...willingness to participate" (Hazing Defined 1). Most hazing deaths occur because the act goes too far; the hazers get carried away. Their intention is to have a team building activity or make sure members are up to snuff (Facts.com 2). However, this is not what really happens. The acts often cross the line, and the victims do not complain because they want to join the group (Facts.com 2). Teens often want to outdo one another; each year, teens do something more dangerous than what happened to them while they were the victims (Bowers 1; Bushweller 3). Not only can these acts be dangerous, but they are also an "abuse of power and [a] violation of human dignity" (High School Hazing). If teens can be educated that this hurtful and inhumane act of bullying is forbidden in high school, then they will know that it is not acceptable in college, where hazing becomes the most dangerous. Although high school hazing starts out and seems harmless, it can quickly escalate to being harmful, dangerous, and illegal. However, in most cases, the victim will still take part because they want to join the group. Take for instance, Casey Culpepper. She wanted to join the volleyball team her first year in high school. All through the summer, the threat of the "initiation" haunted her. One day she and her friends were attacked by seniors after class and smeared with concoctions that included canned dog food, eggs, ketchup, mustard, horse manure and pet feces. They were then hosed off so hard that it hurt (Bowers...
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...Most hazing deaths occur because the act goes too far; the hazers get carried away. Their intention is to have a team building activity or make sure members are up to snuff (Facts.com 2). However, this is not what really happens. The acts often cross the line, and the victims do not complain because they want to join the group (Facts.com 2). Teens often want to outdo one another; each year, teens do something more dangerous then what happened to them while they were the victims (Bowers 1; Bushweller 3). Not only can these acts be dangerous, but they are also an “abuse of power and [a] violation of human dignity” (High School Hazing). If teens can be educated that this hurtful and inhumane act of bullying is forbidden in high school, then they will know that it is not acceptable in college, where hazing becomes the most dangerous. Although high school hazing starts out and seems harmless, it can quickly escalate to being harmful, dangerous, and illegal. Hazing can very quickly turn from a harmless prank into a dangerous situation. In most cases, the victim will still take part because they want to join the group. Take for instance, Casey Culpepper. She wanted to join the volleyball team her first year in high school. All through the summer, the threat of the "initiation" haunted her. One day she and her friends were attacked by seniors after class and smeared with concoctions that included canned dog food, eggs, ketchup, mustard, horse manure and pet...
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...FRATERNITY PROBLEM AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN TAGUM CITY Research Paper Presented to Prof. Esterlita Pacal English 201, 7:30 Caser, Novy Jane H. Tambis,Jennel Calledo, Jappet John S. September1,2014 Acknowledgement Every project big or small is successful largely due to the effort of wonderful people who have always given their valuable advice or lent a helping hand. We sincerely appreciate the inspiration; support and guidance of all those people who have been instrumental in making this term paper a success. We, Novy Jane H. Caser, Jennel Tambis, and Jappet John S. Calledo, the students of University of Mindanao Tagum College (UMTC), we extremely thankful to our beloved advicer Mrs. Esterlita Pacal for his exemplary guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course of this termpaper. The blessing, help and guidance given by her time to time shall carry us a long way in the journey of our life. Besides our adviser, we would like to thank our Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Antonio P. Caser, Jr, Mr. & Mrs. Joselito R. Calledo for supporting our studies financially and emotionally.We also thank them for their unconditional love and trust even though they’re not always in our side. We would like to thank also these following persons : Ms. Rheabel Kaye Hernandez for helping us and guiding us to make this term paper, without her we never complete it successfully; Ms. Marissa Doylabo for lending her laptop ; and Ms. Marjorie...
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...I don’t like that rule because the government is not giving young people a choice. What if the young people don’t want to be associated with the military? If young people want to do something else with their life then they should do it out of choice. You can’t force someone to do something if they don’t want to do it. Some of the main points of why I don’t particularly like this rule are: what about the young person’s family and friends, what if they want to do something else, and what if we don’t want to join the military. When someone says that you had to fight in war you would be pretty worried and scared. Also when they force you to join you also get mad. You especially get mad when you have to fight in a war that your country...
