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- 261: Kobe Bryant
- ... Wilt Chamber-lain's 40-year-old, Southeastern PA high-school scoring record of 2,359 points (with 2,883), and earned a No. 13 spot in the NBA draft without ever stepping on a college campus. He was USA Today's High School Player of the Year in '96, and the NBA Slam Dunk Champion and Rookie All-Star MVP in '97. Orlando Magic general manager John Gabriel called him ... s quickness. I just try to take bits and pieces of everybody and add it to my game." On a sunny Saturday afternoon in November, Kobe's sitting on a trainer's table at Southwest College, the Lakers' practice facility, getting his right ankle treated by Gary Vitti, the long-time Lakers faith healer and the person-besides God-that AC Green should credit for helping him never miss a game ... d be a billionaire." Give him some time. He just got here. Kobe Bryant was born on August 23rd, '78, in Philadelphia, PA, the third child of NBA player Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant and his college sweetheart, the former Pam Cox. Philadelphia natives through-and-through, they moved wherever Joe's teams took the family-including San Diego with the Clippers and Houston with the Rockets-but vowed to return. ...
- 262: Persuasion Theories In Adverti
- ... so recommends that if this is the choice made, this is the most beneficial product to use, it gives the consumer something to consider. For this reason, I think this ad would be effective with college students. College students, in general, want to be in control of their lives and so giving them room to make their own decision makes the ad more favorable. The fact that Ortho Tri-Cyclen treats two things at once also draws students to this product. Money is a valuable and scare commodity among college students, therefore a Pill that cleared their skin while serving as a contraceptive is a wise investment, over buying two products to do the same job. Stating the advantages of birth control pills versus ...
- 263: A Sense Of Community By Ritual
- ... considers her ugliness to make her worse off than him. Her feelings of inadequacy were confirmed by society's relentless treatment toward her appearance. During one of her recessions in self-esteem, her friend form college, Greg, pulled her up by taking her dancing at gay clubs. Being encompassed by homosexual males gave her a blanket of security: "No one took notice of me - I was without value in this world ... in their minds she was no less desirable than any other female. As each beat of the music moved through her body, she was able to let her emotions escape. During her senior year of college she met a group of transvestites that experimented with her femininity by spreading on loads of makeup. These experiences helped begin to define her feminine appearance and acceptance from males. Lucy believed that not having ... considers her ugliness to make her worse off than him. Her feelings of inadequacy were confirmed by society's relentless treatment toward her appearance. During one of her recessions in self-esteem, her friend form college, Greg, pulled her up by taking her dancing at gay clubs. Being encompassed by homosexual males gave her a blanket of security: "No one took notice of me - I was without value in this ...
- 264: Dworkin's Belief of Preferential Treatment
- ... judged solely by their scores. Now imagine a situation similar to this where race is the determinant of whether a person is accepted or not. If a person were to be turned down from a college because of his skin color before he was given a chance to be interviewed, the college may loose a very smart student. Skin color should not be used to group people because within one skin color, many different kinds of people can be grouped together. A possible alternative to this approach ... would he run if he were to make it out of medical school for the same reasons? There would be a great disadvantage to giving him a little extra leeway because of his race. During college, he might not try as hard on his studies because he knows he will make it by and therefore not gain all the necessary information to be a good doctor. Then, after he graduates ...
- 265: Nature Of The Work
- ... of the rest worked in the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals, or commercial or nonprofit research and development laboratories. A few were self-employed. Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement The Ph.D. degree generally is required for college teaching, independent research, and for advancement to administrative positions. A master's degree is sufficient for some jobs in applied research and for jobs in management, inspection, sales, and services. The bachelor's degree is ... as science or engineering technicians or health technologists and technicians. Some become high school biology teachers. However, they are usually regarded as teachers rather than biologists. Those with a doctorate in biological science may become college and university faculty. Biological scientists are less likely to lose their jobs during recessions than those in many other occupations since most are employed on long-term research projects or in agricultural research, activities which are not much affected by economic fluctuations. Earnings According to the College Placement Council, beginning salary offers in private industry in 1990, averaged about $21,600 a year for bachelor's degree recipients in biological science. In the Federal Government in 1990, biological scientists having a ...
