Nyreesha Bracey English 162 Mr. Kurtz July 3‚ 2013 Freedom of Speech on a College Campus What would you do if a swastika was hung outside your dorm room or building by another student? How would you react to any offensive object or behavior that was considered free speech of another person? Many people do not know what they would do or how they would react and handle the situation if they found themselves in it. In the essay‚ “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus‚” author Derek Bok gives
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Have you ever put something off? Thinking “Oh‚ i’ll just do it tomorrow?” Have you ever thought you were showing signs of a mental disorder by doing that? You’ve probably haven’t. Actions such as putting off your task until the next morning would be called procrastination. The definition of procrastination is the act of delaying or postponing something for another time. Procrastination can be either putting off work for something else that the person believes is more important or just to do something
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Stress in College Every person will experience some degree of stress in his or her life. Stress can be healthy. Stress can make a person feel hopeless‚ helpless‚ and powerless. Constant worry about Problems can cause a diversity of physical symptoms. Some people face stress more than Others do. College students deal with stress each stage of courses. Gender‚ age‚ and finance Is a major influence on how a person experience stress in college. Bettina (2001) conducted research on stress
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In Bonnie Tsui’s‚ Choose Your Own Identity‚ she discusses the flexibility that lays within racial identity. In Tsui’s essays she states that even though our race has such a huge roll in the way we make our political and societal decisions‚ racial identity has become fluid. In her mind‚ we are making a come back and prioritizing the importance of who we identify as‚ rather than focusing on what we are. In Tsui’s own words‚ “In a strange way‚ the renewed fluidity of racial identity is a homecoming
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must go to college. Teachers and counselors sometimes lead us to think that we only have one option to be successful. College might not be for everyone! From my research‚ I found many articles on reasons why people go to college‚ reasons they do not go to college‚ and statistics on going and not going to college. There are many leading factors on why people might not go to college. The financial aspects of college‚ the tests you must take to get in‚ or just having no desire to go to college are many
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College Students and Alcohol College student drunkenness is far from new and neither are college and university efforts to control it. What is new‚ however‚ is the potential to make real progress on this age-old problem based on scientific research results. New research-based information about the consequences of high-risk college drinking and how to reduce it can empower colleges and universities‚ communities‚ and other interested organizations to take effective action. Hazardous drinking among
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Student’s Freedom of Speech in Public School The First Amendment states that all citizens of the U.S have freedom of religion‚ petition‚ assembly‚ press‚ and speech. The First Amendment was written and adopted for over two hundred years of American History. Throughout this period people have questioned the extent of freedom that they were given through the First Amendment. The freedom of speech is probably the most misunderstood of all the five components in that the freedom of speech has been altered
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Tin Nguyen 10/02/14 The Stress in College Students Having stress in life cannot be avoided. It is common to be stressed out if you are a college student. Why is college stressful? College has become much harder and more expensive for students. Also they have to face with so many things of their piece of life‚ therefore they are stressed out. For example‚ work beside school‚ choosing a right major for your future‚ and doing well on tests and projects is enough to make anybody feel overwhelmed
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the ‘Typical’ College Student” by Tressie McMillan Cottom. A writer for Slate and PhD candidate in sociology at Emory College. Tressie argues that higher education reforms should reflect nontraditional students more because they are older with more responsibilities and obligations. The article is discussing Obama’s affordability plan and how it is not beneficial to most students attending college. A nontraditional college student is typically a student who is older and attending college years after
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drugs such as cocaine. Strangely enough‚ many college students and people around the world consume stimulants on a regular basis in their tea and coffee drinks. Caffeine is known to be one of the most used stimulant drugs by people worldwide. Whether it is because of procrastination or a dense workload‚ students are often left with the feeling that there are not enough hours in the day to complete all their tasks and responsibilities. It is common for students to turn to coffee to stay awake and responsive
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