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- 1071: Is Marijuana Dangerous to your Physical Health?
- ... a chemical called THC (delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol). Marijuana, when smoked, enters the body though the lungs and is passed to the blood stream. According to Doctor Billy martin, a professor of pharmacology at the Medical College of Virginia, THC seems to turn on a number of biological systems (Gallagher, 92). Harvard's Dr. Norman Zinberg studied a group of marijuana smoker and concluded that "essentially, marijuana doesn't cause psychological problems ... memory," says Dr. Richard Schwartz or Georgetown University, and memory loss is one of the main problems with kids who smoke pot" (Nahas, 287). Marijuana also effects the immune system. Guy Cabral of the Medical College of Virginia reported that THC impairs the competence of calls to destroy virus infected cells and tumor cells (Nahas, 293). Marijuana also has devastating effects on human mental development, and cause metal disorders. An article ...
- 1072: Robert Frost
- ... traditional and experimental, regional and universal. After his father's death in 1885, when young Frost was 11, the family left California and settled in Massachusetts. Frost attended high school in that state, entered Dartmouth College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taught school and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Eleanor White, with whom he had shared valedictorian honors at Lawrence (Mass.) High School. From 1897 to 1899 he attended Harvard College as a special student but left without a degree. Over the next ten years he wrote (but rarely published) poems, operated a farm in Derry, New Hampshire (purchased for him by his paternal grandfather), and ...
- 1073: Animal Rights Protests
- ... the past fifteen years a powerfully charged drama has unfolded in New York's Broadway venues and spread to the opera houses and ballet productions of major cities across the country. Its characters include angry college students, aging rock stars, flamboyant B-movie queens, society matrons, and sophisticated fashion designers. You can't buy tickets for this production, but you might catch a glimpse of it while driving in Bethesda on ... the wild. In addition, the demonstration called for the release of several Animal Liberation Front (ALF) members imprisoned for vandalizing property and liberating animals from research labs and factory farms. Several dozen high school and college students turned out for the event, but the protest attracted a handful of thirtysomethings and an elderly woman as well. Most of the young people there seemed to dress in a similar style; baggy pants ...
- 1074: U.S. Scourge Spreads South of The Border
- ... new news but a overwhelming growth in the usage of drugs, especially Rohypnol. "The Mexican border town called Tijuana across from San Diego, California, once was a famous as a playground for drunken sailors and college students. Today, authorities on both sides of the border warn, it has turned into a gangland run by a growing number of ruthless cartels that sell drugs. It is no longer just marijuana (pot), but ... is marketed in one milligram and two milligrams varieties, with two milligrams being considered a heavy dose. During my research, I found that most of the people bringing the drug across are very young aged, college students. All they have to do is fill out a declaration form (which lists what they are bringing across the border). The Office of National Drug Control Policy says the use of Rohypnol may lead ...
- 1075: The Writings of Pat Conroy
- ... and MVP of the basketball team (Bdd 1). While he was attending the Citadel, he learned many important lessons of life (Burns 5). Pat Conroy gained a lot of inspiration for his writing while attending college. His first book, The Boo, was published in 1970. It is based on a relationship with Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Nugent Courvoise, Assistant Commandant of Cadets, nicknamed Boo (Burns 1). It was a kind account of ... a small school off the coast teaching underprivileged black children. The Water is Wide is the story of his battles with illiteracy and the school board (Burns 1). It also tells about his graduation from college and being filled with liberalism and a desire to erase racism in the South. When he began writing the book he saw it as a chance to show his disapproval of the South Carolina school ...
- 1076: Should Gambling Be Legalized?
- ... is the changing percentage of women and young people who are becoming problem gamblers. At this time gambling is called "the fastest-growing teenage addiction, with the rate of pathological gambling among high-school and college-age youth about twice that of adults." In Atlantic City, the lure of gambling is so strong that over thirty thousand underage people are either thrown out, or stopped from entering the casino.6 Lobbyists ... is the changing percentage of women and young people who are becoming problem gamblers. At this time gambling is called "the fastest-growing teenage addiction, with the rate of pathological gambling among high-school and college-age youth about twice that of adults." In Atlantic City, the lure of gambling is so strong that over thirty thousand underage people are either thrown out, or stopped from entering the casino.26 A ...
- 1077: Nelson Mandela
- ... contribution to the freedom struggle of his people (Ngubane). After receiving a primary education at a local mission school, Nelson Mandela was sent to Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school. He then enrolled at the University College of Fort Hare for the Bachelor of Arts Degree where he was elected onto the Student's Representative Council. He was suspended from college for joining in a protest boycott. He went to Johannesburg where he entered politics by joining the African National Congress in 1942 (Woods). At the height of the Second World War, members of the African ...
- 1078: Peyton Place
- ... the book would corrupt young minds. Wealthy communities banished Peyton Place. To read Peyton Place was to read it in secret and were sometimes discussed only among the closest of friends. Everyone was reading it - college and high school students, college graduates, mothers, wives, and even husbands and fathers. In 1956, a sexual act such as sodomy, oral sex, and intercourse with another married person in most states was illegal. Also, abortion was illegal, and birth ...
- 1079: Methamphetamine: Built for Speed?
- ... It has been called a trailer park drug for decades, due to the fact that it can be cooked up so cheaply and easily. It's the drug of choice for long-distance truckers and college students pulling all-nighters. Over the counter ephedrine, or "white crosses," has taken the place of pharmaceutical amphetamine as an easy-to-get alternative. What is often misunderstood is the relationship between speed and crystal ... Jr. High School as my get me up and go thing. But the relationship with amphetamines starts six or seven years ago with poppers (ephedrine, mini-thins). I started taking them to stay awake in college to finish papers and the like." "Things got really serious when I started doing CAT, a local low-grade speed that was in vogue about six years ago." CAT, or methacathinone, is a popular substance ...
- 1080: Building Effective Teams
- ... make this decision and afford each team participant the skills and resources necessary to be effective in the team. BIBLIOGRAPHY Cummings, T.G., & Worley, C.G. (1997). Organization Development and Change, (6th ed.): South-Western College Publishing. Drucker, Peter F. (1995). Managing in a time of great change, Truman Talley Books/Dutton, New York, NY. Dyer, William G. (1995). Team Building: Current Issues and New Alternatives, Brigham Young University, Addison-Wesley ... approach. In J.E. Jones & J.W. Pfeiffer (Eds.), The 1977 annual handbook for group facilitators. San Diego, CA: University Associates Whetten, D.A., & Cameron, K.S. (1995). Developing Management Skills, (3rd ed.) Harper Collins College Publishers. Woodcock, M. (1979). Team Development Manual. New York: John Wiley. Woodcock, M., & Francis, D. (1981). Organization Development through Team Building: Planning a cost-effective strategy. New York: John Wiley.
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