Essays

Concussions in the NFL has been a very controversial topic the last decade in the sports world. The strongest research to this date is going towards brain injuries in football. The NFL and the NFLPA (National Football players association) have been in constant contact about trying to make an agreement. The constant back and forth … Read more

In January of 2012 my great grandmother, Charlena Ware, died. Everybody in my family was impacted by her passing, even my extended family. Her funeral was a family reunion of sorts. Although many members of my family were affected greatly by her passing, her death was the worst event in my life that I can … Read more

Apple pie moonshine how to guide Making moonshine can be a complex and intriguing activity and can be made in your own home. There are many names moonshine can be called, for instance: it can be called white lighting, mountain dew, homebrew, and white whiskey. Moonshine is an illicitly distilled or smuggled liquor. The easy … Read more

A Beautiful Mind, written by Ron Howard, it tells the story of a brilliant mathematician named John Nash who eventually discovers he had an ill mind when he is seeing people who aren’t real. As John goes through college at Princeton and the rest of his complex career we watch him battle his own mind. … Read more

One of the world’s largest and flourishing arrangements of trade came from Eurasia. It is know as the Silk Roads, this is a land based trade system and these routes have connected agriculture and pastoral people. Along with big civilizations on the continent’s border. No one knew the length of the networks’ of trade, it … Read more

The fault in our stars is a book written by john green. The story is about Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old cancer patient, meets and falls in love with Gus Waters also known as Augustus in the book, a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. Hazel feels that Gus really understands her. They … Read more

To think of the American western or traditional western, brings visions of the good guy the cowboy who saves the day and the rides away or the sheriff who protects the town and gets the lady. Those were the simpler scenes when it is easy to differentiate between the good and bad guys. The motives … Read more

Egypt’s dictator for nearly three decades, Hosni Mubarak once said, “My aim was never to seek a force and take power. ” Just like most dictators, Hosni Mubarak’s desire was to appeal to the Egyptian citizens, which he did at first. He never intended on obtaining enough power to be considered a dictator. Dictatorship is … Read more

Throughout India, there are many religions and ideas that people follow. Mainly, Hinduism is the religion that is most practiced. The three Lords that are the highest forms are Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma. However, there are many avatars of Vishnu. The one that is the most beloved avatar out of all of them is Lord … Read more

“It’s a boy,” said the midwife. My father, King Offal, always wanted a son. He felt as if he had to pass down all his glory, fame, wealth, and leadership because that is what his father did to him. When my father was a child, his family traveled to Uruk from India. His father gained … Read more

Parents are meant to help children with many different issues that arise. However, when it comes to homework, should parents intervene? This controversial topic is a huge debate among teachers nationwide. Parents should not get too involved in their children’s homework because it makes it difficult for teachers to access the students’ understanding of the … Read more

The musical and film of the Sound of Music is set in Austria in the late 1930s with Europe on the brink of the Second World War. In historical context Austria has been portrayed by some historians at the first victim on Hitler’s expansionism of the Third Reich as part of its plan to conquer … Read more

Mining is the process of digging beneath surface of the earth and extracting minerals and other useful geological materials. There are two main categories that mines fall into; surface mines and underground mines. Surface mines are effective at extracting minerals and geological materials that are close to the surface of the earth while underground mines … Read more

When I began these reading assignments, I did not have a clear understanding of what I expected from a conductor. The conductors I have played for do so much to prepare for and lead rehearsals and yet I just expect it from them and do not question how they produce such results. These readings helped … Read more

As we all know many anthropology methods of research can be discussed from two different points of view, pros and cons. There are several different kinds of research methods used. For example, there is the Interview, the Observation, the Participant, the Questionnaires, and the Survey. I will only touch upon two of the techniques that … Read more

Everyone goes through some sort of pain that can be caused by someone or something. Suffering is a heart wrenching pain. Everyone has suffered through things, and people get used to it. Wystan Hugh Auden’s poem, “Musee des Beaux Arts,” shows that suffering is a part of life and sometimes nothing can be done about … Read more

Alice in Wonderland is a well known book throughout the world. It was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. This book was the first book in his series Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, the sequel is Through the Looking Glass which is also being made into a movie this year. Alice in Wonderland reached out … Read more

A solitary hawk shifted its tail against the invisible current and traced lazy circles at the ocean of blue sky . The shoulders of the mountain like the soft contours of a sleeping women blazed bright greenish-yellow light where the fingers of sunlight caressed the features. Such beautiful scenery could be enjoyed from my residence. … Read more

