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- 121: The Lure of Professional Leagues
- The Lure of Professional Leagues In the past few years, a great number of college athletes have been leaving school early to enter into the professional leagues. Some athletes are even skipping college and going pro straight out of high school. Many people ask what is causing these athletes to turn professional so early. I believe there are three reasons for their decision. The first factor that causes ... a kid has ten to twenty million dollars waved in his face, he is more than likely going to take it without thinking about the consequences. The majority of adults would jump at that chance. College athletes constantly see the professional stars doing endorsements on television and being driven around in limousines. College athletes aren't allowed to do endorsements or promote anything, although the publicity they generate makes money ...
- 122: An Introduction To Greekdom
- ... it would eventually abandon it's secretive nature, other greek-letter organizations begin popping up like wildfire. Hence, in 1904, Sigma Pi Phi became the first black fraternity. However, it was not created for black college students. The purpose of this fraternity was geared more towards the mature students. But the fact remains that contrary to what others may say, it was the first black fraternity. However, on December 4, 1906 ... be called the "grandfather of all black greek organizations." Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was born at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, for the express purpose of catering to and providing support for black college students who had no actual support system of their own at their institution. The fact that this organization was founded at an Ivy League school should not be overlooked, rather emphasized. Within the next 18 ... called the Nasty Boys, and we had a mock pledge process. I even remember during that process willing to go through with what we did because I knew I would do the same thing in college when I pledged a fraternity. What we did then was nothing like what some of these kids are doing today. It has all gotten out of hand. These high school clubs are using paddles, ...
- 123: The Mind, Music, and Behavior
- ... and develop preferences for these different types. Yet, what are the ways in which the effects of music manifest themselves? First, there are particular biochemical responses in the human body to music. Research shows that college students, when listening to music, have more galvanic skin response peaks, as opposed to when they were not listening to music. This research also indicates a significant decrease of norepinephrine levels in students while they ... of the human body. The release of this neurotransmitter, as a consequence of a function of the brain, results in an increased heart rate and heightened blood pressure. Therefore, the decrease of norepinephrine in these college students results in a more "relaxed" state. This could suggest that favored or pleasant music somehow affects the mind, resulting in the relaxing of the body. Another research project, undertaken at the Tokyo Institute of ... CDM stands for context-dependent memory, which is the principle that "changing the context or environment in which material was originally learned causes some of that material to be forgotten." A group of scientists tested college undergraduates by asking the students to rate the pleasantness of a sequence of words, while they listened to a certain type of music. Afterwards, they were asked to recall these words. The results indicate ...
- 124: Needham
- ... too long to pick up the tone Needham was using throughout his article. Needham's tone was one of great annoyance and frustration. Needham wanted the entire nation to know what was going on in college athletics. Most importantly he wanted his message to reach those who could make a difference, like important political officials and wealthy, “honest” alumni. Needham’s message was, enough special treatment to athletes and eliminate the ... are unfamiliar to me and therefore have less of an impact on me as I read. I can only imagine the impact an article of this magnitude would have using the names of today’s college athletes. Needham’s real life examples are his most convincing source by far. The readers of the time could put a face to the name. People knew of William Matthews and James Hogan and put ... letters written by the athletes and trainers of the time. The use of example evidence such as actual letters written by athletes is very convincing. Throughout his article Needham wants to convince his readers that college players are playing summer ball under assumed names and getting paid for it. He produces a letter written by the manager of the summer nine to Walter C. Clarkson, the Harvard captain. “Such a ...
- 125: My Interest In The Catholic University of America
- My Interest In The Catholic University of America The college I am most interested in right now is The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. ( However I could change my mind within the next couple of mouths or minutes.) I first found out about this college at one of the college mini fairs. It had some of the things I thought I might want to major in, so I put my name on their mailing list. I recieved many catologs in the mail and had ...
- 126: Electoral College Is No Longer
- The electoral college has been our method of electing presiden's sinc eth constitution was formed. With increasing popoulations and the addition of third parties, it can be questioned however, as to wheth or not this i still ...
- 127: Does College Help
- College or technical schools are supposed to be the gateway to higher paying careers, but most are not all that they are cracked up to be. The standards and goals that society wants met are continually ...
- 128: Getting Into College
- Getting Into College Life is like an enormous theatrical performance, each person having the leading role, ready to determine his/her destiny. For each event in your life, you can reflect upon a stimulus, a cause. Yet there ...
- 129: College Essay: Which Of Your Possessions Reveals Most About You And Why?
- College Essay: Which Of Your Possessions Reveals Most About You And Why? "Observe, Watson." An unfamiliar voice caused me to stop dead in my tracks as I was coming back to my table. Surreptitiously glancing through ...
- 130: Gore Vs. Bush On Education
- ... very strong views on education in the United States. Their positions on education are very different, but they both offer some good plans on reforming education. The main differences are seen in the topics of college, testing of students and the voucher program, teacher qualification, and character and discipline issues. Vice-President Gore and Governor Bush have different plans on how to boost early education and how to hold schools accountable for the success of students, but it is evident that they both feel that these issues need to be addressed firmly. Governor Bush feels that college students will succeed more easily with advanced science and mathematical knowledge. He says that he proposes a $1000 increase in individual Pell Grants to encourage high school students to take advanced college preparation courses in both subjects. Bush stated that, “There’s no reason for us to be next to last in the world in math, and there’s no reason for us to be last ...
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