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    Are You Being Cheated? Over the years the Electoral College has been proven to be outdated. People wonder constantly if their vote counts anymore or‚ if this method is affective any longer. There are three main reasons why the Electoral College is outdated and should be abolished. The presidential candidates only pay attention to the states with the most Electoral votes‚ we also have a larger and more educated population then when this was originally set up‚ lastly it does not seem as if your vote

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    EDITORIAL: Make the jury more diverse By: Elizabeth Del Carmen‚ January 19‚ 2017 By allowing a certain selected amount of people to be a jury I do not feel as if though we are promoting an environment that does not discriminate. This will further help create a divide between the country‚ and that is not something that we want to increase. How is it that only white males are allowed to contribute to the community if they have a set mind about certain subjects. As seen in the Tom Robinson trial the

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    and lawyers also makes for a potentially sticky situation as the athlete becomes older. As a young‚ collegiate athlete focused on sports‚ the student potentially misses out on opportunities to build their resume with employment and skills. They also might not take advantage of other aspects of the university‚ such as internships in their major or classes on interviewing. The reason behind this is potentially two-fold: university athletes do not have the time or focus to devote to skills that will extend

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    Anida Palavra4A COMM 1020 Is it time for colleges and universities to pay their althletes? I believe that colleges should be allowed to pay athletes. The players risk injury‚ devote their time‚ may forego earnings while playing and will not‚ in most cases‚ be able to play professional ball. Colleges make often over 50 million-100 million dollars in revenues because ticket sales‚ sponsorship rights and the sale of broadcast rights. The NCCA sold broadcast rights over to its annual men’s basketball

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    affect their grades. Student who attended public 4 year colleges paid an average of $3‚190 in tuition for the 1987-1988 school year. Today the average has risen to $9‚970 for the 2017-2018 school year. The price has increased by 213%. The college application and decision making process is stressful as it is. Students are forced to make their first of many adult choices‚ a choice that will change their life. Recently the ever growing price of college tuition is another factor students and their families

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    This is due to an antiquated system called the electoral college. The electoral college (EC) was founded in 1787. The founding fathers set up the system so that the president is chosen indirectly. This was done so that "popular passion‚" wouldn ’t factor in as much. Basically they didn ’t want presidential campaigns to become purely advertisement campaigns. (third party times) But there are a few serious flaws in the electoral college that need to be dealt with. For example‚ the well known

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    Electoral college is a process that is set up by our founding fathers in the constitution; it is a “compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens” (U.S Electoral College). Electoral college is an example of indirect democracy; therefore‚ we do not choose our president directly. Thus‚ electoral college is not democratic. Electoral college is a group of people appointed by each state‚ who formally elect the

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    Pros and Cons of a Vegetarian Diet A vegetarian diet is one that generally excludes any kind of meat‚ fish and chicken and instead replaces with plant-based foods that are rich in fiber and low in fat. Becoming a vegetarian can benefit your body and overall health in a variety of different ways. Though many vegetarians admit to missing meat after giving it up‚ the newly added benefits in the body can make it worthwhile. Pro: Weight Control Perhaps the most well known advantage that a vegetarian

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    The Electoral College‚ established by the founding fathers in the United States Constitution‚ is a process whereby a body of electors chosen by voters in each state cast a formal vote to elect the president and vice president. Among many other things established within the Constitution‚ the Electoral College requires extensive reform. The Constitution itself was merely a framework for the United States government and did not take into account the extent to which society would change between 1787

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    sport is baseball‚ football‚ the Olympics‚ NASCAR or college sports the industry has grown in leaps and bounds. But in order to see this concept fully grow into a big business situation you must first look at its humble and less complicated beginnings. In the beginning the NCAA was just a mere thought in somebodies head. In 1905 a meeting between the then President Roosevelt and 13 athletic institutions directors sparked the debate over college football schedules and who was going to play whom.

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