New Haven, Connecticut, home to Yale University was the home to the first intercollegiate football game against Columbia in 1872. ... Unfortunately, this arrangement is somewhat counterproductive in that it now a gifted athlete is taking a spot at the university in lieu of an academically oriented student. ... Universities sell sponsorship's to various enterprises for advertising. As an example the University of Colorado has a basketball arena the Coors Event Center, named for the $5,000,000 donation of the Coors Brewing Co. 4. ... As a result, he was stripped of his Heisman Trophy, and...

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Many schools in Ohio have an excellent mechanical engineering program like the University of Toledo, the University of Dayton, and the University of Akron. ... Brandon Gunn, student at the University of Dayton, took the trip of a lifetime to help poverty stricken countries gain the basic needs of life. ... The three main schools for mechanical engineering are the University of Toledo, the University of Dayton and the University of Akron because they all have very good programs that give students the best chance to succeed in the real world. Each of these schools has a slight variance with cour...

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For example, the Colorado Department of Corrections pays private corporations $50 per inmate per day making it a formidable cash cow. ... MCI hires inmates as telemarketers in Colorado. ... Ethics and Safety An industry-wide survey conducted in 1997 by James Austin, a professor at George Washington University, found 49 percent more inmate-on-staff assaults and 65 percent more inmate-on-inmate assaults in medium- and minimum-security private facilities than in medium- and minimum-security prisons run by government. ...

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The doctoral program in educational technology at Iowa State University is one example of this type of specialized program. ... Other contractors did case studies of exemplary preservice programs (University of Virginia, University of Wyoming, University of Northern Iowa, and Vanderbilt University) as well as in-service programs in school districts. ... In some universities, there is an established and long-standing rift between teacher education and educational technology that has hindered collaboration and cooperation. While relations have been cool between educational technology programs ...

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In 1989, he was awarded the Iowa State University's Professional Progress in Engineering Award and 1999 he was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Citation from Iowa State University. ... Stevens is a summa cum laude graduate of Slippery Rock University. He earned a Masters' degree in Engineering from Polytechnic University of New York and a Masters' degree in Business from Columbia University (program for executives). ... He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tuffs University. ... Smith holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engine...

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Two gunmen, part of the Trenchcoat Mafia, walked into their school at 11:30 am in Littleton, Colorado and started firing. ... People everywhere were shocked and afraid when the news broke out about Littleton, Colorado. ... James Fox, from Northeastern University points out; up to 57 percent of children do not have full time parental supervision in the United States (NCPA 1). ...

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Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, is often regarded as the greatest military commanders of all time. From an early, he was destined for greatness. At the age of 20, in 336, he inherited the powerful empire of Macedon from his father King Philip II, which by then controlled Greece and had already started to progress through Asia. In 334 he invaded Persia, and within a decade he had defeated the Persians, subdued Egypt, and pushed on to Iran, Afghanistan and even India. Alexander the Great conquered vast amounts of land, and controlled the largest empire the world ha...

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For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think differently and pose marijuana as a potential use in today's modern world. In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. Cultivated for at least 5,000 years and serving as one of the oldest crops not grown for food, the marijuana plant began it...

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DEFINITION OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY Superconductivity is a phenomenon displayed by certain conductors that show no resistance to the flow of electric current. Conductors are materials in which the electron current goes through. There are 4 different kinds of conductors. Insulators, like glass or wood...

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Research review of Parkinson's disease Afflicting over one million Americans, Parkinson's disease is one of the most devastating neuro-degenerative diseases in the world. A British physician, James Parkinson, first discovered this disease while observing people on the streets of London. He not...

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Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. It is important for parents, as well as school districts, to understand the role of parents and the districts in the success of students. The foundation of the study is based on the theoretical frameworks of parental involvement and minority student achievement from Ogbu and Cross. The key research questions will focus on what pa...

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Executive Summary Mission Statement Pandofandlejoie Breweries Inc. produces products of high quality and impeccable taste that nurtures a sense of community by bringing people together. Vision Statement Pandofandlejoie Breweries Inc. will produce only the highest quality ales and lagers that will help redefine the International beer culture, and reeducate the consumer about what beer is supposed be. Operate a profitable business whose annual growth is fueled by exceptional employees who are given opportunities for development, challenging work, candid communication, autonomy, and support. ...

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Paul Weyrich started out as an aide to Colorado Senator Gordon Allott and is generally credited with moving the right's agenda away from communism to domestic social issues as the battleground for political control of America. ...

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Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishi...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States history as well as posterity was created, approved and just two years later instituted as the foundation for a fledging yet promising nation destined for greatness. It was a great concept envisioned by extraordinary men, a system in which the people of the land reign, governing through democratically ...

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