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results of the nominations, pointing to the fact that all acting nominees were, for the second consecutive year, white. This enraged Lee which caused him to boycott the award ceremony, joining many other famous actors including Will and Jada Pinkett Smith as those who would not attend the ceremonies. This is why Spike Lee stays relevant and influential, even almost 30years after his arguably best film was released. He continually fights injustices at all levels, whether it be from the…

Alexander, David A, and Susan Klein. “Kidnapping and Hostage-Taking: A Review of Effects, Coping and Resilience.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 102.1 (2009): 16–21. PMC. Web. 4 Dec. 2015. In this article, David Alexander describes the background, effects, coping strategies, and issues requiring more research of the event of and events surrounding an abduction. The largest studied reactions include the cognitive, emotional, and social relations to a trauma. The main point…

sole purpose of arguing for or against a certain topic or issue. “Yes a college education is worth the cost” by Rodney K. Smith, is an argumentative article that strongly appeals logistically as well as emotionally. Smith catches the reader’s attention through well-organized statistics, presses forward by creating credibility through experiences, and concludes with an emotionally driven story. Regardless of his appeals, Smith clearly ignores opposing evidence and relies too heavily on personal…

success, most people think about getting into a good college and graduating with a degree in order to get a stable job. But what happens if you do not have a college degree? In "Degree Inflation’ may be pushing workers out of the middle class”, Alan Murray and Geoffrey Smith tackle the emerging problem of degree inflation by listing important facts to bring attention to the widening gap between college graduates and non-college graduates. Murray and Smith report on the new studies from Harvard…

Jordan & Smith). How does the sexual assault on college students affect their academic performance? Rape is a substantial issue in college, school is a place to further your knowledge so if you are haunted by the fact you were or could be raped, you’re probably not going to be focusing on your GPA and college experience. All of these issues are researched through the academic lense by looking for studies that show if sexual assault hinders your ability to learn. Sexual assault impacts college…

center of gravity of the task of discipleship”. What Jamie smith means in that second quotes there is that worship affect us at a pre-cognitive level. Worship shapes us, train our hearts and begin to have a ripple effect on our lives and the things that we do. He means that the practices of Christian worship are meant to uplift our hearts to God and bring us to a place where we will then find our true identity,worship gives us meaning. As smith said, worship defines us in a way that it reflects…

There is different types of colleges around the whole nation. Ones that may have good tuition and the best education. However there is one college I will enter in the Fall of 2016. It’s called UAFS also known as University of Arkansas Fort Smith. UAFS is the best college to earn a good education for career opportunities. Here are the best reasons why UAFS is the place to participate in. Not just for me, but any seniors or anyone that wants to Lion at UAFS. I have provided this information on the…

sports is if college athletes deserved to be paid or not. Many people view student athletes competing in the NCAA as professional athletes and athletes in every other league receive money. While, others have a different opinion. Tubby Smith and Gary Smith are authors of a sports article discussing why they believe college athletes should not get paid. In Tubby Smith’s article “Is It Time To Start Paying College Athletes?”, he states his hesitations about colleges paying their athletes. Smith…

Research Summary October 19, 2015 Branch, Taylor. “The Shame of College Sports.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, Oct. 2011. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. Sonny Vaccaro: Use athletes as a way to advertise big sports brands; sponsorships; He retired and decided to become a consultant and help fight for atheletes rights in O’Bannon v. NCAA. NCAA is notorious for enforcing “amateurism” in sports and the concept of “student-athletes” to prevent college players from being paid or having rights. NCAA…

Jessica Smith has been the number one reason, i've chosen to try and accel in my last two years of high school and to continue my education in college. All my life i’ve been told that I was smart, that I can go to college and be successful. Therefore I made good grades in school to achieve that goal of mines. It all changed when I came to high school it was, either your college bound, military bound or you’re going right off into the workforce. I quickly choose the college bound path to take…