The electoral college in america should be abolished because it has major flaws‚ supports political inequality‚ and doesn’t support third party candidates. On top of the flaws that already exist in the electoral college the biggest flaws is what happens when there is a tie. In the case of a tie the decision of who gets to be president is cast in the House of Representatives. This would mean that every states essentially has one vote making “the single representative from Wyoming‚ representing 500
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Should a Student Take Notes During College? When students reach college-level academics‚ note taking becomes a major role in the effective learning of college students. Studies have shown that effective note taking results in higher academic grades. There are a high number of students in colleges today that are receiving poor grades due to failing tests or quizzes over material that was taught to them but not remembered. The vast majority of these students have poor note taking skills. There
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The topic I chose is “Why are college athletes not being paid for playing sports in college while others around them are?” College athletes are like other professional athletes only thing different is they are one level under professionals and they are not being paid. The athletes are not being paid for their entertainment‚ but they are doing just about everything a professional athlete is doing such as being on television‚ playing on holidays‚ and being exposed to the media. This topic was chosen
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Banning football from high schools and colleges would be a bad idea that would happen. Banning football would take away many benefits and skills from their students. Without having high school or college football that would take away from other leagues like NFL‚ Canadian football league or Arena football league. In “Why College Football Should Be Banned” by Buzz Bissinger‚ Bissinger states a lot about the cost of college football; colleges spend too much on their football programs. I disagree with
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just goes back to the company anyway. Do you think that someone would do that? No because that would be foolish‚ right? Then why do the college athletes do it? The answer is simply because the NCAA‚ or the company in the example‚ won’t pay them‚ and they don’t have anywhere else to go and play (except for LaVar Ball’s league). Therefore‚ college athletes should be paid because of the financial benefits to the NCAA and the sacrifice
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applaud Central Texas College for their stand against this debilitating crisis that is sweeping through. From an early age‚ many people have taking up the addiction of smoking. As one who does not I hope that Central Texas College continues to take its stand against second hand smoke. For me‚ having clean air‚ not smelling of cigarette smoke‚ and the disgusting littering that plagues our grassy areas is some of the many reasons that smoking should not be allowed at Central Texas College. Who does not
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“ I struggled with being a broke college graduate‚ and while all my friends were getting career jobs‚ I was working horrible part-time jobs. That’s why now even when i get tired‚ I think‚ This is what I asked for; by Jermaine Lamarr Cole‚ who is a famous hip hop artist.With the cost of going to college nowadays‚ students have no choice‚ they have to work to be able pay for their college supplies. College student who works have no choice. They are in the middle and they don’t know how to get
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case of the Electoral College apparently the majority doesn’t count. The Electoral College was established in Article II of the Constitution and amended by the 12th Amendment in 1804. Each state gets a number of electors equal to its number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives plus one for each of its two U.S. Senators creating a total of 538 electoral votes. A majority winner must receive 270 votes to be elected. With a few minor exceptions‚ the Electoral College gives all of the electoral
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College Athletes: To pay or not to pay? After being established in 1905 with the help of former President of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ the NCAA has become on of the most profitable organizations in America. The NCAA makes approximately 11 million dollars from CBS alone for just the three weekends of March Madness. Many other college sports bring each of their respected programs millions upon millions of dollars each year. This is why college athletes have must be paid a salary by the
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into community colleges has increased dramatically through the years. Numerous students are choosing to attend community college for the first two years rather than a four-year university. As tuition inflates each year‚ student enrollment is starting to decrease. “According to the College Board‚ in 2011-2012‚ tuition and fees cost an average of $28‚500 at private nonprofit four-year colleges‚ $8‚244 at public four-year colleges‚ and $2‚963 at public community colleges” (Community college value more
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