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    and FinAid.org‚ approximately 1% to 2% of undergraduate students in Bachelor’s degree programs receive athletic scholarships‚ equaling a total of about $1 billion a year. While that monetary amount is growing at a rate of 4.5% year over year…” Yes giving talented athletes scholarships is great. The state is giving the athlete an opportunity to get a free education just due solely on the fact that they play their sport very well. But why should athletes on scholarships be paid any typeof salary if everything

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    compared to the revenue college programs earn‚ student athletes receive in return is very small. Mark’s article also argues that players put in full work towards their sport and there’s not much time for a job or even school work for them and they still don’t get paid.‚ while coaches earn millions of dollars every year. So here is the point‚ if the NCAA‚ coaches‚ and athletic directors can earn huge amounts of money from student athletes‚ shouldn’t student athletes earn money as well? It would be nice

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    advantage of wearing uniforms is that students won’t buy fashionable and expensive clothes which will save money. Also‚ wearing uniforms can help some students to avoid uneasiness from the side of their classmates. Sometimes students feel embarrassed if they are wearing cheap clothes. They will feel comfortable if everybody is wearing the same thing. It might be annoying for some people if they wear the same thing everyday. Uniforms prevent originality of a student. If you wear the clothes you want

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    The law system in Athens was a system where anyone off the streets could press charges against their fellow man without having to go through an attorney general like figure. After charges were pressed‚ the jury would be called and everyone would report to where the case was occurring. The number of jurors ranged anywhere from 21 to the two thousands. The individual who pressed charges spoke first as to why the other party was guilty; then the defendant would rebut the first party’s points and state

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    The Enemy Above: A Novel of World War II is a story about a twelve-year-old Jewish peasant named Anton. He lives with his uncles and his grandmother‚ Bubbe in the Ukrainian village of Borshchiv. The story takes place in 1942 during World War II in a farming village. His mother died when he was young‚ and his father went off to fight in the war. A year after his father left‚ German soldiers invade Anton’s village with a plan to eradicate all the Jews from the Ukraine. Pursued by Major Von Duesen‚

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    Should Genetic Engineering Be Controlled by Law? “Just as the success of a corporate body in making money need not set the human condition ahead‚ neither does every scientific advance automatically make our lives more meaningful” ( Professor George Wald‚ Noble Prize winning biologist‚ The Dangers of Genetic Engineeering 1976‚ p.45) . Genetic engineering is the direct manipulation of an organism’s genes. It uses the techniques of molecular cloning and transformation to alter the

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    Should Gun Control Laws Be Stricter? Lindsey Curry English 111 Dr. Robert Brandon November 20‚ 2012 Many different freedoms were granted in many different ways to the people of the United States. When the Constitution was written in 1776‚ many rights were granted to the people of the United States. In 1791‚ the second amendment of the Constitution was adopted and allowed the people to be able to keep and bear arms (Members‚ 2011). Today‚ there is a debate on making these gun control laws stricter;

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    gunman‚ were killed when Pekka-Eric Auvinen‚ 18‚ went on a shooting spree at his local school. Until now‚ Finland has actively resisted plans for all European Union member states to limit gun ownership to persons aged 18 and over. Currently‚ the law stipulates that Finns may apply for a gun permit at age 15. However‚ Anne Holmlund‚ Finnish interior minister‚ told reporters today that "Finland has changed its position to the EU firearms directive." Holmlund told the press that the intention is

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    Should the Law Treat Kids and Adults Differently? By Jessica Reaves Thursday‚ May 17‚ 2001 Follow @TIME When a child kills‚ does he instantly become an adult? Or does he maintain some trappings of childhood‚ despite the gravity of his actions? These are the questions plaguing the American legal system today‚ as the violent acts of juvenile offenders continue to make headlines. Wednesday‚ 14-year-old Nathaniel Brazill was found guilty of second-degree murder for killing his English teacher

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    (a) Does the law depend on moral values? (b) Should the law depend on moral values? before establishing any degree of societal acknowledgement. Since time immemorial‚ there has always been an argument concerning the ways in which the law is affected by morality and consequently there is obviously a continuous societal debate establishing the development of this so-called relationship. This begs questions such as; ‘What are moral values? What is meant by the law ? How are these laws formulated?

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