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    Why do you want to be a member of UProgram? The biggest reason why I want to join UProgram is because I want to get involved on campus. In high school, I was always very involved and was used to running from event to event; in college, I want to keep just as involved if not more. The second reason why I want to join UProgram is because it seems like an awesome way to meet people from all the different parts of campus. I love to meet new people and with UProgram, not only will I meet and hopefully

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    Drug arrests on college campuses have become an escalating issue around the United States for several years. Rehabs.com is said to be a website that aids people overcome their addictions. I will get into more detail about this later in the paper. This same website conducted a study about colleges that included the most on-campus arrests, including those who occur in the residence halls. This was known as the rehabs.com report. This report was led by the Drugs on Campus Head Jon Millward. This report

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    All around the world sororities are a subculture or “a segment of society’s population” on most college campuses (Macionis 64). These sororities have their own language, norms, beliefs, and values. Most college campuses have many charters or different sororities to choose from when a student wants to pledge a sorority. On the Saint Francis University campus, there are seven sororities that a female student can belong to. Each sorority has a different philanthropy which is a foundation that the sorority

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    Alcohol on College Campuses ​Did you know 82-92% of college students consume alcohol? (Taylor) Did you drink while in college? Do you agree with alcohol on college campuses or do you disagree? Why? Restricting alcohol consumption on campuses sometimes is used to prevent alcohol abuse and alcohol-related problems. Dry campus policies, however, remain misunderstood. According to Dexter M. Taylor, “Drinking and alcohol-related problems found on dry campuses were similar to national trends on wet

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    to allow concealed weapons on college campuses has been a debated topic for many years. Whether we should allow conceal and carry on campuses seems like a hard debate for many reasons, one such as whether it would be safe to allow college students to be armed with weapons. Several colleges lately have been allowing conceal and carry on their college campuses. Conceal and carry used to be a topic that not many people thought would come up when talking about colleges and where to go. The recent shootings

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    Racism on College Campuses

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    Abstract: The main aim of this research paper is to directly observe and examine the way American College students perceive the notion of race on college campuses and how they believe it can be used to a persons advantage or disadvantage. I used two different kinds of research in this paper; interviews among 4 students from 4 different universities across the United States to provide a deep and personal understanding of the topic and by surveying in an open-ended questionnaire 10 American students

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    Drinking on College Campuses Underage students drinking on college campuses has been a problem for countless years. Parents and professors look over the problem of students drinking and look at their college life in a positive way. They understand the students to be studying, making new friends, or working. Instead, an abundance of students are partying and drinking at these parties. The transformation from high school to college causes stress to the students. Therefore, instead of the students

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    Introduction In this past year alone there have been 23 shootings on college campuses, not including incidents that have occurred at other grade level schools. Innocent students and teachers have been injured or killed in each of these shootings. School shootings are not restricted to one geographic area; they are spread across the United States, from Arizona to Florida to every thing in between. There is no way to tell when or where events like this will occur, so many wonder how to prevent traumatic

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    spread to more US campuses Protests against racial insensitivity that began at the University of Missouri last week have escalated to mass student-teacher walkouts, resulting in the resignation of the university’s president Tim Wolfe. Since this announcement, two other US campuses have staged walkouts and organized rallies to call attention to their own university issues regarding race. Specifically, rallies were held on Wednesday at Ithaca College in New York and Smith College in Massachusetts.

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    College campuses function as a collective organization, meaning that all of the offices and departments play an integral role in making the college experience great. The departments need to work together to guide students in matters such as financial aid, class registration, student accounts, and so many more. For example, if a new student were to contact the CONNECTIONs Orientation office and ask about their housing, the department secretary should either know how to answer the question, or know

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