A topic of much hot debate is should the players that work themselves tirelessly every season should they be paid. The NCAA rakes in billions for football playoffs and march madness but none of the players get any cuts of it, even though they’re the ones competing in it. Athletes are the sole reason people […]
College athletes are undoubtedly some of the best working people in the universe. College football players are working hard and winning games. They don’t get paid for it. College football players should get paid for playing the sport they sign up for because it would attract better athletes who stay in the programs longer, they […]
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Get startedImagine being a student-athlete, it’s a full time job, bouncing between weight rooms, the court/field, classes, and film sessions. College athletics are extracurricular activities, but the schedules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournaments require an extended period in which student-athletes must miss school. Not only do they miss class, but they are absent […]
10,800,000,000. Ten point eight billion dollars. I had to write it both ways because I had trouble reading that number out loud, and you probably will too. Think about the amount of zeros in that number. With that amount of money you can buy 74 Bugatti hyper-cars, stay 5,731 nights in the United States America’s […]
Today, sports are no more inconsequential dawdling, sports are a business, and school sports are the equivalent. Division I school sports give a monstrous wellspring of universities’ compensation. The school gets money from ticket bargains, television contracts, and diversion related stock, nearby various distinctive amusements related wage makers. The contenders on the other hand, get […]
How would you like it if you were working your dream job and not getting paid? I don’t think you would. A federal judge found that the NCAA’s rules about compensation violate antitrust law and that athletes may be compensated for education-related expenses beyond current caps, a middle ground of sorts in a case that […]
Over the recent decades, Division I athletic programs have become more and more like businesses in which the job of the athletes, is to generate earnings for the university. And many people argue because college sports has such a large time commitment, that the athletes deserve some compensation for the revenue they provide. The college […]
College and professional sports associations have many players on their rosters. Most people on college teams are looking to advance their careers into the pros. In professional sports associations like the NFL, the MLS, or the MLB players make a contract with the team that they are participating or playing with. When a player signs […]
“Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” With a government based off of various laws and an actual Constitution, the United States of America has a recurring problem in its society on the topic of gun control. This then evokes the question – should the government have the right to regulate said guns? The government […]
“When a country with less than five percent of the world’s population has nearly half of the world’s privately owned guns and makes up nearly a third of the world’s mass shootings, it’s time to stop saying guns make us safer.” – Dr. Dashanne Stokes America is a country with an endless selection of guns […]
Guns in America have been a great part to their culture and history thanks to the second amendment which enables the right to use and keep arms. There’s has been an almost non-ending debate on gun control whether if there should be more bans, laws and regulations or not. The common malpractice of guns resulting […]
In considering whether gun control is an effective method of deterring crime, the most important aspect to examine is what has worked historically, and what has not. In past instances, whenever governments have prohibited a population from engaging in a particular activity, it has almost always backfired and resulted in higher rates of the unwanted […]
When you’re out and about you trust people to not hurt you, but just when someone yells “Gun” every scatters, you’re telling yourself to run and get down at the same time. You hear several bullet flying past you, faster than you can think. Gun Control in today’s world is a term used very loosely […]
Gun ownership is a right given to American citizens under the second amendment in the Constitution, or often stated “the right to bear arms”. However, the misconduct of these weapons has been the primary cause of hundreds of mass shootings, high profile murders and thousands of deaths. Gun control has been a debate in the […]
Gun rights in America have been at the center of debate for decades, and this is because the discussion hits close to homes for so many United States residents. According to research at the University of Chicago, approximately 200 to 250 million firearms are in private circulation throughout the country, (Cook, 2009). The same research […]
In December of 1791, the Bill of Rights were ratified which added the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. The second amendment reads ‘A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.’ (Strasser). This amendment gives the […]
Gun control is a debate that has been around for centuries. However, due to the numerous gun related mass shootings in America over the past few decades, the debate has gained greater attention for obvious reasons. Proponents supporting gun laws feel that stricter laws for owning a gun should be implemented by the government in […]
From crime to theft or even police brutality, gun control in the United States has always been a problem. Gun control always seems to be a hot topic when talking about how to prevent crimes across America. Many say that firearms can be dangerous when placed in the wrong hands. This is why the government […]
Our society has grown and changed to where we try our best to accommodate new behaviors, perspectives, and ideologies. What we are not accommodating are the gun laws that need to be tightened to insure safety. The ten day waiting period to purchase a firearm should be extended in addition to taking a psychological exam. […]
What does the word poverty mean to you? Why does it tend to always follow black families? Well, one could argue that it is because of the income and family hardship. Many people do not really see what a black family goes through because of not having enough money to pay the light bill, gas […]
Malcolm X wasn’t the brightest kid growing up. After his father’s suicide and mothers incarceration, he began dealing drugs and was a rebel. He spent 10 years in prison as a result, where he committed himself to furthering his education. He became a part of the Muslim faith and began studying the works of Elijah […]
In today’s society, racism and segregation is viewed as a very controversial and serious issue within in all aspects of American life, but is considered especially problematic in the public-school system. In the article titled School Segregation Is Not a Myth, by Will Stancil, this topic is discussed to point out the dangers of racial […]
Catholicism was originally founded between the years 27 AD- 36 AD. At this time there was no other Christian denominations. If you believed in Christ, you were simply a Catholic. Deriving from the Greek word katholikos, the definition of Catholic is “universal.” This held true until 1054 AD when the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern […]
Ministry of defence and the Taliban posted 450 and 502 messages (13.5 and 15.4 per day) respectively in the time observed (33 days). Language MoD posted in was either Pashto or Dari (the official languages of the country) mostly with English translation but in a separate tweet while the Taliban were tweeting a same message […]
During the past three years South Korea has been trying to put an end to North Koreas propaganda attacks on South Korean media and culture. This has been done through the utilization of loud-speakers strategically places along the DMZ blaring music and news. The tool they used to shock North Koreans was the famous K-Pop […]
Deception and persuasion, two things that come to mind when thinking of the word propaganda. In times of great distress such as war, where emotions are running high, manipulation is made easier by taking into consideration the state of mind a country’s citizens are in. Propaganda can be thought of as using mass persuasion to […]
Procrastination is the habit of putting off the completion of tasks. It is a common and pervasive source of stress in contemporary society. How does procrastination cause stress? Procrastination is a stressor because it causes delays and can force people to cram at the last minute. This high-adrenaline state of cramming consequently leads to even […]
Plato was one of the most important philosophers to have ever existed. His writings and his ideas, have been studies for thousands of years throughout the world. Many of his dialogues has been about his teacher, and his adventures on his quest to find knowledge. In one of Plato’s writings, he shows us how Socrates […]
Plato’s the ancient classical Greek philosopher, whose ideas are still taught and debated over today, has much to say about the good life and how to obtain it in his eyes. In the Republic, Plato’s best-known work, he lists the four virtues of human life through his dialect as being wisdom, self-discipline, courage, and Justice, […]
According to Plato’s character Aristophanes, what is love and what role does it play in our lives. According to Aristophanes, you cannot understand what is love until you first know how it originated. In his myth/tale he articulates that there are three sexes; the male, the female, and ‘androgynous’ which was the union of both. […]
