freedom of the university student’s life make them can do whatever they want and can be easy to persuade to concern with the nightlife entertainment which teenagers believe that they

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    Becoming a Successful College Student “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome.”  Booker T. Washington. Throughout life people are faced with a variety of obstacles. How they choose to overcome these obstacles determines whether they become successful or not‚ it would be nice if there was an instruction manual to tell one how to be successful‚ how to overcome these obstacles. One of the most difficult obstacles

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