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    Since the creation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Incorporated 110 years ago‚ Alpha men have had a profound impact on the African American community. Notable Alphas men such as Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Lionel Richie and W.E.B. Dubois have lead significant marches‚ molded African American music and guided a race. As they say‚ Alpha history his African American history. I would to be a part of an organization with such rich history. Today‚ Alpha Men are still the most prominent men in the African

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    “The Concept of Discourse Community‚” an excerpt from the book Genre Analysis‚ by John Swales attempts to indicate the actual definition of a discourse community. Swales main argument is that there is a difference between a speech community and a discourse community. Also‚ that there are six characteristics a group must meet in order to be a discourse community. Swales then provides examples and discusses issues concerning the idea of a discourse community. In the beginning of Swales argument‚

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    Discourse Community Analysis For the last decade‚ massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have been rising in popularity‚ with the total revenue of these games coming out to be about half a billion dollars. Since the year 2004‚ there is one game that has greatly contributed to this increase of interest in the genre: World of Warcraft. Since its inception‚ World of Warcraft has achieved over eleven million subscribers‚ as well as being referenced in mainstream media such as news

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    In the fall of 2010 Pi Kappa Alpha at the University of Utah (Alpha Tau) was at a point of crisis. The chapter received a membership review in response to poor membership‚ lack of accountability and apathy. Following the membership review the house was left with dwindled membership and a group of disheartened members who remained. The following spring the remaining members of the house opted to not take on a new member class. Instead they would build a foundation within the active chapter of

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    The Tallahassee Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Frater nity‚ Inc. presents APPLICATION PACKET Toraino Owens‚ Polemarch‚ Tallahassee Alumni Chapter Fred Harris‚ Vice Polemarch‚ Tallahassee Alumni Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity‚ Inc. Esrone McDaniels‚ Kappa League Advisor Clyde Lemon‚ Co-Kappa League Advisor Shawn Brown‚ Co-Kappa League Advisor Antonio Carrion‚ Co-Kappa League Advisor 2011 - 2012 Kappa League Membership Application The Kappa League of Tallahassee‚ Florida is a mentoring

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    FOR TALENT AND COMPETITIVENESS: The SME Business Case for Diversity The information contained in this publication does not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission. This publication is financed by the European Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (2007-2013). This programme was established to support the implementation of the objectives of the European Union in the employment and social affairs area‚ as set out in the Social Agenda‚ and thereby

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    Access to Higher Education and International Foundation Option Psychology KEY STUDY: The Stanford Prison Experiment. A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. This Study‚ led by Philip Zimbardo‚ describes a famous experiment which has been the subject of much discussion and controversy. From this it is intended to examine ethical principles‚ the experiment as a research method and some of the issues involved in observation. AIM AND NATURE OF THE STUDY This study is an excerpt

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    Concept of Discourse Community”‚ John Swales reveals that language use tends to be socially constructed‚ and that a discourse community tends to differ from a speech community. A discourse community is commonly defined as a group of people that share a common set of values‚ and establish ways in order to effectively communicate about their goals. A common example of a community discourse is a group of people that share the same culture and speak the same language. Swales argues that discourse communities

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    My desire to be an Alpha man strongly revolves around the fraternity’s aims‚ mission statement‚ and vision. These principles and values of Alpha are something that resonates deeply with how I try to develop myself as a man within an academic setting as well the local community. The fraternity itself set the standard for which other Black Greek fraternities and sororities would follow as being the first inter-collegiate fraternal organization established for African-Americans with the sole purpose

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    analysis of a discourse community that I am a part of‚ I will be focusing on St. Xavier High School and Jesuit education. St. Xavier is a great example of a discourse community and is backed up by the scholarly articles written by John Swales and Joseph Harris. Joseph Harris focuses his argument about what makes a community a community around writing. Harris proposes that “our aims and intentions in writing are thus not merely personal‚ idiosyncratic‚ but reflective of the communities to which we belong”

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