If you are experiencing a rough life as a teenager dealing with things like school, parents and rules, having a couple beers or shots of tequila just might help! If you are with a couple friends on a Friday or Saturday night and need something to do, partying-it-up just might be a great plan, besides being drunk makes everything a bit more fun. Also once you have a few alcoholic drinks in your blood stream you might even be up for a challenge. Maybe even a challenge such as getting behind the…
A fatal texting and driving car crash ended the lives of Max Jackson, 18, Trevor Rierson, 18, and Jenny Stone, 19, all UW-Whitewater alumni. The crash occurred near Main Street when Juliet Adam received a text from a friend while she was driving to a party. The accident occurred at approximately 11pm Friday when Adam became too preoccupied looking down at her phone, she failed to see the two male pedestrians crossing the street. The two males were struck as the vehicle spun left into a tree…
the manufacturing and distribution of alcohol. The connection between Amendment 18 and the increasing crime rate were directly related. Leading up the 1920’s for the citizens living in the United States of America the consumption of an alcoholic beverage was a widely accepted daily routine. After a long day…
the court to limit work hours, but she prohibited child labor and limited women’s working hours in the United States. For the most part, Kelley argued to the court because she cared about children and women. Prohibition, a banning of alcoholic beverages, involved Prohibitionist groups who feared the damaging effect of alcohol. With a faction of people opposing the consumption of alcohol, Congress finally passed the National Prohibition Act on October 1919, allowing increased guidelines for the…
DRIVERLESS CARS For many years now, their has been lives taken away children,mothers,fathers,siblings… all for just one mistake.Driving.And the percentage just keeps getting bigger,and bigger each day.And it’s not going to stop.While people’s lives are increasing of danger in a car’s, people’s chances to live in a car, are decreasing.And that is why I support driverless cars. Accidents.Everybody knows the saying ‘’everybody makes mistakes, nobody's perfect’’.But just one mistake can…
The Prohibition of 1920s, the banning of selling and transporting alcohol, was enforced through the Volstead Act, which was actually so important because this failure revealed this fact that banning something can have the opposite effect which makes it more desirable. At first, The Anti-Saloon League and Woman's Christian Temperance Union began supporting the prohibition, which caused the rise of it, but as time passed, rising crimes showed that it was nothing but a failure. Since the…
I think that entertainment can be very addictive because there are a lot of TV shows out there that everyone would rather watch than do other important things. And in some cases it can serve the same purposes as drugs/alcohol. Like if your relationship just ending you might go and watch romantic movies or TV shows that make you happy. That would be replaced by drugs/alcohol. The only difference is, that TV is healthier than becoming an alcoholic or a drug abuser. But the consequences are very…
The Drinking Age Should Stay at 21 Today, I am here to talk about why the legal drinking age should stay at 21. Many people argue that since 18-year-olds can vote, join the army, and are considered adults, why can’t they order a beer? Alcohol consumption among people under the age of 21 already has shown worse academics, higher rates of binge drinking, and higher risks of developing alcoholism. Lowering the age would only increase these numbers and cause more problems. There is nothing worse…
In the video by Doug Dietz, we see a problem most people overlook being seen and fixed because of one thing: empathy. Doug showed empathy to the family that came to get an MRI scan in the Scanner he designed, so he was able to feel the anxiety and stress faced by the parents and the children. They are the ones the hospital would use the machine on. Hence it is their satisfaction that is important to him. As a designer, I know that a designer feels the most satisfaction when their design serves…
All too often, people in the Charleston area are struck from behind by other vehicles while they are on the road. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, there were 1.7 million rear-end crashes across the U.S. in 2012. These accidents resulted in 500,000 injuries and 1,700 deaths. In order to cut down on rear-end collisions, automakers have developed crash avoidance technologies, which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is planning to add to its recommended safety…