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...Transition to College Being nervous about the first day of college was definitely how I felt before starting. I knew that I was walking onto a campus more than four times the size as my high school and I was scared about getting lost. Luckily on the first day I was able to locate all of my classes because I had my little map out but that first week I made it late to one or two classes because I could not find how to get to a certain building that was off campus. Having a class that was actually off campus was something I did not realize could be possible but fortunately enough it is. As a commuter I could say that the college life is a lot more fun in high school because in a way you have more freedom but one could have the total freedom if they were able to dorm. Commuting almost an hour away every day is a pain in the butt, but the fact that I don’t have classes on Friday definitely makes up for it for me! They say that as life goes on you move on to bigger and better things. That is definitely true especially when it comes to school but you also move on to harder things as well. When people say that college is not easy they definitely mean it. My first semester as a freshman has not been quite too easy. Sometimes you get assigned a lot of work but then again compared to high school; you have more time to work on those assignments since you are not in school for the entire day. These are the times when I am definitely going to miss high school and I am only going to miss...
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...The primary reason why I want to become a member of SIA is the service, the giving back to the community that SIA does. When I was doing some classes over the summer at the University of Maryland, College Park, I got a follow from UMD’S Chi chapter of SIA on Instagram and when I was looking at their posts I saw their services to the Latinx community and I was amazed by it. Community service is something that I strive to do because even though the area that I live in, the Adelphi/Langley Park area which is close to UMD, is a poorer community that is heavily populated by minorities it made me who I am today, and I am proud of who I am today. I want to give back to my community and make it better for future generations and that is exactly what SIA is doing, so I want to be a part of it....
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...Page……………………………..……………………………………………………. Approval Sheet…................................................................................................................... Ackwoeledgement……………….…………………………………………………………. Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction…………………..……………………………………………… Background of the Study……………….……………….…………………… Statement of the Problem……………………….…………….………………. Hypothesis………………………………………….…………….…………… Significance of the study……………..……………………………….………. Scope and Limitations…………………………………………………….…… Conceptual and Theoretical Framework………………………….…………….. Definition of terms…………………………………………………..…………. Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Related Foreign Literature………………………………………………………………. Related Local Literature…………………………………………………………………… Related Studies…………………………………………………………………………… Chapter II METHODOLOGY AND DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES Research Design……………………………………………………………………………. Description of Respondent………………………………………………………… Description of Instruments…………………………………………………………. Data Gathering Procedures………………………………………………………… Statistical Treatment of Data………………………………………………………. Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction This research study concern about the issue of the students among University of the Philippines in their willingness to...
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...Samantha Perez Kavetsky English 1B 5 February 2012 A Freshman Dilemma With Panda Express in my hand I looked around the Hub for a face that I recognized, but seeing no one I went off and sat at a table by myself, quietly eating my lunch. I tried to find something to do so I wouldn’t focus on the laughter and various other conversations going on around me. Pulling out my book and iPod, I kept to myself and counted down the minutes until my next class. I kept myself occupied until it finally came time to go to class and I gratefully picked up my stuff and left. The transition from high school to college is exciting, but can be very challenging. When you enter college you face new teachers, a new campus, new classes, and new friends. Most people enter a college knowing no one or few people and it can be difficult to create new friendships. For a freshman commuter, or a freshman who has difficulty meeting people, it’s even harder to develop relationships with fellow students because there is no opportunity. This is an important dilemma and changes should be made in order to benefit the school and make the transition to college for these freshman easier. I propose that, to help get these incoming students more involved and to give them an easier chance to meet people, a new “Freshman Club” should be created at UCR. It’s important for freshman to get involved with the university and to meet new people. If they don’t become involved they don’t feel connected to UCR, and end...
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...they join early and don’t get drafted. The NFL’s three year rule is a rule that claims that every college player must be out of high school for at least 3 years or more. Think without this rule we may not have some of the great outcomes that football has came too.There is absolutely no reason that the NFL’s three year should be changed to be shorter or longer. Because college will not look good as a league, Nfl players won’t be as good, and First off, college is a league that people like to watch because it's entertaining and the teams are actually...
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...has always been seen as a secretive campus activity when it comes to fraternities and pledging. As a result, Dr. Mark Taff resorted in his article that, "..a series of 168 cases of injuries and deaths related to fraternity hazing activities...[occurred] in the United States between 1923 and 1982" (2113). Young college men are being hospitalized and even worse, dying, just for a couple of friends that give them a sense of belonging. The major causes of hazing are the students' wanting a sense of belonging in a big college campus, the college's infrequent knowledge of what occurs in fraternities, and the unwillingness of fraternities to change tradition. Since hazing has been around for more than a century, one cannot expect the practice of hazing to stop all together. It will probably take years before hazing perishes from the fraternity scene. Nevertheless, until an end is put to hazing, solutions can be used to make hazing less common, until it no longer exists. These solutions that may be able to put an eventual stop to hazing, in the long run, are better education about fraternity hazing, stricter laws to prevent hazing from occurring, and more intervention from college administrators. Stories of hazing incidents are all too common in the news media today. It would not be out of the ordinary, upon opening the newspaper, to read the testimony of some fraternity pledges "'We were taken to a deserted park and blindfolded...We sat on our knees for an hour. Then they began slapping...
