Devontrey Professor Bustamante ENC 1102 T/T Paper #4 23 October 2012 Why College Athletes Should Be allowed to be Paid: College athletes should be allowed to be paid to play for many reasons‚ but today’s college athletes are subject to the “pay for play” rule‚ which states ‘that an individual will lose his or her amateur status and will not be eligible for intercollegiate competition in any sport’’ (Steve Wieberg). However‚ ultimately the rule hurts student athletes because many college
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Choice or Control? Over seventy percent of teens would stop coming to the health clinic if their parents were informed every time that they tried to obtain birth control (Wind 1). Teens feel as if they can not come to their parents about birth control and feel as if their privacy is being invaded. Our state’s population rate has increased exponentially since the 1990s‚ and having access to birth control can prevent pregnancies to teens who did not intend to be parents. Currently‚ the law states
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Muslim women in public. This bill regarding banning the burqa has been debated between should it become a law or not. For the reasons such as gender equality‚ rights‚ the protection of women‚ security‚ and discrimination. The burqa should not be banned because it limits freedom of gender equality‚ creates less sexual harassments‚ and creates restriction on a religion. Gender equality is one of the main factors in why banning the burqa is unfair and wrong. Muslim women in countries such as France lack
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readers in schools. Much of the controversy roots from religious groups‚ parents‚ and school administrators who all find different aspects of the novels to be untruthful to their personal morals. In many schools‚ parents have challenged the content of the series to be immoral. Learning about wizards‚ although fictional‚ still goes against the thoughts of conservative‚ religious people. This debated series should be allowed in schools because of its strong example of true friendship. On top of this
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live in poverty “studies have shown that children in America living in home without fathers are five times more likely to live in poverty…”Horn says. If children start life without a father may cause emotional problems. Emotional problems could lead to the child or children committing crimes because they didn’t have that father figure to guide them in the right direction. Statistics show children living in a single parent home are more likely to get into trouble with law enforcement and go to prison
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Should euthanasia be allowed? Euthanasia (from the Greek: εὐθανασία meaning "good death": εὖ‚ eu (well or good) + θάνατος‚ thanatos (death)) refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. Euthanasia should be and not should be allowed. It is ending a person’s pain and suffering‚ and if it’s the person’s decision to not live anymore‚ why not it is a sin to force people to live longer then they wanted. Unlike murder‚ euthanasia is not an act of violence
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men/women. I have always honored the dead wish which has gotten me where I am today. It’s a part of who we really are underneath the flesh and bones is how we respect one another and treat one another. Now some may say it’s just the dead and maybe you should just do your own thing‚ well that’s fine if that is what you believe in we all have our pride. Most of us have done this at least once in our lives from what scientist say. Which I agree with them‚ it has history people all over the world practice
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Gun Control If you think that people should have a license to buy a gun‚ well it think so to because to many people are dying every day. If we don’t do anything about it‚ it will get worse. Here are some reasons why. Did you know that 16‚808‚538 guns were sold in 2012. Did you know that 2 million of them are hand guns. That is a lot of guns. Half people dying are between the ages 18-35. There are 30 people dying every day in the U.S. because of guns. People could put an end to this if you had to
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Doucet 03 March 2012 Should parent spank their children? If parents are not going to spank their children when their children are big and strong enough to physically overpower their parents‚ it seems to me that choosing to spank them when they are small is somewhat thoughtless‚ and perhaps even cowardly. I believe that every human being can be thoughtless and cowardly at times‚ so I am not condemning people who spank their children. If parents choose to spank their children‚ I
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SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT BE ALLOWED TO DETAIN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS WITHOUT TRIAL? Terrorism isn’t James Bond or Tom Clancy. Even al-Quaeda is looking old school these days--now it’s just some guy with a bomb. He walks the same roads as us. He thinks the same thoughts. But he’s got a bomb. MICHAEL MARSHALL‚ Blood of Angels Thesaurus defines terrorism as the calculated use of violence against civilians to attain political or religious goals. Knowing that a terrorist could
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