- 266: Feminism And Gender Equality I
- ... Friedan essay and let me know if she felt as moved as I was, and to share with me her experiences of sexism. Her immediate reaction was to point out that "Betty Friedan was a college educated woman and she had certain goals that never interested me." My grandmother, though growing up during a time when women had few social rights, said she didn't experience oppressive sexism in her life ... young age. Alice Brooks experienced inequality on the basis of her race and her sex. In her autobiography, A Dream Deferred, she recalls the reaction of her father when she brought up the idea of college to him: I found a scholarship for veterans' children and asked my father to sign and furnish proof that he was a veteran. He refused and told me that I was only going to get married and have babies. I needed to stay home and help my mother with her kids. My brother needed college to support a family. Not only was I not going to get any help, I was also tagged as selfish because I wanted to go to college. (See Endnote #6) This is another example ...
- 267: Your Future: Take The ACT Test
- Your Future: Take The ACT Test Your future is depended on it. An ACT test decides your future. It determines what college you go to and probably what you will become when you grow up. An ACT test is a very important test of your life. You have to prepare for it accordingly. There are several ways ... date, consider the application deadlines of the colleges and the scholarships agencies that you are interested in. It will take ACT 4 to 5 weeks to mail your test scores to you and to your college and scholarships choices. It took ACT 6 weeks to get me my test results. It will take ACT much longer to get you your test results if you made a mistake in the registration process ... study for ACT. You can take a class called PLAN in 10th grade that will help you prepare for ACT. Some people hire a tutor to bump their ACT composite scores to get into the college of their choice. Hiring a tutor is expensive, but according to most parents and students it’s worth the trouble. Most students can’t afford tutoring, and some don’t want to get a ...
- 268: Universities Medieval And Mode
- ... remained unchanged throughout the years. The student and teacher roles have evolved as well as the general purpose of going to a university. Overall the academic aspects have changed more than the personal aspects of college. In 1200, the King of France issued a statement (118)* regarding Royal Privileges granted to the University of Paris. In order to protect the students, the King made a law that if any citizen sees ... until after they have graduated. Sometimes students can even get grants which will pay for their education and do not have to be repaid. These privileges show how much the government wants people to attend college. The life of the student today still has striking similarities to that of the medieval student. The main problem for students both now and then is the lack of money. A letter (132) written in ... on lecturing. This is a method that has worked for hundreds of years and will probably work for hundreds more. Universities in medieval times were more formal than those today but the underlying theme of college life remains the same. People in medieval times questioned students intentions for attending a university which still happens today. De Vitry said (131), "Some studied merely to acquire fame, which is vanity; others still ...
- 269: Magic Johnson
- ... out with 1:29 left in the game. He had scored thirty points and nine rebounds and he blamed himself for the loss. He had let Reggie down since he was to short to play college ball. Reggie made All-Capital Area Conference and Metro-All Conference first teams. Earvin was named All-Conference Most Valuable Player And United Press International’s "Prep Player of the Year" in Michigan. That summer ... stay at MSU for another year. (Brenner, p.56-57) Earvin was majoring telecommunications. He met a beautiful woman named Cookie and he asked her out to dinner. This didn’t happen to much in college, but Cookie was pleased. Cookie understood Earvin’s main focus was basketball. (Johnson, p.58-68) Earvin appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated for a college basketball preview. Earvin emerged in a tuxedos to show how classy college hoops were. Sports Illustrated favored MSU to finish near the top, with star five of their six players returning like Greg "Special ...
- 270: The American Basketball Association
- ... the NBA only had 120 players, which meant that many worthy players were not getting the chance to play. With about 90 players in the ABA, they got their chance. The ABA started to draft college players to compete with the NBA. Because both leagues wanted the best players, the ABA made a rule which said that the draftee did not have to be a college graduate. The NBA had a rule which said that the draftee must have graduated from college. As a result, many college stars began to go straight into the ABA before graduating. One which did this was Moses Malone, he was the first player to come straight out of high school ...
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