INVESTIGATING THE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS THAT CONCENTRATION AND TEMPERATURE HAVE ON THE RATE OF REACTION Aim To study the effect that temperature and concentration of jodide ion solution have on the rate of iodide ion l-oxidation by peroxodisulphate ion S208, creating an iodine clock reaction. Introduction I decided to choose as the topic for my investigation … Read more

Could the world one day be run by robots due to technological advances? In the article “A World without Work”, Derek Thompson writes advances in technology have taken over thousands and thousands of people’s jobs. Published in the July/ August 2015 issue of The Atlantic, Thompson makes you think what if one day you will … Read more

WAKING THE WOLF presents as a dark, crime comedy. The goal is well defined and the stakes are fairly high and personal. The plot is straightforward. There are solid themes about revenge, redemption, and second chances. While there’s merit in the idea of a distraught husband kidnapping his unfaithful wife, the script would benefit from … Read more

Have you ever had someone to help guide you when you didn’t know what to do? For me, my grandmother, Sheila, is that person. Sheila is extremely beautiful, she’s heavyset and she has curly, black and grey hair. There hasn’t been one time when I was in need, and she wasn’t there for me. My … Read more

My current ability in music entrepreneurship is at the very beginning on a professional level, but my passion for music began at a very young age. Growing up, I was surrounded by music. There was always beautify music playing in the car, around the house, and through stereos at all of our family events. It … Read more

Antarctica consists of mostly frozen ice particles and may very well vary huge chunks of ice burgs. Sea ice keeps the Polar Regions levelheaded and helps adequate global climate. Sea ice has a bright surface; that contains eighty percent of the sunlight that strikes it is revealed back into space. As sea ice melts in … Read more

This case is about an individual named Alex Sander, who is 32 years old and a MBA graduate from MIT, is a new product manager in the toiletries division for Landon Care Products Inc. Alex is hard working yet narcissist and strives to be flawlessness in his job not understanding that everybody’s ability towards work … Read more

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the protagonist in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment is a penniless Russian ex-student who undergoes a psychological downfall after murdering his landlord Alyona Ivanovna and her sister. Throughout the novel Dostoyevsky utilizes specific numbers correlating with Raskolnikov’s mental state. Numerous numbers in the text have religious significance due to Dostoyevsky’s firm … Read more

Ever wonder why the body shivers when it gets cold? Homeostasis keeps body conditions steady and constant. So, this means that when the body shivers, that is homeostasis taking place trying to keep your body temperature at a constant degree. Homeostasis maintains normality in the body in many different ways. Some examples include osmoregulation, thermoregulation, … Read more

There are many sides and views making surveillance of the internet and the right to privacy very controversial topic. Many people believe that tracking our internet usage is an invasion of privacy and will eventually lead to the government to take control of even more than just the internet and others view it as modern … Read more

Introduction This study will compare and contrast the behavioral theory of classical conditioning and the cognitive theory of social cognitive. Both are theories that have been well investigated to produce an outcome of effective learning. This study will examine the conditions of learning from both theories and ague their differences as well as their similarities. … Read more

While originally published in 1759, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, has continuously inspired contemporary criticisms and has been considered by many to be the most preeminent work of author and moralist Samuel Johnson. Upon their escape from the Happy Valley, Rasselas and his companions are relentlessly afflicted by the fundamental absurdity of the … Read more

Oppression signifies an authority of a dominant group over a monitory group, disengaging the minority group from society. It involves mistreatment of a group, which is founded by individual stereotypes, systematic beliefs and attitudes, which become justification for continued mistreatment of members of these groups. This paper will review three forms of oppression and how … Read more

Euthanasia is very controversial and in most countries illegal. Even though it is illegal there are a lot of people who think that it should be legalized. Euthanasia is when a medical professional administers medicine that will end the patient’s life. People would make the option to have this done if they were suffering or … Read more

The issue of the Indian Government possibly banning tobacco ads is cause for much ethical concern, and compelling arguments are made by both sides. Those in favor of the ban have many valid concerns, such as the health risks associated with long term tobacco use. Those opposed to the ban have strong arguments as well, … Read more

In Oulu, Finland a scientist by the name of George S. Fizzler was starting his new experiment. His new experiment dealt with shrinking things and seeing how other things looked like when shrunken down. This week he was shrinking a submarine so he could go into a living organisms cell. He was very fascinated with … Read more

The disappearance of my dad changed everything. It all started with a phone call. The message, echoing in my ear like a gunshot, was clear: my dad will move to China without us. At the time my father did not tell me the exact reason for his departure, but I read recently in a magazine … Read more

Whether we know it or not, we make use of metaphors and the many ways in which they help us make sense of the world. A metaphor is defined as a figure of speech that identifies an object or an idea that is similar to an unrelated thing. The use of metaphors and the language … Read more