Texas poised to pass bill allowing guns on campus http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/texas-legislature/headlines/20110220-texas-poised-to-pass-bill-allowing-guns-on-campus.ece Just about anyone who currently attends a college or university in the state of Texas knows about the bill co-signed by more than half the members of the Texas House of Representatives to allow students and faculty at universities to carry concealed weapons. “More than half the members of the Texas House have signed
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From the day in 1901 when oil first jetted out of the earth near Beaumont‚ oil has been a big part of the Texas economy. The big oil boom of the 1900’s brought new wealth and jobs for both blacks and whites. This also brought a few unexpected social changes for everyone as well. The first social change was about public schooling in Texas. At the time‚ college was only for the rich‚ but this oil money went towards building some schools for the public. Now almost anyone could get better education‚
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Glory Road The movie Glory Road is based upon the 1966 Texas Western Basketball team. A team that is best known for helping to break the color barrier in college basketball. Led by Head Coach Don Haskins‚ the Miners were able to overcome tremendous discrimination shown to their players as well as Coach Haskins and his family. During this time African Americans experienced an incredibly large amount of racism and discrimination not only on the basketball court‚ but in everyday life
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Poker: A Game Theoretical Analysis Mathematics HL Mahmoud Talaat Introduction I have been playing Texas Hold ‘em Poker since I was 14 years old‚ and since then‚ I had a pact with my friends that we would meet every Friday night and play some Poker. Poker is a group of card games that involve betting‚ strategy‚ and individual play. One of these card games is called Texas Hold ‘em. Texas Hold ‘em Poker consists of two “hole” cards dealt to each player and five “community” cards held face-up by
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Texas vs. Johnson A very controversial court case in American history was Texas vs. Johnson (1984). In 1984‚ a man named Gregory Lee Johnson followed a group of anti Reagan protesters to oppose the American exploitation of third world countries. This act of rebellion resulted in the burning of the American flag. Out of a total of approximately one hundred demonstrators who were involved in this ordeal‚ Johnson was solely charged with a crime. Johnson was arrested under Texas law‚ which made
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I volunteered at Texas Humane Heroes‚ a local animal welfare organization that gives a homeless dog or cat a chance of finding home. It is a nonprofit organization that benefits from the involvement of volunteers. This was a very unique experience because I got to work with a lot of different volunteers and staff members. There were different volunteering opportunities from foster volunteering to helping out around the place. I helped around the place with other volunteers. We cleaned the dog and
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through the Texas Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety Program (Texas Department of Transportation [TxDOT]‚ n.d.-b). to expand booster seat use in the Hispanic population. We chose the Traffic Safety Program because it aligns with our public health intervention; the department of transportation specifically recommends that children use booster seats until the seat belt fits properly (TxDOT‚ n.d.-c). This organization was selected since the target population resides in Texas and would support
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Imagine everything that you know being ripped away from you all in the period of one day. Moving to Utah from Texas was a big change but moving from a house next to your school surrounded by your friends and daily experiencing social media and constant contact to an all girls therapeutic home with no electronics and not knowing anyone. That was a huge change for a sixteen about to be seventeen year old. Going to Re-Creation Retreat was a life changer for me. I don’t see how anyone could not
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needles didn’t scare me‚ being poked and prodded became normal for me. After almost dying from the worst case of Cat Scratch Disease the Texas Children’s Hospital had ever seen at the time‚ having a little blood taken was the least of my fears. I had encountered so many nurses‚ doctors‚ specialist‚ and been through so many procedures and exams; the staff at Texas Children’s became my
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Personal Writing: Living In Both Texas and New York City Where a person was born or raised often plays an important role in their lives. There are often comparisons between a urban civilization to rural civilization. Humans adopt to different environments that would be the most suitable for their style of living. Society as a whole didn’t tell us where civilization should take place. Choosing the right place for a living depends on the matters of self preference and comfort
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