College Campuses College Essays Samples For Students

Rape culture is the collection of behaviors and perceptions that are associated with the act of rape (Shalhoub-Kevorkian, 1999). Circumstances that lead to and follow rape (i.e., pre-meditated, drug-induced, witnesses, false allegations), the nature of the relationship between the victim and the aggressor, and the public perception (i.e., religious views, women’s rights).
Within this context it seems as though a day cannot go by without an individual in power making a highly offensive if not stupid remark about rape culture. There are web stories that take the headline, “the 9 most horribly insensitive Republican rape comments,” (Ranker, 2014) and “ ...

*Boyd, C. J., McCabe, S. E., Cranford, J. A., et al. (2008). Heavy episodic drinking and its consequences: The protective effects of same-sex, residential living-learning communities for undergraduate women. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 987-993.
In their article “Heavy episodic drinking and its consequences: The protective effects of same-sex, residential living-learning communities for undergraduate women”, Boyd et. al. examines group differences in alcohol consumption between undergraduate women in for different types of on campus living environments. This is an important research area because alcohol consumption especially heavy episodic drinking (5 or more drinks within a two hour period) is a growing phenomenon ...

Abstract

A number of states in the US have adopted the Conceal and carry weapon policy in their legislations and have allowed the carrying of concealed weapons in the public. However, the debate on whether to allow the same in campuses and universities have elicited various reactions from students, the general public, law enforcement authorities and experts. This paper looks at the two sides of the debate in the conceal and carry weapons policy in campuses and universities, compares the facts and figures from both sides and takes a position on the issue. After weighing the benefits of the Conceal ...

In Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed Ben Stein investigates the loss of academic and scientific freedom on American college campuses by focusing on the ideological debate between Darwinism and intelligent design (ID), a belief that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as evolutionary natural selection.” Stein frames the debate as a matter of intellectual freedom and concludes that there is a serious problem on American college campuses, in academia and in the mainstream press that stifles free speech and discourages research into unpopular subjects that challenge the status ...

The loss of students and youths to gun violence is very traumatic and calls out for an answer. Although minor acts of violence happen in the college and university campuses daily, terror attacks and mass casualties question the campus safety and student security (Thompson, Price, Mrdjenovich and Khubchandani 247). Shooting incidents on campuses of Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University and University of Texas has flamed the issue of concealed guns on the campuses (Bouffard, Nobels, Wells and Cavanaugh 316). The national and state bodies have been working toward minimizing the incidents of ‘blind shooting’ in college and university campuses, ...

The issue I choose to speak about is gender equality in the college campus. This issue was raised due to what appears to be a trend in many college campuses today. In order to understand why this situation exists today, there is an urgent need to identify the reasons why there are less male students applying for acceptance in college campuses, whereas the number of female applicants keep increasing every year.
According to the article “To all girls I’ve rejected,” there are more female applicants than male every year, and this tip the balance off in terms of ...

21 AS THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE

21 as the legal drinking age
The legal drinking age should be 21 because alcoholism has become a major health problem in the U.S. It bears to stress that excessive alcohol intake among the youth will result to more deaths among underage kids who are below 21. If the minimum legal drinking age will be lower than 21 years of age in the United States, there is a greater probability that the death toll will rise ever year resulting from drunk driving. Underage drinking has a direct connection to several social issues and health problems ...

After the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 and the Northern Illinois University shooting in 2008 the question of allowing or banning weapons on college campuses has been widely discussed. From that time and on, bills have been put forward for prohibiting and allowing guns on the university territory. At the moment, numerous campaigns to keep guns off campuses are being held. People are collecting signatures and doing everything in their power to prevent the reoccurrence of the tragedies of 2007 and 2008. Banning weapons on university and college campuses will limit dangerous violence, create a safer atmosphere and will help ...

Thesis Statement

Credit card companies should not be on college campuses marketing to students. Credit card debt is already spiralling out of control in the U.S. and with their parents already embroiled in heavy credit card debt, the credit companies are now keen to capture the next generation of consumers. In the course of this essay, I will discuss why I hold this opinion and attempt to persuade the reader to my view through a presentation of statistics and facts concerning credit card debt and their crippling effects.

Why Credit Card Companies Should Not Be On Campus Marketing To Students

At eighteen, having worked hard and graduated from High School, the vast majority of ...

Discussion on Various Topics

The problem relates to how marijuana should be legalized throughout the United States. There are now twenty-four U.S. jurisdictions that have enacted medical marijuana laws (MMLs), or laws that protect individuals who use marijuana upon recommendation of physicians, farmers who plant and supply the market, and doctors who issue prescription regarding use of marijuana (Smart 1). The legalization of medical marijuana will create a need for change, for example, new laws, policies, knowledge of medical and psychological effects, and education to help people understand the proper use of marijuana.
There are many issues to be resolved if legalization of ...

Education is by far the most important activity in a person’s lifetime. It is said that education never ends and a person’s capacity to learn is only limited to his or her belief of the knowledge they possess. Educational institutions all over the world impart knowledge to young minds in various fields established by human kind throughout its existence. However, education is not only about gaining knowledge and certifying oneself (Hacker). It is about increasing one’s awareness, one’s own personality and one’s one perspective of the world around them. However, each individual has a different take on ...

Reader Log: Joe’s TED Talk

In Joe’s TED Talk about how to use a paper towel, I found many fascinating instances of the use of facts and opinions, particularly in the context of the speaker. The opening use of the facts at hand were particularly interesting; when Smith opened with the long number, “Five hundred seventy-one million two hundred thirty thousand pounds of paper towels are used by Americans every year,” this already seems like a high number, which impresses the audience. However, Smith soon corrects himself affably and says “13 billion used every year”; while this seems like a mistake, it actually makes that second ...

Slide 2: Introduction

- Homecomings offer people an opportunity to reconnect with the traditions and the developments of a place they once called home.
- Educational institutions offer great homecoming events that are filled with nostalgic moments. Besides the reconnection with colleagues, the alumni also get to catch up with the latest developments and traditions of their former college.
- Indiana University (IU) celebrates its Homecoming week every fall. The weeklong event features an exciting homecoming parade where alumni clad in the university’s iconic crimson color.
- The event brings together close to 580,000 IU graduates in forums ...