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...INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT Q: Why did you choose to become a pilot, or did you originally dream to become a pilot? A: Well, when I was your age, yeah, probably even younger, whenever I see airplanes, you know, because my mom used to go abroad when I was small and then, so, when she's away and whenever I see airplanes in the sky, people say I usually point to that plane and then I guess, probably that's why I wanted to become a pilot, to go to places because I can see pictures of her in other countries, nice places, probably that's why I wanted to become one. Q: What are the requirements to pilot school? A: Requirements. In the first place, I got mine when I joined the Air Force, so in my experience, I can say that in the Air Force, at first, you must be commissioned officer—that is a lieutenant—then you must be able to pass a competitive examination, then you must also pass a rigid medical exam, and after that you must finish the two-year flying training in the Airforce. In the civilian world, I think, the requirement in the cilivian world, you must have a four-year college degree, preferably something that is technical but...
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...Growing up in Wisconsin, and being a lifelong badger fan has given me the goal to be a part of the legacy that is the University Wisconsin-Madison. That is why making the decision to apply such an easy one. From my first badger football game 10 years ago, to the numerous tours and visits I have taken over the years every time I visit the campus I fall in love with it even more. From the Ever since I was a kid I have been in love with the outdoors whether it was camping, mountain biking, fishing, or skiing I couldn't get enough. That is one of the reasons why I want to become an Environmental Engineer. I want help protect and preserve what I love, and I feel that the college of engineering and specifically the department of Biological Systems...
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...provide children with a safe and healthy environment in permanent homes. Secondary Objectives: Promotion: The message I want to convey through this event is to help U-High raise money for CASA in an extremely fun manner. I want a lot of people to join in on this tournament, so the best way to get the word out there is to put it out in the public and on social media. First, I will make a flyer for the event listing the price of signing up, the time, date, location, social media handles, and giving a small description of what CASA is. I would put the flyer up in different gyms across Baton Rouge and on business like Smoothie King or GNC that are health and fitness oriented to get people who love to do athletic things for fun involved. I will also send the flyers out to all of the high schools to put up in hallways and on the main office doors to get high school students and their parents involved. To get college students involved, I will post up flyers in places like the Student Union and UREC and even send information to the Greek organizations. Then, I will make an event on Facebook, invite everyone on my friends list and have the people who are also working this event with me share the event and invite people as well. The page for this event will have everything that is on the flyer. I will make Instagram and Twitter accounts that are promoting this event. I will go on a follow spree following all of the people who are working the event so that they can post about the accounts...
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...The Greek Life Community on College Campuses Parker Thomas Community Paper Examining the details and different aspects of a certain community can give you a real insight on the different cultures and backgrounds of its inhabitants. Doing this can reveal information you may not have known before, or truths about the community that you thought you knew before. Many people base their opinions of a community on the general information that is known about them. However, you cannot truly understand these people unless you dig down and really investigate how they live and interact with the world. By studying, researching, and observing the community, you can unveil how the group is perceived and how those perceptions actually fit the society. While using several forms of, both primary and secondary, research I was able to discover many common themes and stereotypes that are incorporated with members of the Greek Life on college campuses. These themes consist of good and bad labels that have been put upon this community. While some hold true, I was able to disprove several others with my research. These themes have, both positively and negatively, effected the reputation and name of the Greek world and its members. They cause many people to be afraid or not want to become apart of this community, while they don’t realize the full truth. These members stand for much more than they are perceived to, and they have many durable and ageless principles that still exist today. However...
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...The Meaning of Latino Union When students leave home to attend college, it is a tough transition; family is one of the most important things in everyone’s lives. There are many opportunities for students to become involved with organizations that incorporate the transition to college alongside having that family feeling. At the University of California, Riverside, one of the many family oriented organizations is Latino Union. They are an organization made up of mostly, but not limited to, Latinos. Latino Union help within the community and build relationships with each other to form the family type bond to make the transition into college smooth. I first heard of Latino Union from of my resident advisor, because she was in the organization....
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