And at what point does an opposing viewpoint become hate speech? These are questions that can’t easily be answered‚ but‚ with rising political tensions‚ need to be. When imaging the type of person who would be invited to speak at colleges‚ most would picture a professional‚ knowledgeable in their studies‚ and able to back up their opinions with facts. This‚ unfortunately‚ is not always the case. More and more speakers invited to campuses now are individuals who are focused on spreading hateful ideas
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825 alcohol related deaths in college age students. Also there have been over 696‚000 students assaulted by a student who had be drinking alcohol. And around 97‚000 students have reported being sexually assaulted by someone with alcohol in there system (“College Binge Drinking”). Binge drinking is a pattern of drinking brings blood alcohol concentration levels to .08. This typically occurs after 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks in men. Many students entering college see this as a normal behavior once
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Free college would be more like another high school. The Government may make a change that will affect a lot of people in the United States of America. That change is giving free college to every student which can either be a bad or a good thing. Although many people think it’s bad because free college would mean a raise in taxes. Secondly it is also a bad idea because the requirements at a job might get higher and be more than two years of college for most of them. Third reason free collegeis not
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I personally don’t believe that college should be free. Making it free would only serve to limit the value of the education while filling colleges with students that have no business/need there. College would become nothing more than a 4 year extension of high school if it were free. As things are now‚ society needs about 25% of the population to have a college degree for the jobs that require one and about 30% of the population has a degree. As a result‚ you hear from a lot of people that believe
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rise of school shootings on college campuses‚ debates on whether guns should be allowed on college campuses or not have started. Students should be allowed to carry guns on college campuses because people should have the right to self-defense wherever they may be‚ gun-free zones only protect killers since the laws ensure they will face no resistance‚ and merely the appearance of a firearm dissuades an attacker. The first reason why guns should be allowed on college campuses is people have the right
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the beautiful college campuses they are in awe of the wonderful academics and amazing atmosphere‚ but little do they think of this hidden issue. Everyone knows a girl who will enter one of these universities whether it is a daughter‚ a friend‚ a niece‚ a sister‚ or even a cousin. Therefore‚ every single person should have an interest in this proposal. Of the women who will enter college one in every five will get sexually assaulted during their four years of college‚ and the colleges are failing them
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Will allowing guns on college campuses make them safer? 1. Introduction a. Thesis: Allowing guns on college campuses doesn’t make them safer but will increase crimes and violence but allowing students to carry guns could reduce sexual assaults. 2. Body a. Carrying guns increases crimes. According to an article by Evan DeFilippis (2014) “Campus Gun Control works”‚ Two legal scholars‚ Ian Ayres and John Donohue‚ further studied Lott’s results and discovered that his data contain many coding and econometric
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Would faculty and students benefit from a concealed weapon permit holder to carry on college campuses? Guns should be permitted on college campuses because schools are gun free zones‚ making them vulnerable for the opportunity of crime to occur. One reason why guns should be allowed on college campuses is because time is of the essence with a split second to make a life changing decision. Another reason why weapons should be authorized on school grounds is because‚ it can assist with detaining an
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of the Problem Sexual assault occurs on every college campus. It does not matter if the institution is public or private‚ have a higher or small number of students‚ co-ed or same sex‚ urban or rural; students can become a victim of sexual assault at any school. Men can be victims of a women rapist or a male rapist. Women can be victims of a female or male rapists. While‚ sexual assault can happen to anyone. College campuses can be a place that foster sexual assaults. Although sexual
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Free Speech “Congress shall make no law ...abridging the freedom of speech”. From the nation’s dawn freedom of speech has been an important right. Many examples of free speech include people being allowed to protest wars to people disagreeing what type of ice cream is best; free speech allows us to be a democracy. The debate lies between the values of free speech and autonomy against utilitarianism and unity. The absolution of free speech under current federal judicial precedence is necessary for
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